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The price and quantity of energy in the EU depends on many supply and demand factors, including geopolitics. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine driving oil and gas prices to higher levels, energy has become, for both governments and citizens, an even…

Before the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine had already made great progress to develop their open-data practices. Open data had been used in Ukraine to fight corruption, grow the economy and build a democratic society. In the 2021 edition of the…

This Thursday, 19 May 2022, the 11th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) brings together events to shine a light on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities. According to the GAAD Foundation, over 1 billion people have…

Join the global State of Open Data Policy Summit on Tuesday, 17 May from 17:00 – 20:00 CET. During the event, attendees from all over the world are invited to engage with senior leaders in government, civil society and business to discuss questions such…

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, data on infection rates, hospital occupancies and death tolls has been indispensable to guide governments´ actions. From visualising the evolution of the vaccination rate in France to tracking the economic and social…

  On 2 May 2022, the report “Principles and recommendations to make data.europa.eu data more reusable - A strategy-mapping report” was published. This report summarises the research done on the mid- and long-term sustainability of (open) data portal…

  On 9 May 1950, the signing of the Schuman Declaration marked the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. It was the first in a series of supranational European institutions that would ultimately lead to the European Union. To commemorate…

  At the end of March, Eurostat released a new interactive visualisation tool to show relevant statistics on the European Green Deal, one of the six European Commission priorities for 2019 – 2024. With the European Green Deal, the Commission aims at…

  Whether consciously by submitting an entry in Wikidata or unconsciously by validating a ticket on a means of public transport, citizens´ generate enormous amounts of data every day. Yet, this citizen-generated data is not widely available on data.…

  On 23 April 2022, the European Parliament and EU Member States agreed on a proposal of the Digital Services Act (DSA), an unprecedented new standard for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal and harmful content. Proposed by the…