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Do you want to explore and learn how to code?
From 15 to 23 October, multiple events are organised in the frame of EU Code week. During this week, millions of children, (young) adults, entrepreneurs, and policymakers will come together at events to learn how to bring ideas to life through code. The idea behind this week was launched four years ago as a means to support the development of the Digital Agenda, now known as the Digital Single Market. With a rapidly advancing world due to technological innovations, the way we work, communicate, shop and live has changed dramatically over the years. In order to deal with these rapid changes
Poland adopts first Open Data resolution
To truly embed Open Data in the Polish governmental policy, the Council of Ministers recently adopted a resolution entitled "Programme for the opening of public data" ( Programu otwierania danych publicznych). The Council of Ministers follows the recommendations of the Minister of Digitisation and embraces Open Data. Taking into account the estimated market value of Open Data and the potential benefits it can create for the economy and society, the programme brings forward a number of actions aimed at enhancing Open Data in Poland. The paramount objective of the programme is to improve the
The vision and strategy of Tuscany on Open Data
The Italian region of Tuscany is achieving an effective open government in its territory, in the belief that open administration does not only coincide with the opening of data, but also in a new philosophy and a horizontal relationship with other institutions as well as with the community. The Regional Law 19, adopted on 18 February 2015 and focusing on open government and Open Data, made this vision effective and concrete. In this context the multi-platform Open Toscana aims to bring the administration closer to citizens and enterprises by improving the access to data and by the provision of
New Open Data report in France
On 17 October, the association OpendataFrance handed to Axelle Lemaire , Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, its Report on support systems for local authorities to open public data. This report has three objectives: Describe the state of play of the Open Data community in France; Propose support options for implementing Open Data at local and regional level; Provide support and pooling efforts at a national level. To date, more than 10,000 data records were posted by a hundred pioneering local authorities, particularly through the national platform data.gouv.fr. But in terms of Open Data
Workshop Open Policy Making
Is Open Data capable of improving political decision making and governance? Open policy making follows the approach to refine collaborative, evidence-based politics, through applying Open Data and information technologies. Decision making can become more accurate, transparent and comprehensible through Open Data and IT technologies. People interested in Open Data and policy making are invited to participate in an open discussion on 10 November 2016 at the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS in Berlin. The European research project Policy Compass and invited speakers from prominent research projects and
DataBusiness Challenge - Game On!
Do you want to create an application that helps the everyday lives of people living and working in cities? Or help them actively participate in the development of their city? Or do you have ideas about how digital services could help organisations base their decisions more and more on accurate information? Now is your chance to get creative! The six largest cities in Finland (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku and Oulu) want to support the development of new user based services by arranging an Open Data innovation competition. The aim of the DataBusiness Challenge is to encourage
The benefits of Open Data from a German perspective
The benefits of Open Data are diverse and range from improved efficiency of public administrations, economic growth in the private sector to wider social welfare. The report ' Creating Value through Open Data', published in 2015 by the European Data Portal, provided insights in the potential benefits of Open Data in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The Konrad-Adenauer Foundation has also studied the benefits of Open Data. They studied the economic potential Open Data could bring specifically for Germany, and their study shows that open administration data in Germany can
CeDEM17 Call for papers
From 17 to 19 May 2017, the International Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government will take place at the Danube University Krems, Austria. This conference brings together e-democracy, e-participation and open government specialists working in academia, politics, government and business to critically analyse the innovations, issues, ideas and challenges in the networked societies of the digital age. The organisation now invites individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions to submit their papers
Public Services Hackathon in three European cities
With the first hackathon starting on 2 November 2016, CloudOpting organises three hackathons in three European cities, Sant Cugat del Valles (Spain), Corby (UK) and Karlshamn (Sweden). The hackathons address Public Service Providers that want to increase the visibility of their applications and services in a European Marketplace through migrating their services to a single digital store. They will also provide Public Administration (Service Subscribers) with a new insight into Cloud based computing. The purpose of the hackathon is to increase the applications available at the marketplace, to
The 2nd Lecce Open Data Contest
The Municipality of Lecce organises the 2nd Lecce Open Data Contest. The contest is a competition of ideas designed to foster the development of applications aiming at facilitating access to the public information assets of the platform dati.comune.lecce.it. The goal of the initiative is to engage all communities and networks of developers and digital activists in a collective intelligence path increasing the quantity and quality of information services for citizens. In particular, the 2nd Lecce Open Data Contest requires that the participants focus their creativity on two different categories