Public administrations continue to adopt open data initiatives. These initiatives involve creating, releasing, and re-using data sets on political, social, and economic aspects, which are published in machine-readable, interoperable formats and under open licenses. Yet, many open data...

Trotz des großen Potenzials offener Daten (Open Data) für Innovation und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe bleibt deren Nutzung durch Bürger, Entwickler und Unternehmen hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Hauptgründe hierfür sind unter anderem unzureichende Datenqualität, mangelnde Zugänglichkeit...

This factsheet provides a snapshot of Public Open Data projects funded under the CEF Telecom Programme (2014-2020) and the sectors or fields in which each project was developed, showcasing some projects and their impact. Additionally, this factsheet aims to portray how Digital Europe Programme...

The European Union (EU) is advancing the creation of data spaces to foster innovation, enhance data sharing and ensure data sovereignty. Two key legislative pillars in this effort are the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation and the Open Data Directive (ODD). The EHDS aims to increase...

This factsheet provides a snapshot of Public Open Data projects funded under the CEF Telecom Programme (2014-2020) and the sectors or fields in which each project was developed, showcasing some projects and their impact. Additionally, this factsheet aims to portray how Digital Europe Programme...

The 2024 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countriesin making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

In the 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment, Portugal, Serbia and Slovakia achieved significant year-on-year improvements in their ODM. This current report on open data best practices investigates the drivers behind this growth through interviews with the open data teams of these three...

Public administrations continue to adopt open data initiatives. These initiatives involve creating, releasing, and re-using data sets on political, social, and economic aspects, which are published in machine-readable, interoperable formats and under open licenses. Yet, many open data...

The 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countries in making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

The 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countries in making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

While several studies have documented the potential of open data to spur economic innovation as well as to usher in fresh forms of political and government accountability, we know little about how open data is being used and what forms of impact it is having. To balance the demand and supply of...

Smart city technology has its value and its place; it isn’t automatically or universally harmful. Urban challenges and opportunities addressed via smart technology demand systematic study, examining general patterns and local variations as smart city practices unfold around the world. Smart...

A central objective of European open data policy is ensuring that the potential value of data, including data made available via open data portals, can be optimally realised. Reducing or eliminating any constraints that impede open use of such data is a critical step in achieving this objective:...

Die von WIK-Consult geführte Geschäftsstelle Stadt.Land.Digital gibt in der Lagebeschreibung einen Überblick über relevante und diskutierte Themen des ersten Halbjahrs 2023. Die Lagebeschreibung betrachtet den Stand offener Daten in Kommunen, den Einsatz von Open-Source-Software für...

Deutschland schreitet laut internationalen Vergleichsstudien in der Öffnung von Verwaltungsdaten voran, kann aber das Potenzial noch nicht ausreichend heben. Dabei bieten offene Verwaltungsdaten einen hohen Mehrwert sowohl für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Gesellschaft als auch für die...

Governmental and public organisations have historically been generating and accumulating vast amounts of data which could provide many potential benefits for society and national economies. One example of an important dataset is accounts payable providing information about purchases and...

This paper explores HacktheCrisis, the Swedish hackathon that was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the challenges that it brought up. The main aims of the research were to explore the feasibility of the digital only COVID-19 hackathon as an open innovation method and to uncover the...

Active transparency is developed through the provision of information by public administrations. However, for this information to be reusable, it must be offered through free licenses and open formats, two characteristics present in open data. This paper aims to investigate the disclosure of...

Die Verfügbarkeit und Qualität von Metadaten sind zentrale Erfolgsfaktoren für die effektive Nutzung von Open Data. Unvollständige oder inkonsistente Metadaten erschweren jedoch die Auffindbarkeit, Interoperabilität und Wiederverwendung offener Datenbestände erheblich. Dieser Beitrag...

Die Nutzung von Open-Data-Portalen sowie die damit verbundene Generierung von Mehrwert durch solche Portale für Bürger ist bislang nur wenig verbreitet. Um einen Mehrwert aus Open Data für Bürger zu generieren, können Open-Data-basierte Anwendungen eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Allerdings...

Die Integration fahrplan- und nachfragebasierter Mobilitätsangebote stellt eine zentrale Herausforderung für die Analyse und Planung intermodaler Verkehrssysteme dar. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert eine skalierbare Plattform, die Daten aus dem öffentlichen Verkehr, wie Bus und Bahn, mit modernen...

In den letzten zwanzig Jahren hat sich Open Data zu einem zentralen Forschungsbereich entwickelt, der eine Vielzahl von wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen berührt. Durch Analyse von 13.538 wissenschaftlichen Literaturquellen aus der EBSCOhost-Datenbank werden die Eigenschaften dieses...

Die Digitalisierung und die damit verbundene digitale Transformation führen zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in Politik und Verwaltung. Neue Technologien wie Open Data (OD) und Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) beeinflussen zunehmend, wie politische Entscheidungen getroffen und Verwaltungsprozesse...

Die ursprünglichen Ziele von Smart Cities umfassen den Aufbau einer effizienten digitalen Infrastruktur, die Förderung von Innovation in Unternehmen und Behörden, die Stärkung gesellschaftlicher Beziehungen sowie die politische Beteiligung der Bürger. Durch technologische Entwicklungen wie...

This study conducts a systematic scoping review to explore how universities are integrating digital and emerging technologies into administrative processes. Following the PRISMA-ScR methodology, we systematically searched four major databases-Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, and Google...

Active transparency is developed through the provision of information by public administrations. However, for this information to be reusable, it must be offered through free licenses and open formats, two characteristics present in open data. This paper aims to investigate the disclosure of...

Bike-sharing is considered one of the most sustainable forms of urban transportation Abouelela (Trans. Res. Part A: Policy Pract. 169:103602, 2023) and, therefore, understanding what determines the efficiency of a bike-sharing system (BSS) is crucial. Various factors from different domains, like...

Starting in the 1960s with the Kennedy Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), nontariff measures (NTMs) have been replacing tariffs continuously as the core element of trade negotiations. Today they take centre stage in all EU trade agreements with industrialised and...

Our modern society and economy moves toward a knowledge-based and service-oriented global world. With the increase of mobile network, mobile devices, and internet of things, many industries, including government departments, private firms, and research communities, offer more transparency...

The Open Data Maturity assessment 2022 benchmarks the development of European countries in the field of open data. In this eighth consecutive annual report by data.europa.eu (formerly European Data Portal), 35 countries participate, including the 27 EU Member States, 3 European Free Trade...

In conjunction with the release of The Periodic Table of Open Data Elements: A User’s Guide, the Open Data Policy Lab (a collaboration between The GovLab and Microsoft) is pleased to present a completely reworked version of our Periodic Table of Open Data Elements, first launched alongside in...