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On 9 May 1950, the signing of the Schuman Declaration marked the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. It was the first in a series of supranational European institutions that would ultimately lead to the European Union. To commemorate this important day for Europe, Member States and various EU institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg have planned online and on-site activities. You can explore these events on the interactive map of europeday.europa.eu , while learning more about the role of EU institutions and their ongoing activities. This year, the events pay special

At the end of March, Eurostat released a new interactive visualisation tool to show relevant statistics on the European Green Deal , one of the six European Commission priorities for 2019 – 2024 . With the European Green Deal, the Commission aims at eliminating greenhouse gases emissions by 2050 and decoupling economic growth from resource use, while leaving no person or place behind when trying to accomplish this. The Eurostat´s tool allows to monitor 26 key indicators for the achievement of the European Green Deal´s objectives, such as the net index of greenhouse gas emissions, the total

Whether consciously by submitting an entry in Wikidata or unconsciously by validating a ticket on a means of public transport, citizens´ generate enormous amounts of data every day. Yet, this citizen-generated data is not widely available on data.europa.eu or any other open data portals, which often limit themselves to government-generated data. On 21 April 2022, the data.europa academy hosted the webinar “ Citizen-generated data on data.europe.eu ” to explore this topic further. The webinar followed up on the recently published “ Analytical report of Opportunities and Challenges Associated to

On 23 April 2022, the European Parliament and EU Member States agreed on a proposal of the Digital Services Act (DSA) , an unprecedented new standard for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal and harmful content. Proposed by the European Commission in December 2020, the DSA aims at better protecting internet users and their fundamental rights. It also defines a single set of rules in the internal market to help smaller platforms to scale up. Based on European values, the DSA applies EU-wide due diligence obligations to all digital services that connect consumers to goods

In a previous news item, we reported on the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) Operational Data Portal and their work tracking refugees fleeing Ukraine. While much media attention is on this critical situation, people fleeing conflict remains a global concern and the plight of refugees from places such as Afghanistan continues to be tracked by portals relying on open data. One such portal is the Migration Data Portal, which aims to help policy makers, national statistics officers, journalists and other interested parties. It provides a single point of access to migration statistics and

‘The European Green Deal’, ‘Transparency in public procurement’, ‘EU public procurement opportunities for young people’ and ‘A Europe fit for the digital age’, these are four challenges put forward for this year´s edition of EU Datathon. The call for submission of proposals for apps built on EU open data and contributing to these challenges has resulted in 156 ideas from 121 teams, coming from 38 countries. The Publications Office of the EU is pleased to announce the 24 teams pre-selected for the next stage of the competition. We would like to congratulate the pre-selected teams and thank

Open data helps solve real-world problems, but the nature of open data means that it represents only a subset of information. For example, data collected as a part of any student’s education can be sensitive and some institutions want to maintain control over how datasets can be used and with whom they can be shared. Wanting to keep data as open as possible while recognising that some data should not be completely open has led to the concept of a “data space”, where a community of individual s share and use data according to pre-set rules. During this webinar on open data and how it fits into

Countless users rely on real-time data to understand whether it will rain in the next 30 minutes or to check gasoline prices before filling their cars on the way to work. These dynamic datasets can even save lives, such as with weather and flood warnings. On 5 April 2022, the data.europa academy hosted a webinar on real-time data to explain how the site handles numerous real-time data sets. Our presenters Antje Kügeler and Simon Jirka helped participants to understand: what is real-time data; the different types of real-time data that are available on data.europa.eu; the necessary technology

T he private sector often relies on user-provided information to keep data relevant, particularly in dynamic environments. Crowd-sourc ed information from users ha ve helped mapping applications to inform drivers about traffic jams and help diners find cafés with empty tables. Citizens also produce and collect data to help their communities and the wider environment , whether to track deforestation , marine pollution , or broken streetligh ts . While citizens collect and share a lot of useful data, open data portals hold very few citizen-generated datasets, both in absolute and relative terms

Data literacy is increasingly recognised as a core competency in organisations. A data literate workforce means that individuals across the organisation can read, write, and communicate with data in the context of their role. The report “ Data Literacy for the Public Sector: Lessons from Early Pioneers in the U.S. ” published in March 2022 by the Data Foundation states that advances in the access, collection, management, analysis, and use of data across public sector bodies substantially contributed to steady improvements in governmental services. The report investigated 10 pioneering