Learn about the key highlights of the webinar ‘Stories of use cases:
Open data and a new push for European democracy’
On Friday 26 May 2023, the data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] hosted the webinar ‘Stories of
use cases: Open data and a new push for European democracy’. This
was the third webinar in the series ‘Stories of use cases’, where
open data-driven initiatives share their stories on how open data
supports them in aligning to the European Commission’s political
priorities 2019-2024
[https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/eu-priorities/european-union-priorities-2019-2024_en].
This session focused on a new push for European democracy
[https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/new-push-european-democracy_en].


To address its main challenges, the European Union has defined six
priorities for the political and policy agenda until 2024. Initiatives
in light of the priority ‘a new push for European democracy
[https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/new-push-european-democracy_en]’
aim to nurture, strengthen, and protect a European democracy. Standing
together as Europe, a unity is formed based on shared democratic
values: commitment to fundamental human rights; the protection of a
free and independent press; upholding the rule of law; and equality
between women and men, rural and urban, young and old. In alignment
with the priority, and to tackle the social, economic and governmental
challenges, this webinar presented two open data driven initiatives.

The webinar started with an introduction to the political priorities
followed by presentations from two use cases. First, EU Integrity
Watch  [https://www.integritywatch.eu/]presented their tool for
data-driven advocacy. The audience was shown where to find interactive
databases on Commission and MEP lobby meetings, EU lobbyists and MEP
side incomes all in a user-friendly format to empower citizens,
journalists, and civil society in enhancing EU political integrity.
Second, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information
[https://idfi.ge/en] presented Georgia’s Open Data Lab. Using open
data, they strive for government accountability and make an impact
through various initiatives that  promote the use of and access to
open data. The webinar concluded with a panel discussion where
questions were answered and insights were shared on how open data
aligns with the respective political priorities.

To learn more about the insights from this webinar, you can
watch the recording
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxCQHKUly44&list=PLT5rARDev_rknM6hDfssgSCS6aUxE70eF&index=26] and
consult the slides
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/stories-use-case-observatory] on data.europa
academy [https://data.europa.eu/en/academy].  Stay tuned for our
fourth and final webinar
[https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/stories-of-use-cases-open-data-to-make-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/register?_ga=2.78313364.1877772463.1685441175-683313358.1679471679&_gac=1.50260692.1683793446.Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzB0rShLfVXllw9yUOxoMWWGFNDUvyLfM-febR6pPkY-pIZKvOQkX8saAiEREALw_wcB&_gl=1*1qpobws*_ga*NjgzMzEzMzU4LjE2Nzk0NzE2Nzk.*_ga_K7H94QHX99*MTY4NTUyNTExMS4xMzIuMS4xNjg1NTI1MTMzLjM4LjAuMA..]
in this series of use cases on EU political priorities, which will
highlight a Europe fit for the digital age
[https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/stories-of-use-cases-open-data-to-make-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/register?_gl=1*njd145*_ga*NjgzMzEzMzU4LjE2Nzk0NzE2Nzk.*_ga_K7H94QHX99*MTY4NTYxNzg0MC4xMzQuMS4xNjg1NjE3OTIzLjU3LjAuMA..&_ga=2.77846292.1877772463.1685441175-683313358.1679471679&_gac=1.216404580.1683793446.Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzB0rShLfVXllw9yUOxoMWWGFNDUvyLfM-febR6pPkY-pIZKvOQkX8saAiEREALw_wcB].

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Publication Date/Time
2023-06-16T08:00:00+00:00
Discover the open data initiatives that strengthen Europe’s new push
for democracy