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Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructures reports Over the next months, all six reports included in the ”Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructure” will be summarised using featured highlights. This particular article will focus on the fourth report, “Funding Portals: A Business Case Approach to Funding Model Longevity”. The report devises a toolkit based on 3 business cases, 4 financing models and 20 cost considerations that can support portals to develop a funding strategy. In most cases, portals and related activities are funded by government departments. Nationally
Webinar series: Future of Open Data Portals The European Data Portal (EDP) team is launching a webinar series to discuss: The Future of Open Data Portals. This series will contain current best practices, experience and opportunities for collective action to ensure open data portals remain relevant and useful for the community they serve. Traditionally, portals have looked at impact through the lens of the number of datasets published or downloaded by users. The EDP team believes that we need a shift in portal design and value proposition from a tool for publishing, with search as an enabling
From Regulation and Adoption In August 2020, the European Data Portal (EDP) published the analytical report “ From Regulation to Adoption: The Drivers of Data Sharing”. The study reviewed policy initiatives, the implementation and regulation of open data and data sharing incentives in selected countries in Europe. To explore the factors behind governmental compliance towards data sharing and open data regulation, the study conducted a comparative analysis of the different commitment to: Open data at the sub-national level (i.e. local government) where similar municipalities in the region of
Over the next few months, all six reports included in the ”Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructure” will be summarised using featured highlights. This particular article will focus on the third report: “Data Reuse: A Method for Transforming Principles into Practice”. This report discusses a new approach to create an automated assessment of the re-use of data. The report elaborates on an example to guide portals through crucial aspects for an automated assessment of data re-use and increase engagement from customers. The Challenge of an Automated Assessment of Data Re-use An
The European Data Portal (EDP) recently conducted a user satisfaction survey and round of interviews to learn more about the user experience of the portal. The aim of the research was to gain insights into users’ needs and wishes of the portal to determine areas of improvement. In total, 16 users with varying backgrounds from different European countries participated. Survey responses In the survey, users were asked to answer questions on 5 different user experience-related topics: awareness and interest, content satisfaction, experience, smart functions and engagement. For every topic, some
Over the coming months, all six reports included in the ”Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructure” will be summarized into featured highlights. This particular article will focus on the second report: “Developing Microeconomic Indicators Through Open Data Re-use”. This report discusses the importance of measuring the economic impact of open data, the use of microeconomic metrics, and how the re-use of open data can support in this matter. The Value of Open Data Re-use Ensuring a sustainable future for open data, and securing governments ongoing commitment to such work, requires
Open solar energy data Open energy data is one of the European Data Portal’s (EDP) most popular data domains due to its impact on the energy sector, for example. Within this data category, the EDP has a fair amount of open solar energy data. Solar energy is light and heat from the sun that can be harnessed and used for technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, and artificial photosynthesis. Due to these technologies, solar energy has become an increasingly popular renewable energy source to replace fossil fuel. With this increase, more
Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructures reports On 6 July 2020, the European Data Portal (EDP) published a series of six reports (plus an executive summary and overview) around the sustainability of (open) data portal infrastructures. The reports tackle several dimensions of the topic, and are: 0: Summary Overview and Key Recommendations 1: Measuring Use and Impacts of Portals 2: Developing Microeconomics Indicators through Open Data Re-use 3: Data Re-use: A Method for Transforming Principles into Practice 4: Funding Portals: A Business Case Approach to Funding Model Longevity 5
Over the last past months, it has become clear that the Coronavirus poses a considerable health threat on a global scale. The virus that causes the illness COVID-19 is called the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus mainly attacks healthy cells located in the lungs, causing respiratory problems. To alleviate the breathing difficulties in the most serious cases, a ventilator is used to push air, with increased levels of oxygen, into the lungs. While most of the infected patients experience minor flu-related symptoms, up to 20% of the cases require
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic instilled fear among consumers, companies, and governments with regards to the magnitude of impact on economies across the world. In previous data stories the European Data Portal has already discussed how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the economy, covering specific topics such as consumer confidence, unemployment, and GDP growth.
Another market that is severely impacted by COVID-19 is the financial market, which experienced strong shocks worldwide. The performance of financial markets has a widespread impact on many areas such as employment, the sales of