At the heart of the European Commission's policy agenda for 2019-2024, lies a commitment to fostering fair and trustworthy data sharing, under the priority ‘A Europe fit for the digital age' . Part of this priority is the European data strategy and creation of European data spaces to make Europe a role model for a data empowered society. The European Data Spaces report recently published by the Joint Research Centre aims to offer new scientific insights into large-scale (open) data sharing and utilisation. The European data spaces are conceived as autonomous, reliable, and interoperable data

World Food Day is a yearly worldwide event to promote awareness and mobilise efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition on a global scale. It is a recurring reminder of the imperative to guarantee food security and access to nutritious food for everyone. This dedicated day presents an occasion for the international community to unite and strive collectively toward a world without hunger. On this World Food Day, we would like to highlight some open data use cases which can help improve our food systems. An example of this can be found in the use case of Dataseeds. The company introduced an app

On Friday, 6 October 2023 from 10.00 to 11.30 CET, the data.europa academy hosted the webinar ‘Data spaces: Discovering the building blocks’. This third webinar in the series presented the operational and technical building blocks for data spaces. With the goal of harnessing the value of data for the benefit of the European economy and society, the European Commission actively supports the development of common European data spaces in ten strategic fields as outlined in the European data strategy . The first webinar ‘ Data spaces: Introducing the concept and relevance in today’s world’ , took

The European Drug report 2023: Trends and Developments is the latest annual report on drug situation in Europe published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) . The report is centred on the topics of illegal drug consumption, associated risks, and drug distribution. Its objective is to provide a concise overview of the current drug landscape in Europe, based on an extensive collection of national data, encompassing developments and trends up to the end of 2022. This year's report has been designed as a digital-first publication for the first time. It is

On 10 October, we celebrate World Mental Health Day . The objective of this day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world. In addition, countries should focus on mobilising efforts to support mental health. This international day provides an opportunity for anyone working on mental health issues to share more about their work and continue highlighting improvements that still need to be made in order to provide mental health care to people worldwide. This year the World Health Organisation (WHO) has chosen the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right’ . The goal is

On Friday 27 October 2023 from 10.00 to 11.30 CET, the data.europa academy will host a webinar focusing on the impact dimension following the Open Data Maturity (ODM) report 2022 . This is the fifth and final webinar in a series of webinars on the ODM report 2022. The first webinar, that took place on 10 February 2023, introduced the Open Data Maturity assessment, provided insights into the level of maturity of the 35 participating countries in Europe and presented the main trends. During this webinar, the four dimensions of ODM were introduced: quality, portal, policy and impact. The second

In the digital era, data visualisation plays a vital role. Making data easier to understand for the human brain, visualisation helps pull insights and convey complex messages. It can be important in almost any profession and context; from marketing analytics, through policymaking to climate research. Yet there are not many comprehensive, free resources to learn how to make impactful data visualisations. That’s why we created the interactive Data Visualisation Guide. Made up of seven chapters, it covers a variety of topics related to data visualisation, such as design principles, storytelling

Today, the 2023 EU Industry Days have begun in Malaga, Spain, a fitting location as Spain has recently assumed the Presidency of the European Council . The EU Industry Days represent Europe's premier annual event dedicated to key discussions on industrial policy, facilitating connections among industry leaders, and enhancing the knowledge base of European businesses. The Industry Days will take place throughout the entire day from 4 October to 6 October and each day features its own unique schedule and agenda. During this year’s edition, a variety of sessions will be held focussing on the main

The newly launched tool ‘ LinkedDataGPT ’ by Liip , simplifies access to the City of Zurich’s linked data. It provides user-friendly access to specific datasets with the help of AI. Feel free to ask your question about available data and find out the answers the tool provides. LinkedDataGPT follows in the footsteps of ZüriCityGPT , a chatbot where you can ask your questions about the government and administration of the City of Zurich. The platform is continually improving, adding more content and frequently updating datasets. However, it may not be able to answer all your questions just yet

On Friday, 15 September 2023 from 10.00 to 11.30 CET, the data.europa academy hosted the webinar ‘ Data spaces: Experiences from strategic data spaces’. This second webinar in the data spaces series presented the state of play and requirements of two strategic data spaces: the Health data space and the Cultural Heritage data space . With the goal of harnessing the value of data for the benefit of the European economy and society, the European Commission actively supports the development of common European data spaces in ten strategic fields as outlined in the European data strategy . The first