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Interested to see what organisations across Europe are doing with open data? Dive into our Use Case Observatory research to discover ways of monitoring and evaluating the impact of open data reuse. Our webinars and report highlight several interesting use cases of open data-driven solutions and give the floor to representatives to delve into what they are doing with open data and its impact.  

Discover how to unleash the full potential of open data with data.europa.eu – a platform specifically designed for data providers. This lesson will take you from open data 101 to the nitty-gritty technical, legal, and practical details, with real-life examples to inspire you. You’ll also learn about the different services offered by data.europa.eu, the official European open data. By the end of it, you'll understand how data.europa.eu can be the perfect solution for your open data needs and have the skills to start publishing and promoting open data for citizens to access. 

Ready to transform your printed reports into interactive and fun digital tools? This lesson has three webinars that focus on how data can be used for research and innovation, to create equal opportunities, and go beyond printed pages. You’ll learn about the digital transformation can turn pages to bright interactive tools, how to visualise findings into meaningful statistics and improve transparency, and why this is important and can be used to improve the decision-making process and policies.

Do you want to learn more about the value of open data in the public sector? This lesson is your key to learn all about the demand for open data and how it can be used to create value. Through webinars and reading materials, you’ll understand how public administrations are measuring the demand of data reuse and delve into different examples to learn about public data resources value creation. You’ll also learn how countries involve potential reusers and promote reuse within governments.

Data citation is a way to improve the quality and interoperability of data and metadata.  This lesson will show you how to effectively cite data. You'll get a practical guide with helpful annexes, including checklists and diagrams, recommendations, and best practices for data citation. By the end of this lesson, you'll have the tools you need to properly cite data.

A common language is necessary to ensure that open data is interoperable and can be used by organisations and institutions across Europe. This lesson introduces the language DCAT and DCAT-AP and highlights its importance in achieving interoperability across Europe by supporting data modelling and standardising data publication. Through webinars and readings, you’ll learn how to create metadata in accordance with DCAT and DCAT-AP and understand what metadata is and how it relates to the language. You’ll also gain insights on basic DCAT models and examples of DCAT entities, and recognise possible issues during the development of DCAT and DCAT-AP.

Being able to assess the usability of open data is a crucial skill in the data collection phase. In this lesson, you'll learn how to evaluate the quality of open data, understand the standards and markers of high-quality open data, and discover guidelines on data and metadata quality. You'll be introduced to a tool that helps you check the quality of your metadata, and through interactive videos and readings, you'll learn how to create high-quality DCAT-AP datasets. By the end of this lesson, you'll have the skills to judge the usability of open data, ensure the quality of your own data, understand the role and application of controlled vocabularies, and apply tools to assess the quality of your datasets.

Data.europa.eu plays a central role in the creation and sustainability of data spaces in Europe. Curious to know how? This lesson is all about assessing the role of data.europa.eu with regards to open data assets in different contexts. You’ll come away with a solid understanding of the role data.europa.eu has or could be playing, and how its content and capabilities could help tackle demands in data spaces. Join us and find out what data.europa.eu can do for you!

How important is the data generated by citizens and what’s its impact in our overall economy of data? In this lesson you’ll explore how data is being made available in open data portals from different levels of public administrations. Through a combination of videos and readings you’ll get a better understanding of how citizen-generated data can be part of the open data offerings. Moreover, the lesson will cover how open data is governed, catalogued, and republished by public organizations.

Real-time data has demonstrated to have a major impact and value for the society. Through webinars and readings, you’ll understand what real-time geospatial data is and where you can find it, learn about relevant interoperability standards and how it affects the publication and use of data. You’ll also learn how to become aware of you and your projects future needs when dealing with real-time geospatial data.