Looking back and moving forward: highlights from the data.europa
academy in 2025 and beyond
The new year has just begun, making it a good moment to reflect on the
data.europa academy’s achievements in 2025. Over the past year, we
hosted 18 webinars covering a wide range of topics. We kicked off with
a session on the European Data Strategy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news-events/events/webinar-navigating-european-data-strategy-progress-towards-single-market-data]
and continued with themes such as Open judicial data, AI, and
transparency in the digital age
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news-events/events/webinar-open-judicial-data-ai-and-transparency-digital-age].
One of the highlights was the three-day data visualisation workshop
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news-events/events/training-data-visualisation-session-1-foundations-effective-data-visualisation]
with Alberto Cairo, who showed over 2600 participants how to build
meaning from data, communicate insights clearly, and give the right
context through effective visual storytelling.

The data.europa academy would not be where it currently is without the
support of our users. In 2025, we had over 14,000 registrations for
our webinars and had an average feedback rate of 4.7 out of 5 across
all our webinars. With our wide selection of topics, we were able to
gain audiences across all sectors, from academia to private sector and
public institutions. We are grateful for your enthusiasm and
dedication in this past year and are looking forward to what’s next.

Looking ahead to the 2026 academy year, much remains familiar: we will
continue to organise two webinars per month, exploring new and
enriching themes. But this year also brings something entirely new.
Early in 2026, we will introduce a new academy interface, a major
update we have been developing to offer learners a more engaging and
more accessible learning experience.

Keep an eye on our social media channels, where we will share updates
about the launch of our new and improved academy. You can also visit
the European Data Portal [https://data.europa.eu/en] to explore the
Academy and soon discover the features as they go live.

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Publication Date/Time
2026-01-12T09:00:00+00:00
A new year brings new learning opportunities for Europe’s open data
community