Looking back at EU Open Data Days 2021: ‘Facilitating data re-use’
Last November, the Publications Office of the European Union
[https://op.europa.eu/en/home] organised the EU Open Data Days
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/home]. Over the three days
(23 – 25 November 2021), the event showed the benefits of open data
to more than 2300 EU public sector representatives, citizens and
businesses under the main theme: ‘_SHAPE OUR FUTURE WITH OPEN
DATA_’.

Over 70 speakers from across the world took the floor in six thematic
sessions [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/programme]. Each
of these sessions provided an overview of innovative techniques and
best practices used in both the private and public sectors. Moreover,
they offered the participants valuable insights into open data and
data visualisation techniques and practices. 

In a series of news pieces, we have recapped each of the thematic
sessions of the EU Open Data Days, which included:

 	*  ‘Creating open data ecosystems
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/looking-back-eu-open-data-days-2021-creating-open-data-ecosystems]’
 	*  ‘Data for people
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/looking-back-eu-open-data-days-2021-data-people]’

The third thematic session was ‘Facilitating data re-use’, which
focused on FAIR principles of data
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/turning_fair_into_reality_0.pdf],
data literacy, and other projects that ensure interoperability. 

The first session was titled ‘Towards a data-literate society that
delivers to all
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/23-november-2021/#towards-a-data-literate-society-that-delivers-to-all]’
by Ravi Jumar, a Team Lead for the Data Use and Literacy programme at
the World Bank’s Development Data Group
[https://data.worldbank.org/] in Washington. In this session, Ravi
discussed how data can improve people’s lives in low- and
middle-income countries. He described how the World Bank worked to
help governments open their data and increase data literacy. He also
shared lessons learned from data-literacy initiatives in more than 30
countries. 

The second session was titled ‘Data.europa.eu, the official portal
for European data
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/23-november-2021/#dataeuropaeu-the-official-portal-for-European-data]’
by Esther Huyer and Raymonde Weyzen, experts in data strategy and
policy at Capgemini Invent. In this session, Esther and Raymonde
showcased the data.europa.eu portal and highlighted its focus on
facilitating and promoting (open) data re-use and data
interoperability through, for example, free access to eLearning
material, news pieces, successful stories of open data, and research. 

The third session was titled ‘Turning open data into open knowledge
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/23-november-2021/#turning-open-data-into-open-knowledge]’
by Renata Ávila, the CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation
[https://okfn.org/]. In this session, Renata shared what she had
learned from 17 years of open-data advocacy, publishing, tooling and
training.  She also shared her ideas on the future of the Open
Knowledge Foundation’s technical products following the EU’s Open
Data Directive
[https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/psi-open-data].  

The final session was titled ‘The current state of national metadata
– how to unlock open data benefits
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/23-november-2021/#the-current-state-of-national-metadata]’
by Barbara Šlibar, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Organization and
Informatics at the University of Zagreb
[http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/], and Enrique Mu, a Professor of
Management at Carlow University [https://www.carlow.edu/]. In this
session, Barbara and Enrique shared their findings from their analysis
of metadata from leading countries’ portals according to globally
recognised indices. They found and shared ways that portals could
improve. This included a discussion of how key open-data
administrators, officers and users need to improve metadata quality. 

To learn more about the above presentations, visit the EU Open Data
Days [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays] website, where you
can find official press release materials as well as recordings of all
contributions.

 

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Publication Date/Time
2022-08-01T08:30:00+00:00
Explore four initiatives highlighting the importance of data re-use