A recap of our data provider’s workshop: Two insightful days in
Paris
Last week we hosted an exciting event in Paris! On 12 and 13 November,
a workshop designed to bring data providers from across Europe
together, counted with the attendance of 40 participants from 22
different countries. For two days, there was a mix of presentations
and moments of interaction between the data providers, which led to
many new insights.  

On the first day, after a word of introduction by the Publications
Office of the European Union [https://op.europa.eu/en/], there was a
keynote speech by the French Interministerial Directorate for Digital
Services (DINUM) [https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/dinum/] about their
data.gouv.fr [https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/] open data platform. The
day continued with the first presentation on the policy landscape in
the EU by the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content
and Technology (DG CNECT)
[https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en].
This was followed by a session on High-Value Datasets (HVDs), where
attendees could discuss challenges and where doubts were cleared about
the reporting standards starting from February 2025. The differences
between the HVD Implementing Regulation
[http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/138/oj] and the INSPIRE
[http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2007/2/oj] legislation were also
touched upon, to address concerns from data providers. 

Before dinner, country representatives could discuss their
opportunities and challenges to knowledge sharing during an
interactive session on the knowledge sharing market, followed by a
speech from the head of DINUM. The second day kicked off with a
presentation on our report on the role of AI
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/report/The%20Role%20of%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20in%20Processing%20and%20Generating%20New%20Data-1-2.pdf]
followed by another interactive session where Switzerland, Bosnia, and
Albania showed their innovations using AI. The day ended with a
presentation by the Publications Office on how high-quality metadata
is supported by data.europa.eu [https://data.europa.eu/en].  

We would like to thank all the participants for their enthusiasm,
DINUM for the great hosting, DG CNECT for their valuable insights, and
the colleagues of the Publications Office for organising the event! We
believe these moments create a better connection between European
countries and contribute to greater usage of open data, stay tuned for
the next workshop! 

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Publication Date/Time
2024-11-22T09:00:00+00:00
40 participants shared insights and connected through open data