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Open data in Europe Most national governments in Europe have developed an open data agenda and have established open data portals supported by solid open data policies and strategies. In 2019, an overall maturity of 74% was achieved by the EU28 in terms of policy maturity (visible on the ODM dashboard), indicating that Member States have developed a strong foundation in terms of their open data...

The European Data Portal (EDP) team wishes you all a Happy New Year! We are looking forward to continuing collaborating and discussing open data related topics and trends with you in the new year. In 2020, the EDP will continue to share events, highlights and news on our website, organise webinars and publish research findings around open data. EDP Highlights in early 2020 are: Publication of our...

On 2 December 2019, the European Data Portal published its Open Data Maturity Report 2019. The report is the fifth annual study and serves as a benchmark to gain insights into the development achieved in the field of open data in Europe. It assesses the level of maturity against four dimensions: policy, portal, impact, and quality. The study clusters countries into four different groups: trend...

Join us in celebrating four years of open data on the European Data Portal (EDP)! Thank you to the open data enthusiasts, publishers, re-users, and to all our readers and subscribers for following our news, events, articles, and reports. We invite you to continue sharing your valuable experiences, insights, and opinions with us. Four years ago, the EDP beta version was launched and started with...

The EU DataViz 2019, organised by the Publications Office of the European Union, took place at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg on 12 November. The event brought together more than 500 international experts, professionals, and solution-seekers from around the world and addressed the specific needs of the public sector data visualisation community. Several European Directorate Generals...

European Big Data Value Forum The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2019 was held on 14 to 16 October in Helsinki, Finland and was organised by Big Data Value Association (BDVA) in collaboration with the European Commission and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. The EBDVF is an annual European event that gathers industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy...

Agriculture The term agriculture, otherwise known as farming, refers to the process of producing food, feed, fibre, and other desired products that can be gained by cultivating certain plants and raising domesticated animals (livestock) and is the benchmark of the agriculture sector. The agriculture sector is one of the most important sectors in an economy due to its impact and influence on other...

New website The European Data Portal (EDP) beta version was launched on November 2015. Since then, a new version of the website has been released several times a year with the latest being on 2 May 2019, when the EDP launched version 2.3 of the website. Previous enhancements and extensions of the EDP website included: the development of an API for editorial content (e.g. the EDP use cases, news...

Introducing the Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers The European Data Portal's (EDP's) recently published analytical report on Open Data best practices in Europe's Top Three Performers offers a practical guidebook for policy makers and portal managers towards a successful open data transformation at national level. There has been a steady increase of interest in open data topics...

Open data maturity Open data has been identified as a fundamental resource for governments, businesses and civil society. In 2015, we launched the European Data Portal to improve access to open data from European countries and to foster high-quality public data publication at national, regional, and local level. Within this scope, we have been conducting our annual landscaping exercise to assess...