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mySociety, technology to build collaborative societies
mySociety is a non-profit organization based in the UK and working with partners internationally, whose general goal is creating tools and mechanisms to ensure and maximize democratic accountability to give people the power to control and participate in the political agenda.
Thus, the entity develop…
CANARD Drones, FIWARE technology for air navegation
According to EUROSTAT, 879.4 million passengers travelled by air in the European Union in 2014, up by 4.4% compared with the previous year. Today more than ever, safety is the number one priority for the air industry. In fact, as FINODEX Project states, international airports spend 2.5…
The cost of data
Much has been written and discussed in recent years about the many social and economic benefits resulting from open data, but not about the total cost that these open data initiatives may incur.
There are also frequent statements that say that the cost of an open data initiative is very small, espec…
FI-WARE, technical components and reusing projects
Earlier this decade, the European Commission initiated a collaboration with large European technology companies to develop a common infrastructure that would allow Europe to be at the forefront of technology. The goal: establishing itself as world leader ahead of the United States and its technologi…
GODAN, open data for agriculture and nutrition in the world
The second Sustainable Development Goal stands for the end of hunger, food security, improved nutrition and the promotion of sustainable agriculture. However, facing these challenges requires data that can range from transparency in agricultural agreements to information on food safety. Open…
Analytical report: open data in European cities
70% of European citizens live in urban areas and, in fact, Spain is the fourth European country with the largest population living in cities (48.5%), behind the United Kingdom, Iceland and Cyprus. Today, the cities have become producers of large amounts of data held, to a greater extent, by p…
Data standards for interconnected Public Administrations
Rome was the European city chosen to host the latest edition of the Semantic Interoperability Conference (SEMIC 2016), which took place on 12th May under the slogan "Data Standards for interconnected Public Administrations". A data standard is a specification that describes, defines and/or st…
Overview of open data ecosytem in Africa
According to the results of a recent report by the Open Data Barometer, African nations still need to carry on their efforts to reach open data maturity and reach higher positions in the international ranking. However, the African community is already aware of the importance of the data to ma…
Global overview of open cultural data
Cultural data include information about objects, publications, pictures or music collections created and distributed by institutions from cultural and artistic sector. Given the great value of this cultural heritage, the European Union, through the Directive 2013/37/EU -and transposed…
#JPD16, reunión anual de la comunidad de periodismo de datos
La semana pasada, del 5 al 7 de mayo, tuvo lugar en Madrid la cuarta edición de las Jornadas de Periodismo de Datos. Bajo el lema “El poder está en los datos”, se congregaron durante tres días en el espacio madrileño MediaLab-Prado expertos de los sectores del periodismo, diseño, informática y estad…
