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Join the online ODI ( Open Data Institute ) Summit 2021 on 2 November and explore the relationship between people and data! The role that data plays in our lives has been increasing, especially over the past year. We read online news stories, use health tracking apps, or shop online. Data is not the preserve of an expert minority; many people have become ‘data people’, meaning they are conscious with the data they produce, use, and share. The ODI’s annual conference brings together cutting-edge ideas, people and policies in the data space to show what it means to be data people. This year’s

'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know the people and their proposals for apps over nine episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the EU Open Data Days. At the competition finals in November, the teams will pitch their apps to the jury who will select the winners. In this sixth episode you get to meet ‘ ITER IDEA’. They are competing with two other teams in challenge 2: ‘An economy that works for people’. The Italian-based team is currently building a portal that facilitates women’s mobility. Using a series of European open data, the new

Join the second biennial EU Conference on modelling for policy support! Organised by the Joint Research Centre, this 5-day event is free of charge, open to everyone, and fully online. To tackle policy challenges, political choices have to be made and transparently informed by evidence. Models can greatly help to make informed decisions that take environmental, economic, and social impacts into account. The European Commission makes extensive use of models and this conference will help researchers and policymakers identify common challenges and develop solutions across all policy domains. Open

'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know the people and their proposals for apps over nine episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the final event. At the competition finals in November the teams will pitch their apps to the jury who will select the winners. In this fifth episode you get to meet the team behind cleanSpot, an app that boosts recycling. They are competing with two other teams in challenge 1: ‘A European Green Deal’. Their motto? ‘Boost recycling because there is no planet B’. CleanSpot is an app that helps improving reuse and

Join the 2021 edition of the Prague City Data Congress on 26-27 October. The congress showcases studies and drives networking in the fields of data, urban planning, and municipal coordination. The Prague City Data Congress is organised by the municipal company Operátor ICT , who are also responsible for the Smart City solutions. This year’s edition is defined by ‘the times of altered balance and changing perceptions’. The Prague City Data Congress will focus on the essence of accessible design, share best practices within data visualisations, and debate over data-based storytelling. By

'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know the people and their proposals for apps over nine episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the final event. At the competition finals in November the teams will pitch their apps to the jury who will select the winners. In this fourth episode you get to meet ‘The Carbons’, a team competing from India with their app: Carbon FOODprint. They are competing with two other teams in challenge 1: ‘A European Green Deal’. Their motto? Fuel your body without fouling the earth. As an application that provides

At this year’s State of the Union Address, the European Commission introduced the “ Path to the Digital Decade”. This actionable plan aims to digitalise skills, infrastructures, businesses, and public services to accomplish the digital transformation of our society and economy by 2030. At the heart of the Path to the Digital Decade is the ambition to foster close cooperation, common governance, and coordinated investment between the EU and Member States. Together with them, the Commission will develop trajectories, strategic roadmaps, and an annual cooperation mechanism to make this possible

'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know the people and their proposals for apps over nine episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the final event. At the competition finals in November the teams will pitch their apps to the jury who will select the winners. In this third episode, meet FROm Grey 2 Green (FROG2G), an interactive visualisation tool to help make Europe greener. They are competing with two other teams in challenge 1: ‘A European Green Deal’. The tool that they are currently developing will provide facts and statistics to help

We are excited to announce that the data.europa academy is live! Our team launched a packed curriculum with free courses designed for the open data community to learn what open data is and how to work with it. Whether you are a data provider, policymaker, or data enthusiast, the data.europa academy will help you become more knowledgeable about open data, and use it to your advantage. The curriculum is structured along four themes: 1. Policy: Learn about the implementation of open data policies, strategies, open data governance, data protection, and privacy regulations. 2. Impact: Understand

'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by the  EU Datathon finalists. Discover the people and their proposals for apps over nine episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the final event. At the competition finals in November the teams will pitch their apps to the jury who will select the winners. In this second episode, meet CityScale, a Ukraine-based application built to help you find the best place to live. They are competing with two other teams in challenge 2: ‘An economy that works for people’. CityScale collects data on cities, and the application gauges the quality and cost