Celebrate three years of Open Data on the European Data Portal!
Publication Date/Time
2018-11-21T09:00:00+00:00
Country
Europe
The European Data Portal was launched three years ago to improve
accessibility to Open Data across Europe
INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN DATA PORTAL 

Join us in celebrating three years of open data on the European Data
Portal [/en/] (EDP). Thank you to all open data enthusiast, publishers
and re-users for creating impact with open data! Thanks also to our
readers and subscribers for following our news, events, articles and
reports and for sharing your valuable experiences, insights and
opinions with us.

The EDP is an initiative launched by the European Commission
[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_en] to harness the potential of
open data to drive economic and societal development across Europe and
beyond. The portal serves as a gateway to open data from national
public administrations in Europe. We engage with Member States and the
public to promote, guide and monitor open data publishing and re-use.

HOW DID IT START?

Three years ago, the EDP Beta version was launched, starting with
240,000 datasets and the accompanying metadata translated into 3
languages.

By the EDP's first anniversary
[/en/highlights/first-year-anniversary-european-data-portal], the
portal expanded to contain already 600,000 datasets that were
searchable with keywords in 18 languages thanks to the translation of
their metadata. The portal contained over 200 articles and reports and
promoted dozens of open data related events.

HOW DOES IT LOOK TODAY?

By November 2018, the EDP attracts on average 30,000 visitors a month
from across Europe and beyond. The portal contains over 860,000
datasets [/data/en/dataset] covering 35 countries, with 78 catalogues
[/data/en/organization] structured in 13 categories. The metadata is
now translated to 24 official EU languages enabling multilingual
keyword search and enabling ease of access.

In addition, the portal offers 16 e-Learning modules
[/elearning/en/#/id/co-01] in five languages that cover open data
basics, such as licensing or data formats and guidance on how to
exploit the value of open data. In addition, the EDP has a collection
of Use Case
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/using-data/use-cases] examples
on how open data is re-used in practice, showcasing inspiring open
data applications in different sectors such as transport, population
and society, regions and cities, environment and health.

Furthermore, the EDP has an active social media presence with more
than 9,000 followers on twitter @EU_Dataportal, an open data news
[/en/what-we-do/articles-archive] feed that promotes data-related
events and updates on what governments, universities and organisations
are doing around open data and a Calendar [/en/what-we-do/calendar]
showing more than 100 open data Events in 2018. The portal also
entails multiple Factsheets and Reports
[/en/what-we-do/factsheets-and-reports] on open data publication and
re-use, such as the Open Data Goldbook for Data Managers and Data
Holders, ten analytical reports about hot topics in open data and the
annual Open Data Maturity report. In fact, the fourth annual report:
the "Open Data Maturity in Europe Report 2018: New horizon for Open
Data driven transformation
[/sites/default/files/edp_landscaping_insight_report_n4_2018.pdf]",
which highlights how open data can be used as a strategic asset to
enable successful transformation at national level, was launched this
week!

CONTINUE EXPLORING OPEN DATA ON EDP!

The EDP is continuously growing and harvesting more datasets. For
example, last October the EDP started harvesting Ukraine's Open
Government Data [/data/en/dataset?country=ua]. In addition, the portal
is in constant collaboration with national governments and open data
portals to continue harvesting data in more areas, for example geo
data.

The EDP is also placing a larger focus on digital formats to share
information and examples of open data re-use, such as interviews,
podcasts, webinars and online workshops to increase community
engagement. A recent example is the Open Data in Smart Cities Webinar
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRxmFRYBSQyUe6GFOOrxFA/videos]
hosted by EDP on 8 November, discussing open data initiatives in Smart
Cities in Europe with keynote speakers from Helsinki and Prague.

To continue improving, we invite you to please keep sharing your
experiences, thoughts and opinions on open data and data sharing with
the EDP via mail [/en/feedback/form?type=4], Twitter
[http://twitter.com/EU_DataPortal], Facebook
[http://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDataPortal] or LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8428984]. Once again, thank you for
your support and let's continue to harness the potential of open data!
