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From 10 to 12 May, the Data4Good festival invites charities, social enterprises, public sector bodies, funders, and support organisations to share their data stories. The flagship event presents social sector organisations that use data to deliver greater impact, and showcases how these organisations use data to design more effective and efficient products and services. At the event, charities including Citizens Advice, London’s Air Ambulance Charity, Sustrans, Teach First, Cause4, and the British Red Cross will share their data journeys. There will also be several ‘how to’ sessions to gain

The Publications Office of the European Union invites experts to contribute to the EU Open Data Days, taking place from 23 to 25 November 2021. The EU Open Data Days is a collection of events centred around European data and offers a unique opportunity for the open data community to meet, share experience with experts in the field, and discover successful data-driven projects. There are two opportunities where you can participate: 1. As a speaker at EU DataViz This conference on open data and visualisation invites experts from all sectors worldwide to participate, including academia, private

On 21 April, the European Commission put forward new rules and actions designed to support Europe in becoming a global centre for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). By combining the first-ever legal framework on AI with a Coordinated Plan with Member States, Europe aims to safeguard the safety and rights of citizens, businesses, and organisations, and increase the uptake of AI and inspire investment and innovation across the European Union. The AI legislative framework sets a global standard of proportionate and flexible rules that take the risks that AI technologies pose into account

The European Union Open Data Portal and the European Data Portal are joining forces to become the single access point to open data from Europe and beyond. Data will play a key role in our lives. Sometimes called ‘the new infrastructure’, they form a basis for research and innovation and for the development of new products, services, and powerful technologies. Innovations arising from open data will improve our lives and boost economic growth. Open data is a powerful resource that is freely available for reuse to all citizens. The European Commission encourages cross-border use of reusable data

Soon the European Data Portal will merge with the European Open Data Portal to continue under a new name: data.europa.eu. Under this name, the project will continue on its mission to support European countries in publishing open data, increasing their open data maturity, and promoting awareness of open data’s potential for re-use. The goal of the data.europa.eu project is to improve accessibility and increase the value of public sector information along the whole data value chain. Therefore, the team will continue to operate, maintain, and further develop the data.europa.eu portal, support EU

The organisation that manages the Italian Open Data Portal, the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID), recently released an update to the portal that greatly improves user experience and encourages the sharing of data between public administrations. The update enables users to search based on keywords, making the search service much more effective. Several additional edits have been made to improve the design of the portal and to make open data more easily accessible. In addition, the new version of the portal also incorporates the catalogue of public administration databases. This now makes the

In the summer of 2021, the Open Maps for Europe project is expected to provide free access to use maps from over 40 countries across Europe. The project is a collaboration of EuroGeographics and the National Geographic Institute (NGI) Belgium, supported by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme of the European Union. A new online interface, created by thinkWhere will make it possible for users to access map, geospatial, and land information. Apart from topographic data, the gateway will also provide a digital elevation model, imagery, a cadastral index map, and a regional gazetteer

Open Cycle Map is a website with updated cycle paths across Europe. Cyclists can use the online Open Cycle Map to zoom in and out of specific locations and select cycling paths. The paths are numbered and have different colours according to whether the cycle path is a national, regional, or local cycle route. Thereby, the map also shows icons for relevant services such as bicycle shops, rental stations, toilets, cafes, drinking water fountains, shelters, hospitals, and post boxes. The open data sources that have been used to develop the Open Cycle Map, such as height data from NASA, have been

The British Museum has about eight million objects in its collection, half of these are portrayed in the British Museum collection database. Visitors can choose from curated collections, including desire, love, identity and death and memory, as well as those focusing on the Americas, China and Africa, which reveal the fascinating stories behind the objects. A new online collection launched in early 2020 includes new records and allows for new ways to search. Cultural open data is uploaded in the form of high-resolution images of art. The database of the British museum is one of the earliest

Doctena is a rapidly growing company that originated from Luxembourg with an application and website that connect patients and doctors across Europe. Patients can use Doctena to book appointments with health specialists, such as medical doctors, dentists, and physiotherapists. Geographical and (anonymised) medical data is used to connect patients with the right health professional. For example, patients can book an appointment with a health specialist based on their geographical location, language, and the displayed waiting times. The user satisfaction for the service is high, as 96% of the