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The ENDORSE 2025 conference, hosted by the Publications Office of the European Union in Brussels, brought together experts from across Europe to discuss the latest developments in semantic technologies, reference data, and artificial intelligence. The event served as a platform for collaboration among EU institutions, academia, and industry. Over 2 days, participants explored how semantic interoperability can enhance digital public services, improve multilingual knowledge sharing, and support cross-border collaboration. Sessions covered practical applications of AI, the role of standards in
On 2 December 2025, UNESCO and UNFCCC will host an online webinar titled "What’s Next for Greening Communities," concluding their joint webinar series on climate empowerment. The event will explore how communities around the world are advancing sustainability through informal education, lifelong learning, and local initiatives. Speakers will share examples from Indigenous knowledge systems, youth-led projects, and UNESCO Learning Cities, highlighting how education outside traditional settings can lead to meaningful climate action. The webinar is free to attend and open to anyone interested in
Do you want to learn more about how open data can address climate-related challenges? Don’t miss our upcoming data.europa academy webinar! Join us on Friday, 7 November 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 CET, for our session: 'Driving climate action with open data: visual stories and impactful reuse cases' , where we will explore how open data can support and accelerate climate action. In this session, Renato Malaccorto , research director of the Open Data Charter , will share a use case from the network’s Open Up Guide for Climate Action , which identifies 71 high-value datasets for Paris Agreement
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation , now in force, marks a major step forward in how health data is accessed and reused across the EU. A new report published on the European Data Portal explores the impact of the EHDS and its interaction with the Open Data Directive (ODD) , highlighting how these two frameworks can work together to benefit patients, healthcare providers, policymakers and researchers. The EHDS enables secure access to personal health data for care and research, while the ODD promotes the reuse of public sector data, including aggregated health statistics. Together
On Monday, 20 October, Europe joins the international community in celebrating World Statistics Day , an initiative by the United Nations held every five years to highlight the importance of high-quality, trustworthy data. This year’s theme, “Quality statistics and data for everyone”, underscores the important role of official statistics in helping societies navigate complex challenges and make informed decisions. In previous years, European Statistics Day , was celebrated on a different date than the global event. In 2025, both will be celebrated on the same day. The next European edition
The European Data Portal is committed to enhancing data literacy and making open data as accessible as possible for all users. A contributor to this mission is the Metadata Quality Assessment (MQA) tool , which plays an important role in improving the discoverability, accessibility, and usability of public sector data across Europe. Designed to evaluate the quality of metadata harvested from national and regional data portals, the MQA tool provides a structured dashboard which assesses key indicators such as compliance with DCAT-AP standards, machine readability and licensing clarity. What
The third and final volume of the Use Case Observatory has now been published on the European Data Portal , concluding a three-year research effort to understand the impact of open data across Europe. Managed by the Publications Office of the European Union and conducted by the European Data Portal team, this longitudinal study followed 13 open data use cases from 2022 to 2025, assessing their economic, governmental, social and environmental impact. Volume III builds on earlier findings by showcasing how these initiatives have matured over time. From job-matching platforms like ‘ Naar Jobs’
In this three-part training series on data visualisation you will learn how to turn complex data into clear, ethical, and engaging visuals. Led by data visualisation expert and professor Alberto Cairo, each 90-minute episode combines theory, hands-on practice, and curated materials to help you design visualisations that communicate insights effectively.
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From Monday 13 October to Wednesday 15 October 2025, The European Week of Regions and Cities returns to Brussels exploring how local and regional authorities are driving sustainable growth and implementing EU policies on the ground. This annual event, co-organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the European Committee of the Regions , is the largest of its kind focused on regional development in Europe. Now in its 23 rd edition, the event features over 100 sessions and networking opportunities around themes such as the green transition
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The Use Case Observatory is a three-year research initiative led by the European Data Portal to assess the economic, governmental, social and environmental impact of open data across Europe. This third and final volume builds on previous findings by analysing 13 active use cases, each demonstrating how open data can drive innovation, transparency, inclusion and sustainability. The report...
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