Search academy

Dive into the world of geospatial data across Europe and discover emerging trends in the community. Listen to experts explain how metadata is harvested from national geoportals across Europe to the European data portal in the webinars and find out what kind of geoinformation can be found on the portal. You’ll learn about the role of the European data portal in the geospatial community, and to grasp the opportunities of geospatial data.

Discover how to unleash the full potential of open data with the European data portal – a platform specifically designed for data providers. This lesson will take you from open data 101 to the nitty-gritty technical, legal, and practical details, with real-life examples to inspire you. You’ll also learn about the different services offered by the European data portal, the official European open data. By the end of it, you'll understand how the European data portal can be the perfect solution for your open data needs and have the skills to start publishing and promoting open data for citizens to access. 

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.

Want to know how to assess the usefulness of your open data? This lesson is your key to learning how to assess the formats of the data and how to improve it into richer formats. The e-learning is all about how to use the 5 Stars of linked open data to assess the usefulness of your open data and how to recognise the number of stars in a dataset. By the end of this e-learning, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the formats that may be more useful for your apps.

Being able to assess the usability of open data is a crucial skill in the data collection phase. In this lesson, you'll learn how to evaluate the quality of open data, understand the standards and markers of high-quality open data, and discover guidelines on data and metadata quality. You'll be introduced to a tool that helps you check the quality of your metadata, and through interactive videos and readings, you'll learn how to create high-quality DCAT-AP datasets. By the end of this lesson, you'll have the skills to judge the usability of open data, ensure the quality of your own data, understand the role and application of controlled vocabularies, and apply tools to assess the quality of your datasets.

Exploiting the full value of open data can require a change in the culture of your organisation or company. This e-learning is all about change management and how it can be implemented to support open data initiatives. You’ll learn what change management is, how you and your organisation can deal with large cultural changes, and what the key elements of change management in open data are.

How important is the data generated by citizens and what’s its impact in our overall economy of data? In this lesson you’ll explore how data is being made available in open data portals from different levels of public administrations. Through a combination of videos and readings you’ll get a better understanding of how citizen-generated data can be part of the open data offerings. Moreover, the lesson will cover how open data is governed, catalogued, and republished by public organizations.

Discover why open data impact is so important and how it can create governmental, social, environmental, and economic impact. In this lesson, you’ll learn about how to achieve impact through open data projects or initiatives, the possible barriers you and your team can come across, and how to overcome them. By the end of it, you’ll have a better understanding of how to achieve open data impact!