Data stories

Open data maturity Open data has been identified as a fundamental resource for governments, businesses and civil society. In 2015, we launched the European Data Portal to improve access to open data from European countries and to foster high-quality public data publication at national, regional, and local level. Within this scope, we have been conducting our annual landscaping exercise to assess...

Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing On 23 May the European Data Portal (EDP) hosted the webinar " Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing" to discuss B2G data sharing initiatives in Europe and beyond. This webinar complements the EDP's analytical report on B2G Data Sharing published earlier this year. Data sharing is a key enabler of growth, employment and competitiveness for Europe and...

Introducing the Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers The European Data Portal's (EDP's) recently published analytical report on Open Data best practices in Europe's Top Three Performers offers a practical guidebook for policy makers and portal managers towards a successful open data transformation at national level. There has been a steady increase of interest in open data topics...

The Analytical Report mentioned in this article has now been published. See the updated Featured Highlight here Introducing the Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers Next week, the European Data Portal (EDP) will publish a new analytical report on Open Data best practices in Europe's Top Three Performers. This report offers a practical guidebook for policy makers and portal...

Open energy data Open energy data is one of the European Data Portal's (EDP) most popular data domains due to its implications in the energy and environmental sector. With growing awareness of topics such as climate change and renewable resources and initiatives to increase energy efficiency, governments around the world are introducing directives and targets focusing on energy data. One example...

Transport data Open transport data is one of the European Data Portal's (EDP) most frequently re-used data domains and is one of the five thematic data domains that the European Commission (EC) has identified as highly impactful. These five thematic data domains are datasets that the EC expects to have the highest demand from re-users across the European Union. They include geospatial data, earth...

Increased access to open data There is more open data available now than ever before. With the launch of the European Data Portal in 2015 and national open data portals (i.e. data.gov.ie and data.gov.be), thousands of datasets have become publicly accessible. The core aim of these open data initiatives is that anyone can access, use, and share the data. From citizens to data-driven journalists...

Introduction to B2G data sharing Data sharing is a key enabler of growth, employment and competitiveness for Europe and the Digital Single Market envisaged by the European Union. The non-rivalrous nature of data, combined with technological innovations such as the availability of big data analysis and artificial intelligence applications, enable maximising the value of data. Re-using data can save...

Open Data Day 2019 This year the international open data community celebrated the Open Data Day again. Open Data Day is an international annual event where data enthusiasts gather to connect and build new solutions to complex social issues by using open data. The event aims to not only show the benefits of open data (such as an increase in efficiency, transparency, innovation and economic growth)...

"Data is the new oil" is a quote for example from Neelie Kroes, former Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich or the Economist. The analogy of data and oil stems from the British mathematician Clive Humby and is based on the fact that both data and oil need a certain amount of effort before their full potential can be leveraged. Oil...