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Often, when Open Data is discussed, the focus lies most of the time on business opportunities and the various benefits that Open (Government) Data holds for the economy and government, in particular with regards to fostering business innovation and efficiency gains. Further benefits however have also been quantified on other dimensions, such as the environmental and societal ones. Concerning the...

The Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE) has awarded a total of €1.7m to the eighteen businesses selected for its first and second cohort. The startups and SMEs Sickly, Thingful, Pikhaya Smart Streets, CommoPrices, InSymbio, Instats, BikeCitizens, openlaws, OpenResort S/I-as-a-Service, IBeacons Living Lab, Open Data based Fire Risk Assessment, Farm Dog, Plume Air Cloud, DataPress, OpenGazettes...

On the 4th and 5th November 2017, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), one of Germany's 16 federal states, held the 3rd annual hackathon in a row. The annual #NRWHack is a successful and one of a kind platform bringing together the Open Data community and representatives of the public administration in NRW, and aims at facilitating communication and cooperation as well as awareness for Open Data. What...

With the summer holidays just around the corner, people are planning trips to numerous places all over Europe. Finding the right travel destination is not always easy, with a lot of competitive destinations throughout Europe. And what kind of activities can be undertaken at your destination? Here, Open Data can help out - both for the preparation of your trip as well as for travel information on...

The developer community in Denmark never sleeps, as shown by a new application developed for the city of Aarhus - the second largest city in Denmark. The Århusr P-huse app is available for download for both Android and iOS smartphones and provides users with an intuitive and easy to use application for checking in real-time the availability of parking garages houses of Aarhus. It uses the dataset...

The European Data Portal harvests the metadata of Public Sector Information available on portals, both national, regional and local, throughout Europe. Currently there are 71 catalogues which are harvested, with a total amount of over 616k datasets available on the European Data Portal. These datasets are divided over 13 data categories. Data categories are categorisations of datasets linked to a...

Falling temperatures across Europe signal the start of winter season. The favourite season for those loving snow and the holidays. It is also the season which often brings an unfriendly guest: sky-high heating bills. In order to stay warm and comfortable during the cold and dark winters many people heat up their houses, resulting in a sharp rise of the demand for heating in the winter months in...

While for some of us life in a city is associated with diversity, liveliness, and fast pace, for others living in a city can represent a real stress factor. This is an aspect that many local governments are trying to tackle in their quest to increase the quality of life of the city inhabitants. Where does Open Data come in in this scenario and how can it help make life in the city more pleasant...

Where do the 28 European countries plus Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (EU28+) stand with regard to the deployment of Open Data? An overview of the most important findings of the Open Data Maturity Assessment, including Open Data Readiness and Portal Maturity. Where do European countries stand with regard to Open Data? What key policies have been set up? What are the key features of...

Can we see an acceleration in the development of Open Data Maturity in the 28 European Union countries plus Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (EU28+)? A second assessment in a series of annual studies highlighting the most important findings of the Open Data Maturity Assessment has just been published. Open Data Maturity is measured by taking into account Open Data Readiness and Portal...