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With the increased use of open data, cyber criminals can use the information available online to create more realistic and individualised forms of tricks. Thanks to the European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) – which this year celebrated its 10 th anniversary – public and private entities increase awareness among citizens about ways to identify legitimate sources of data and information. Organised by the European Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA ), the ECSM’s campaign is launched across Europe to raise awareness on cyber threats and how it can impact anyone in society. This October, hundreds of

On Tuesday 4 October 2022, the Digital Decade Futurium Community organised the webinar ´ Data Sovereignty in the Digital Decade `. The goal was to discuss what makes data a crucial cornerstone of the ´ 2030 Digital Decade policy programme `. The programme aims to realise human-centred and sustainable digital policies, able to empower citizens and businesses in a more prosperous and sovereign digital future. To disentangle the role of data in reaching these targets, the Futurium webinar invited Miapetra Kumpula Natri (Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for European Strategy for

Nowadays legislation is widely available online and accessible in various digital formats. However, the way in which legal information is organised, varies across the different legal systems of EU Member States, which tends to hinder the discovery, exchange and reuse of this information. The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) is a solution which aims to address this issue by providing a way to uniquely identify national and EU legislation online. Born in the framework of the Forum of Official Gazettes, the ELI project was officially endorsed by the Council of the European Union. The ELI

What are the opportunities from emerging trends in the geospatial community for data.europa.eu? How can data.europa.eu support and benefit from the new ways, including APIs, in which geospatial datasets are offered? The data.europa academy webinar ‘ Trends in geospatial data’ , that will take place on Thursday, 27 October at 10.00 – 11.30 CET, aims to answer these questions. After a brainstorming session on current trends regarding geospatial topics, the webinar will deep dive into two recent topics of interest for the future of data.europa.eu: Modernising INSPIRE … moving towards Open Data

The Use Case Observatory is a three-year-long research project by data.europa.eu. It aims at contributing to the portal’s broader goal to measure the economic, governmental, social and environmental impact of open data. To do so, the Use Case Observatory monitors 30 re-use cases of open data from 2022 to 2025, focusing on the services they offer, the data they use, and the impact they create over time. On the occasion of the launch of the first of the three reports foreseen within this research project, the webinar ´Stories from the Use Case Observatory – Volume I’ wa s organised on 7 October

‘The teams behind the apps’ is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know this year’s teams and their apps over a set of 12 episodes, twice weekly, in the run-up to the competition finals. On 20 October, the teams will pitch their apps to a jury that will select the winners. An audience will also be able to support their favourite team through the Public Choice Award vote. Register now to follow the finals online! In their EU Datathon project, Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) visualises the links between businesses, the public sector and individuals involved

The potential of open data for improving healthcare in Europe is becoming more and more evident. That open data can play a major role in delivering the best health service possible to support patient care has been proven by NHS Digital , the UK´s National Health Service. NHS Digital supports NHS staff at work, helps people get the most appropriate care, and uses the nation’s health data to drive research and transform services. They do this by using the tech General Practice Extraction Service (GPES). GPES collects general practice (GP) data, including information on food parcels

‘The teams behind the apps’ is a series of videos made by the EU Datathon finalists. Get to know this year’s teams and their apps over a set of 12 episodes, twice weekly, in the run-up to the competition finals. On 20 October, the teams will pitch their apps to a jury that will select the winners. An audience will also be able to support their favourite team through the Public Choice Award vote. Register now to follow the finals online! Hermix relies on big data analytics and artificial intelligence and has been built as a tool for strategic marketing analysis of the business-to-government

10 days are left until the final event of the EU Datathon 2022 that will be streamed online to allow teams´ supporters and open data enthusiasts from around the world to participate. EU Datathon is the annual EU open data competition organised by the Publications Office of the European Union . This year´s edition saw 159 entries from 38 countries: the highest number so far in the EU Datathon’s history. Among these 158 entries, 12 teams have been selected for the finals after two rounds of pre-selection, presided over by the jury of experts. The teams will compete for a prize money totalling

On Friday 30 September 2022, the data.europa academy webinar on ´Measuring open data impact in Europe` took place. The webinar aimed at providing an overview of existing methods to assess the impact of open data in Europe, while also encouraging additional reflection on how impact can be better measured in the future. With this goal in mind, the webinar started with an introduction on why open data impact should be measured and what is defined as ´impact` by the most commonly used methodologies, among which the Open Data Maturity (ODM). Particular emphasis was placed on the effort to update