
This course helps create a better understanding of how open data publishing, searching, and ecosystems can ensure open data portals to remain relevant.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the definitions and importance of open data sustainability.
- Learn how topics such as open data publishing, searching, and ecosystems can ensure open data portals to remain relevant and useful for the community they serve.
- Understand future-proof portal models by policymakers, public administrators, suppliers of open data tech, and user groups depending on resources such as data.europa.eu to access the open government data ecosystem.
- Learn new methods and approaches to add value to the Portal’s resources, including harvested datasets, and new mechanisms to support community building.
Webinar
The webinar series "Future of Open Data Portals" consists of eight 1-hour webinars and is organised by the European Data Portal, with contributions from the Open Data Institute. The series covers topics such as open data publishing, searching, and ecosystems, and contains current best practices, experience and opportunities for collective action to ensure open data portals remain relevant and useful for the community they serve.
Materials available at: https://european-data-portal.gitlab.io/future-open-data-portals/
Recordings of the webinars are included under "Videos" below.
Reading
Recommendations for Open Data Portals: from setup to sustainability [Report 1/2]
each of five key areas: governance, finance, architecture, operations, and metrics.
Ensuring the economic sustainaiblity of open data portals: Understanding the impact and financing [Report 2/2]
data use and impact, at the same time as ensuring efficiency in the delivery of the many functions governments need to carry out.