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EU Datathon webinar with the European Environment Agency
On 6 May, the EU Datathon 2021 hosted their first webinar on the Natura 2000 dataset. The dataset was presented by Brian Mac Sharry from the European Environment Agency and can be used for Challenge 1: “A European Green Deal”. The EU Datathon is an annual open data competition open to data enthusiasts worldwide. To enter the competition, participants are invited to send ideas for applications that use open datasets and address one of three thematic challenges, aligned with the priorities of the European Commission. Selected teams will have 19 weeks to turn their ideas into functional apps and
Basque country launches first open data portal for agriculture
Agriculture is one of the main sectors of economic activity in the Northern Basque Country of France. The Basque Country Agglomeration Community wants to preserve the agricultural quality of the region by preventing deterioration caused by erosion and demographic factors, such as ageing of farm managers. As a result, the Northern Basque municipal community launched the open data portal ZABAL in 2021, which provides open agricultural data from France and can be used to increase the transparency of public action, to encourage innovation, and to contribute to the digital economic development of
Save the date and join the Data4Good Festival
From 10 to 12 May, the Data4Good festival invites charities, social enterprises, public sector bodies, funders, and support organisations to share their data stories. The flagship event presents social sector organisations that use data to deliver greater impact, and showcases how these organisations use data to design more effective and efficient products and services. At the event, charities including Citizens Advice, London’s Air Ambulance Charity, Sustrans, Teach First, Cause4, and the British Red Cross will share their data journeys. There will also be several ‘how to’ sessions to gain
EU Open Data Days call for proposals for EU DataViz and EU Datathon
The Publications Office of the European Union invites experts to contribute to the EU Open Data Days, taking place from 23 to 25 November 2021. The EU Open Data Days is a collection of events centred around European data and offers a unique opportunity for the open data community to meet, share experience with experts in the field, and discover successful data-driven projects. There are two opportunities where you can participate: 1. As a speaker at EU DataViz This conference on open data and visualisation invites experts from all sectors worldwide to participate, including academia, private
The European Commission proposes rules and actions for excellence and trust in AI
On 21 April, the European Commission put forward new rules and actions designed to support Europe in becoming a global centre for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). By combining the first-ever legal framework on AI with a Coordinated Plan with Member States, Europe aims to safeguard the safety and rights of citizens, businesses, and organisations, and increase the uptake of AI and inspire investment and innovation across the European Union. The AI legislative framework sets a global standard of proportionate and flexible rules that take the risks that AI technologies pose into account
Data.europa.eu: your single access point to open data
The European Union Open Data Portal and the European Data Portal are joining forces to become the single access point to open data from Europe and beyond. Data will play a key role in our lives. Sometimes called ‘the new infrastructure’, they form a basis for research and innovation and for the development of new products, services, and powerful technologies. Innovations arising from open data will improve our lives and boost economic growth. Open data is a powerful resource that is freely available for reuse to all citizens. The European Commission encourages cross-border use of reusable data
Check-the-Facts
On Wednesday 7 April, Jasmin Kareem ( Statistics Netherlands) and Eva van Rooijen ( Knowledge Centre for Government Publications) joined the EDP and Support Centre for Data Sharing (SCDS) team for a discussion on Check-the-Facts Higher Education, a decision-making tool for students. Check-the-Facts Higher Education provides high school students with an intuitive platform to access information that can help them decide which future studies to pursue. In doing so, the platform combines data from Statistics Netherlands as well as the Education Executive Agency (DUO). Though the tool is primarily
City of Aix-en-Provence launches its open data portal
The City of Aix-en-Provence celebrates the recent launch of the city’s open data portal, created in collaboration with Opendatasoft. The portal provides access to 53 datasets, provided by the city’s municipality, the National Ministry of Education, and the National Institute of Statistics. The datasets fall into several categories: Citizenship Culture Energy & environment Mobility & transport Population & habitat Town planning Citizens, business, and organisations can use the portal to discover and explore datasets from various locations and in different formats, dissect and further develop
Data for Better Lives – World Development Report 2021
On 24 March, the World Bank hosted a live panel discussion with David Malpass (World Bank Group President), Kersti Kaljulaid (President of Estonia), Brad Smith (President of Microsoft), and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Director General of the World Trade Organisation). In a 45-minute session, these speakers charted a course for global, resilient recovery based on data. This discussion ties in with the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives published earlier this year, which focuses on the role of data for development. The report delves into questions such as: “How do we tap the full
European Data Portal continues as data.europa.eu
Soon the European Data Portal will merge with the European Open Data Portal to continue under a new name: data.europa.eu. Under this name, the project will continue on its mission to support European countries in publishing open data, increasing their open data maturity, and promoting awareness of open data’s potential for re-use. The goal of the data.europa.eu project is to improve accessibility and increase the value of public sector information along the whole data value chain. Therefore, the team will continue to operate, maintain, and further develop the data.europa.eu portal, support EU