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This lesson explores the impact of open data reuse on government, society, environment and economy through webinars and examples of European open data and best practices in fields like mobility, journalism, agriculture, and smart cities. You’ll get a better understanding about the importance of monitoring open data reuse and different ways to do it. By the end, you'll understand the potential of open data reuse and be inspired to make a difference.

Information can get lost in a long document. How can we get it out? In this lesson, we have three webinars that deep dive into how you can go beyond a printed document and annual report, and instead have a human-centred information design process that can be used to develop a modern, data-driven government publication that incorporates data visualisation and data-driven storytelling.

Understanding and measuring the impact of open data is one of the areas that data.europa.eu explores. Our material introduces different methods that are used to measure the impact of open data in Europe. This is complemented by our reading materials, which dive into assessing the different measurement approaches across European institutions. At the end of the lesson, you’ll be familiar with different methods to measure open data impact!

Do you want to improve your storytelling techniques with data? In this lesson, you’ll discover reading materials that illustrate how information can be used in data visualisation. Through the webinar with Maarten Lambrechts,you’ll also learn journalistic techniques in data visualisation that allow for effective storytelling.

What is the European data strategy, and how is it shaping the future of data governance in Europe? In this lesson, you will explore the key objectives behind the strategy, its role in creating a single market for data, and the policies and initiatives driving data innovation and collaboration across Europe.

Are you looking to produce an interactive map to visualise information such as a social, economic, or environmental development data? In this webinar, Tuny Fujs demonstrates how the World Bank uses open data, open code, and open knowledge for the most effective visualisations. You’ll learn how to identify what data you need for your visualisation and why its important, and how you can tell a story and take your audience on a journey.

Interested in what kind of open datasets are available from public institutions across Europe? Our videos dive into available open datasets from European public institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Bank, etc.  In this lesson, you’ll discover datasets from these administrations and how to make the best out of them, with hands-on tips and tricks.

When we talk about ‘open data’, we mean legal openness, so everybody can access, reuse and distribute it. This lesson is a first introduction to open data licensing, and what it means in practice.   Through e-learnings, videos, readings, and the licensing tool, you’ll be able to differentiate between the different licenses, build a machine-readable open license that can be applied to all online content, and use the the European data portal licensing tool. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to select the right open data license for your dataset.

Do you want to learn how to make data visualisations more impactful? In this webinar, Jovan Lekovic demonstrates how designing with aesthetics in mind is a step to improved data visualisations. Lekovic shares what we can learn from research in design aesthetics, and how that can help you create better-looking charts, visualisations, and reports.