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Open Data hackathon in Prague
Public administrations in the Czech Republic have about 7,300 information systems in place. These information systems conceal an unimaginable amount of data. Part of the public administration data is now available as Open Data. For example, www.otevrenadata.cz has an overview of all public institutions that publish their Open Data. And their number is growing. A National Open Data Catalogue was created, accessible on https://data.gov.cz, in which all Open Data are registered. Under the motto 'It is your state, come improve it!' several governmental institutions joined forces and decided to
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Italy to present during INSPIRE Conference
This week, from 4 to 8 September, the INSPIRE Conference takes place in Kehl, Germany (on 4-5 September) and Strasbourg, France (on 6-8 September). Not only the European Data Portal is present there, but representatives from national Open Data portals will be attending the event as well. Representatives from Italy will for instance provide a presentation on the INSPIRE Directive, eGovernment and Open Data. The presentation, entitled ' INSPIRE and eGovernment policies: a common governance for a wider public sector information infrastructure', will be delivered on 7 September at 2PM. In the
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Open Data eLearning Material
With its series of eLearning modules on Open Data, the European Data Portal has put together a comprehensive companion for all Open Data 'aficionados', that covers the main aspects of Open Data - from its definition and benefits, as well as various 'How To's such as choosing the right data formats and licences, cleaning up data or making Open Data sustainable. Our experts have selected 16 short modules designed for anyone interested in discovering more about Open Data. Our eLearning programme suits all levels from beginners to experts, and introduces users to every aspect of Open Data. Users
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Belgium invests EUR4,000,000 in mobility apps using Open Data
Two Belgian Ministers announced major investments in Open Data mobility apps. Alexander De Croo (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Postal Services) and Francois Bellot (Minister for Mobility and Transport) agreed upon investing EUR4 million to support projects focusing on mobility and Open Data. As we mentioned in one of our previous news articles, Belgian citizens and public organisations are looking for more Open Data related to mobility. The current investments provide an answer to this need for greater use of Open Data in
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Live: Dusseldorf Open Data Portal
The German city of Dusseldorf now has its own Open Data portal. The city decided to turn their public information into Open Data. Most of the data is part of their so called 'annual statistics'. The launch of the Open Data portal is meant to boost the development of new applications based on Open Data and interactive online projects. To do so, the municipal Open Data team of the portal is working together with developers, researchers and interested citizens. Besides cooperation and innovation, the city strongly believes that Open Data contribute to a more transparent and open governmental
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Gaining GBP130m annually by realising London transport data
Transport for London (TfL) has published a new report on the economic benefits and savings of releasing its data as Open Data. The study reveals that the release of Open Data by TfL generates GBP130m each year. Benefits are shared among customers, road users, the city of London and TfL itself. Over the course of almost ten years, Transport for London has released a substantial amount of Open Data, including timetables, service status and disruption information. The data has been freely available to anyone. Developers and partners have created numerous products and services (e.g. over 600 apps)
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18 start-ups funded by Data Pitch
Data Pitch announced to fund 18 start-ups with €100,000 grants, accelerating data-driven businesses. This European Union open innovation programme brings together data owners (both corporate and from the public-sector) with start-ups and SMEs working with data. One of the key success factors of Data Pitch is reflected in its geographical coverage. Funding has been awarded to companies from eleven European countries: Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom. The start-ups use data in many different ways. They provide innovative
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Why Sweden advocates for CC0
Correctly licensing datasets ensures that Open Data is indeed fully open. In an interview with the National Open Data Portal of Sweden, Bobo Tideström explains the importance of publishing Open Data without any restrictions. He is a business developer at the Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority. Tideström believes that using the Creative Commons CC0 licence tag is beneficial, as it indicates that the data is free to use, modify and share without any restrictions. Instead of using multiple licences, all Open Data from the Lantmäteriet is now compatible
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Call for global accord on Open Science Data
Four major international science organisations have called at a meeting in South Africa for global endorsement of an accord to help assure open access to volumes of "big data" that increasingly are the basis of research and policymaking. The four science organisations behind the "Open Data in a Big Data World" campaign are the International Council of Science (ICSU), the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS). Opening the data can help researchers to
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Core vocabularies and metadata profiles open for public consultation
The ISA 2 programme supports the development of digital solutions that facilitate public administrations, citizens and businesses to benefit from cross-border and cross-sector public services in an interoperable manner. To support this, they are developing a number of (semantic) specifications to harmonise how public data is created and labelled. In close collaboration with relevant EU and Member State services and a broad community of contributors, they have developed three new specifications. To collect feedback on these specifications, they are now open for public review. The DCAT