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Poland benefits from Open Data Programme
The Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs has published the 'Public data opening programme'. This document specifies data sharing standards, objectives, openness pillars and a strategy for 2016-2020. The programme was adopted by the Council of Ministers on 20 September 2016. Anna Strezynska, Minister of Digital Affairs, coordinates the implementation of the programme. Moreover, the Ministry regularly checks whether selected institutions comply with the developed standards, sets the shared openness agenda and organises Open Data trainings. More information on the 'Public data opening programme'
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New tools for data journalists
Data journalists are vital for turning large datasets into valuable insights. The stories of data journalists particularly help society to improve processes of transparency and accountability based on data. Three Horizon 2020 projects - OpenBudgets.eu, Your Data Stories and DIGIWHIST - provide new solutions that equip data journalists with the right set of tools. The OpenBudgets.eu toolbox offers journalists training materials, visualisations and deep analytical software to understand public budgets and government accounting. The DIGIWHIST database for public procurement data sheds light on
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Open Smart City APIs
How to combine Open Data, Smart Cities, business opportunities and APIs (application programming interfaces)? Finland's DataBusiness.fi published a set of brochures on how to deliver open Smart City APIs. APIs provide the foundations for digital services of the future. More precisely, APIs facilitate data usage by multiple parties regardless of back-end system technologies. The six largest Finnish cities, including Helsinki, have disclosed their data and interfaces since 2014. The new releases provide an overview of city experiences with opening up data and accelerating data-driven business
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Public Consultation on the review of the PSI Directive
The deadline to reply to the public consultation on the review of the Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive is approaching: 12 December! But why is the PSI Directive important? It provides the legal framework for a European market for government-held data (public sector information). The Directive is built around two key pillars of the internal market: transparency and fair competition. This consultation intends to evaluate the implementation of the PSI Directive and seeks views on how to improve accessibility and re-use of public and publicly funded data. It also considers access to and
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Open Data fosters civic engagement in Eastern Europe
How do Open Data change societies? The global network TechSoup, that manages philanthropic technology programmes, tries to reduce technological barriers by connecting hackers, designers, public officials and social activists. Anna Sienicka (Europe's vice-president at TechSoup) explains that linking people and merging the offline and online world leads to successful adaptation of innovations such as Open Data. Governments are in a process of becoming more and more transparent and responsive. The focus on open, collaborative and participative governments is particularly visible in Eastern Europe
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Assessing Open Data Demand around the world
On 19 October 2017 a newly published survey on "Open Government Data: Assessing demand around the world" was published. The research conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by the Government Technology Agency of Singapore sought to understand how citizens are using Open Government Data (OGD) and what benefits OGD is expected to bring to society. The research compared OGD uptake and usage across 10 countries: Australia, Finland, France, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States and the UK. The report highlights the increased value that the
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An Open Workshop on Open Data
On 11 November the annual meeting of the Open Government Community in Germany's federal state of North Rheine-Westphalia (NRW) took place in the city of Wuppertal. This was the seventh meeting of a series that gathers Open Data enthusiasts, public administrations active at the local level, as well as other Open Data stakeholders for an open discussion on the challenges and opportunities of Open Government at local level. The Offene Kommunen.NRW (Open Municipality.NRW) Barcamp was organised by the Open.NRW Head Office and provided the opportunity for participants to exchange views on the
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The EU Datathon 2017
On 16 November 2017 the EU Datathon organised by the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Publications Office of the European Union has come to a successful end at the final event in Brussels. The datathon started in September 2017. The Datathon focused on the reuse of data from the EU Open Data Portal, the access point to Open Data made available by the institutions and agencies of the European Union. The Datathon participants had the opportunity to show how Open Data from public institutions can be used to tackle policy and/or societal challenges and generate jobs
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Swedish Open Data team provides guidance for public administrations
The Swedish Open Data at the National Archives has conducted a study in the spring of 2017 about the collection and publication of the datasets agencies are publishing under the Act on the re-use of documents from public administrations, known as PSI databases. The report has been published recently, showing the results of the study and providing suggestions on how the National Archives could collect and publish PSI datasets. The report also illustrates the state of the art with regard to the work on the PSI at national and European level. The study serves as a guide on how to create and
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The National Open Data and Housing event has taken place in Luxembourg
During Luxembourg's "Semaine internationale du Logement" (a major national event on home & living under the responsibility of the Ministry of Housing) a mini-conference about Open Data in the context of housing drew attention to the benefits of transparency in this domain. After an introduction by senior government advisor Jean-Paul Marc, Francis Kaell, responsible for the Government's Division of Open Data and access to information, presented the national Open Data Portal. Dr. Julien Licheron, responsible for the "Housing observatory" at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research