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Balance of the Aporta initiative in 2023
We are in the last days of the year, those hours that we all take advantage of to mentally review what the previous 12 months have given us. At the Aporta Initiative we are no exception and we want to take advantage of the fact that we are just over 72 hours away from eating our grapes to take stock…
Spain, fifth world power in open data, according to the latest OURdata report from the OECD
Spain continues to make progress in open data. This is corroborated by the latest edition of the Open, Useful and Re-usable data Index, also known as OURdata Index. This report is prepared periodically by the OECD to evaluate the efforts made by different governments in designing and implementing na…
Spain, among the European leaders in open data
The European Data Portal, data.europa.eu, has just published its Data Maturity Index, an index that assesses the level of maturity of European countries in terms of open data. For its elaboration, an evaluation survey has been carried out and has been completed by 35 countries, including the 27 Memb…
Spanish economy "undergoing an ambitious digital transformation", according to the Report of the state of the Digital Decade
The European Commission has published the first Report of the state of the Digital Decade. It takes stock of the progress of the European Union on its way to the success of the digital transformation, as set out in the Digital Decade Policy Agenda 2030. The document builds on the agreements and…
The European Union expands the categories to be considered high-value data
The concept of High-Value data (High-Value datasets) was introduced by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union 4 years ago, in Directive (EU) 2019/1024. In it, they were defined as a series of datasets with a high potential to generate "benefits for society, the environment and…
The regional data offices join forces to formulate joint strategies and policies to lay the foundations for the digital future
Navarra has been the chosen venue to bring together, for the first time, representatives of the Data Offices of the autonomous communities around the centrality of data in public management. The meeting, promoted by the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (SEDIA) and th…
The Gaia-X Summit 2023 concludes with a statement to promote data spaces in Europe.
Under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Government of Spain has led the Gaia-X Summit 2023, held in Alicante on November 9 and 10. The event aimed to review the latest advances of Gaia-X in promoting data sovereignty in Europe. As presented on datos.gob.es, Gaia-X is a…
ISTAC automates its cartographic data publication processes and generates 4,002 new datasets
The Canary Islands Statistics Institute (ISTAC) has taken a significant step forward in the volume of geographic data thanks to the publication of a total of 4,002 new datasets (3,859 thematic maps and 143 statistical cubes) in datos.gob.es, following its federation in Canarias Datos Abiertos.…
Andalusia in the "Regions 2030" Project: Open Data for Monitoring the SDGs in EU Regions
El Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía (IECA), in collaboration with the Andalusian Agency for International Development Cooperation (AACID), has incorporated new indicators at the municipal level into its Sustainable Development Indicators System for Andalusia for the Agenda 2030. T…
The ISTAC enriches the open data catalogue with an unprecedented load of semantic assets and the publication of statistical cubes under the SDMX standard
The Canary Islands Statistics Institute (ISTAC) has added more than 500 semantic assets and more than 2100 statistical cubes to its catalogue.
This vast amount of information represents decades of work by the ISTAC in standardisation and adaptation to leading international standards, enabling…
