Asedie is celebrating its 20th anniversary
Publication Date/Time
2019-10-02T09:00:00+00:00
Country
Spain
The association Asedie is celebrating 20 years of boosting the Spanish
infomediary sector!
This year, the Asociación Multisectorial de la Información
[http://www.asedie.es/] (Asedie) is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Asedie is an association of companies that are dedicated to the use,
re-use and distribution of data. The association aims to create goods
and services that contribute to and boost the Spanish and European
economy.

Since 1999, Asedie has represented the needs of the Infomediary Sector
and has spearheaded the collaboration between the public and private
sector to meet common goals and overcome barriers in the world of open
data. The Spanish Public Infomediary Sector
[https://datos.gob.es/sites/default/files/doc/file/ppt_public_infomediary_sector_1.pdf]
is defined by datos.gob.es [https://datos.gob.es/] as businesses that
create value-added applications, products and/or services intended for
third parties using information from the public sector. The sector is
an integral part of the Spanish economy
[/en/news/introducing-asedies-7th-annual-report] where in 2017 it
earned about €1.8 billion and employed more than 20.000 people.

 

ASEDIE'S HISTORY

As stated, Asedie was founded in 1999 to boost the Infomediary Sector
in Spain and to facilitate public and private sector collaboration to
overcome barriers in the publication, use and re-use of open data. In
the 20 years since it was founded, Asedie has acquired international
presence as the Spanish Infomediary Sector's representative in Europe,
attended and held annual conferences, introduced the Asedie Awards and
conducted and published annual reports on the Spanish Infomediary
Sector. For example, they published their latest annual report on 11
April 2019, available online in English
[http://www.asedie.es/assets/asedie.-infomediary-sector-report-2019.pdf]
and Spanish
[http://www.asedie.es/assets/informe-asedie-sector-infomediario-2019.pdf].

The Asedie Awards were introduced in 2014 and are organised around an
annual international event that recognises people, companies or
institutions who work or contribute towards innovation and development
in the infomediary sector. The initiative aims to highlight the
importance of data openness and to promote further collaboration for
the development of the Spanish and global economy. To win the award,
the public can nominate people, companies or institutions they know
that support the Infomediary Sector by opening data, re-using open
data or facilitating transparency. Monday 30 September 2019 marks the
closing to submit proposals for this year's Asedie Award 2019
[/en/news/asedie-2019-awards]. Keep an eye out for the winners of
Asedie Award 2019 and the next call for proposals for Asedie Awards
2020.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-10-02-asedie_celebrating_20_years.png]
FIGURE 1: ASEDIE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS

 

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