In our ‘Linking data’ series, we are presenting EU projects that use linked open data (LOD). What data is linked in their projects? Why did they decide to use LOD? What benefits does it bring? Follow the series to find out. In this episode, we are presenting Route Compatibility Check, an application developed by the European Railway Agency (ERA). Read on to find out what it is, and how and why it uses LOD. European railway ecosystem The EU has one of the densest railway networks in the world. However, not all European countries have the same system of railway infrastructure and the same set of

(Open) data and the healthcare sector Health is one of the top priorities of the European Commission. To support healthcare in European Union (EU) Member States, EU policies and actions in public health aim to: Protect and improve the health of EU citizens; Support the modernisation of health systems and infrastructure; Improve the resilience of Europe’s health systems; and Equip EU countries to better prevent and address future pandemics. Open data to inform and support healthcare across Europe Data can give policymakers, governments, businesses and citizens information about the current

In our ‘Linking data’ series, we are presenting EU projects that use linked open data (LOD). What data is linked in these projects? Why did they decide to use LOD? What benefits does it bring? Follow the series to find out. In this episode, we are presenting the European Science Vocabulary. Read on to find out what it is and how and why it uses LOD. CORDIS – EU research and development database The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) is a multilingual platform offering access to data about EU-funded research and innovation projects. Its mission is to bring research

In our new ‘Linking data’ series, we are presenting EU projects that use linked open data (LOD). What data is linked in these projects? Why did they decide to use LOD? What benefits does it bring? Follow the series to find out. In this episode, we focus on EU reference data. Read on to find out what it is and how and why it uses LOD. What is reference data? To start, we will introduce you to some important concepts. Reference data In simple terms, reference data is data used to classify or categorise other data. A reference data vocabulary defines the values allowed to be used in a specific

This article is the introduction to our new ‘Linking data’ series. It defines linked data and linked open data (LOD). The rest of the series will present EU projects that use LOD. How and why do they use it? Follow the series to find out. Data is everywhere and we are constantly producing more of it. As individuals, we create data while browsing the internet, booking a flight or shopping online. Public institutions generate data from traffic monitoring and weather tracking. Used correctly, all of this data can bring benefits to our society as a whole and to each of us individually. It can help

These days, companies can access massive amounts of data, leading to new and innovative services—mapping apps warn people about traffic jams and health tracking apps allow runners to compare themselves to their community. The risk is that powerful technology companies control so much data that they could leave other companies at a disadvantage. Distributing the benefits of data to other organisations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, is a challenge. The EU’s digital strategy aims to bring a solution. As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to facilitate new, more data

(Open) data and the green transition Since the start of 2020, Europe has faced several economic, social, and political difficulties, such as the COVID-19 crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These two events have short- and long-term impacts on, for example, the availability and prices of energy sources, food security, economic stability, the capacity of health care systems and defence throughout Europe. On a political level, these events motivated the European Union (EU) to accelerate the transition to a green and digital Europe, two of the European Commission’s (EC) six highlighted

At the EU Datathon 2021, ITER IDEA presented their project Wonder Wanderlust Women, a portal facilitating women’s mobility in Europe. Targeting young women, the platform helps users to search for education and work opportunities across countries. They can indicate their preferences (such as field of study, languages or budget), which are then matched with specific areas and regions in Europe. Wonder Wanderlust Women won first prize in the EU Datathon 2021 challenge ‘An economy that works for people’, along with the Public Choice Award. We recently talked with the ITER IDEA team about the life

The Russian invasion of Ukraine forced a significant part of the Ukrainian population to flee their country. Most of the refugees sought immediate shelter in neighbouring countries, but in time many reached friends and families in other EU Member States, where communities of Ukrainian origin were already established. Italy, for example, hosts one the largest Ukrainian communities in Europe, making it an interesting case study to understand the living conditions of this group. People born in Ukraine started to immigrate to Italy only relatively recently, after the dissolution of the Soviet

Among the EU Member States, Italy hosts one of the largest communities of Ukrainian-born people. According to Eurostat data , at the end of 2020 there were 223 000 Ukrainian citizens holding a valid residence permit. Only Poland had more, with almost 500 000. The Eurostat figures show that Ukrainian citizenship is the third most represented nationality from non-EU citizens in terms of residence permits, behind Morocco and Turkey. However, while the last two remained stable or decreased since 2013, residence permits for Ukrainian nationals increased steadily, with a growth of more than 50 % up