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Last December, the Generalitat de Catalunya harvests with data.gob.es more than 500 datasets, which are now accessible through our data catalogue. But the work of the Generalitat to promote the opening and reuse of public information goes back several...

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) full entry into force only one year and a half ago. It has been a worldwide revulsion in terms of how to deal with data management and privacy. However, almost three out of four people ask their...

Data is a fundamental element of disruptive technologies that are meant to change our world. Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Internet of Things... All of them need data, as raw material for their training or for the analysis that allow us to better...

Last December the European Data Portal published a new report entitled Analytical Report 14: Enabling Smart Rural: The Open Data Gap, which examines the collection, availability and use of open data in rural areas. 27% of the citizens of the European...

The COTEC Foundation has recently published a Guide for the opening and sharing of data in the business environment, with recommendations and good practices to boost data reuse in the private sector. The objective is twofold: on the one hand, to raise...

Every January 1, new writers, painters, musicians and artists from all areas enter the public domain. This means that their artistic works may be edited, reproduced or disseminated publicly, without the restrictions established by copyright. In Spain...

After New Year, it seems that Christmas comes to an end, but we still have a date marked on our agenda: Three Kings Day. Adults and children hope to get up on January 6 and discover what the Three Wise Men from the East have brought us. And what better...

In the Aporta initiative, we started 2019 with a wide list of New Year's resolutions, which revolved around a common goal: to continue growing and boosting the open data ecosystem in Spain. Now that the year is over, it's time to evaluate and see if we...

Last December 18 was the date chosen to celebrate the ninth edition of the Aporta Meeting, jointly organized by the Ministry of Economy and Business, the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function, and the public entity Red.es. Under the motto...

The Aporta Challenge 2019 has come to an end. On December 17, the 10 finalists, chosen among the 40 ideas submitted in May, showed the jury the prototypes they have been preparing for the last months. After a difficult deliberation, due to the high...