Watch the recording of the webinar ´Measuring open data impact in
Europe`
On Friday 30 September 2022, the data.europa academy webinar on
´Measuring open data impact in Europe`
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/measuring-open-data-impact-europe]
took place. The webinar aimed at providing an overview of existing
methods to assess the impact of open data in Europe, while also
encouraging additional reflection on how impact can be better measured
in the future.

With this goal in mind, the webinar started with an introduction on
why open data impact should be measured and what is defined as
´impact` by the most commonly used methodologies, among which the
Open Data Maturity [https://data.europa.eu/en/impact-studies/overview]
(ODM). Particular emphasis was placed on the effort to update the
ODM´s methodology to better grasp the challenge of measuring open
data impact across Europe and better distinguish between measuring
re-use of open data and the impact created through re-use. In the
introduction, further research activities by data.europa.eu were
mentioned, including the literature review on existing impact
frameworks (to be published soon) and the Use Case Observatory
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/stories-use-case-observatory] that
will be published in October. 

The webinar continued with the presentations by representatives of
Poland and France. Joanna Malczewska, Counselor for the Data
Management Department of Poland´s Chancellery of the Prime Minister,
shared the experience of Poland in implementing a cross-sectional
survey. Conducted among 600 micro companies, SMEs, and large
enterprises from different regions and sectors, it assessed the
characteristics of the open data market in the business reality.
Antonin Garrone, Product Owner at data.gouv.fr
[https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/], Etalab-DINUM-Prime Minister's Office,
presented the conceptual tool used by France to understand the four
different levels of open data impact: the raw data on usage retrieved
from the portal, the direct uses of open data (e.g., number of
applications), the indirect uses (e.g., number of downloads of an
application), and the externalities, like innovations and political
effects.

Following these presentations, the country speakers were invited to a
panel discussion. Some of the take-aways were the following: 

 	* According to the French experience, when trying to incentivise
re-users to share their references, it is important _´to focus on the
product itself`_ – i.e., the open data portal – and give more
visibility to the shares and visits. This is because many times
re-users ended up not sharing their re-use cases just because they
were not aware of the possibility to do so;
 	* For Poland, open data portals should _´not be used in a too
intrusive way_`, especially when it comes to silent re-users.
Searching for leaders in the field of open data and leveraging open
data enthusiasts´ networks to expand their outreach is also a better
practice;
 	* Both Poland and France have collaborated with external partners,
such as NGOs and non-for-profit organisations, to conduct open data
impact assessments, but do not see it as a _´long-lasting solution`_
or one not causing _´conflicts of interest`._ Thus, they both rely -
to different extent - on internal team´s expertise, with France also
advocating for international organisations to have a more important
role in measuring open data impact. 

Curious to learn more on the insights of this webinar? Watch the
recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp7-qSNLR1U] and find the
slides
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/measuring-open-data-impact-europe]
and Q&As
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/course/Q%26A%20%E2%80%93%20data.europa%20academy%20webinar%20on%20%C2%B4Measuring%20open%20data%20impact%20in%20Europe%60%20-%2030%20September%202022_0.pdf]
of the panel discussion on the dedicated data.europa academy section
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/measuring-open-data-impact-europe].

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Publication Date/Time
2022-10-07T07:00:00+00:00
Find out the insights provided during the countries´ presentations
and the panel discussion