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Spain accelerates data sharing with an aid plan for companies and administrations
Spain is taking a key step towards the data economy with the launch of the Data Spaces Kit, an aid programme that will subsidise the integration of public and private entities in sectoral data spaces.
Data spaces are secure ecosystems in which organizations, both public and private, share informatio…
This is how the EU Open Data Days 2025, the European leading open data event, went
Once again this year, the European Commission organised the EU Open Data Day, one of the world's leading open data and innovation events. On 19-20 March, the European Convention Centre in Luxembourg brings together experts, government officials and academics to share knowledge, experience and progre…
Winning projects of the Basque Country and Castile and Leon data competitions
Promoting the data culture is a key objective at the national level that is also shared by the regional administrations. One of the ways to achieve this purpose is to award those solutions that have been developed with open datasets, an initiative that enhances their reuse and impact on society.
On…
Calls for Sectoral Data Spaces
The Ministry for the Digital Transformation and Civil Service, on 17 December, announced the publication of the call for proposals for products and services for data spaces, an initiative that seeks to promote innovation and development in various sectors through financial aid. These grants are desi…
Data ecosystem developments in Spain: second half of 2024
Researchers and students from various centers have also reported advances resulting from working with data:The last days of the year are always a good time to look back and assess the progress made. If a few weeks ago we took stock of what happened in the Aporta initiative, now it is time to compile…
Plan for the Promotion of Sectorial Data Spaces
TheMinistry for the Digital Transformation and Civil Service has presented an ambitious Plan for the Promotion of Sectorial Data Spaces. Its objective is to foster innovation and improve competitiveness and added-value in all economic sectors, promoting the deployment of data spaces where data can b…
How SEGITTUR drives smart and sustainable tourism through data sharing
Tourism is one of Spain's economic engines. In 2022, it accounted for 11.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), exceeding €155 billion, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). A figure that grew to 188,000 million and 12.8% of GDP in 2023, according to Exceltur, an association o…
Eight Spanish solutions among the finalists of the European Best Cases Award 2024.
The 2024 Best Cases Awards of the Public Sector Tech Watch observatory now have finalists. These awards seek to highlight solutions that use emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence or blockchain, in public administrations, through two categories:
Solutions to improve the public…
Data ecosystem developments in Spain: first half 2024
It seems like only yesterday that we were finishing eating our grapes and welcoming the new year. However, six months have already passed, during which we have witnessed many new developments in the world, in Spain and also in the open data ecosystem.
Join us as we take a look back at some of the mo…
Badajoz Es Más - Smart Provincia: a platform for unified data management
The unstoppable advance of ICTs in cities and rural territories, and the social, economic and cultural context that sustains it, requires skills and competences that position us advantageously in new scenarios and environments of territorial innovation. In this context, the Provincial Council…
