THE BEST OF 2014

European Public Sector Information Platform

Topic Report No. 2014/12

The Best of 2014

Author: Luis Meijueiro

Published: December 2014

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Table of Contents
Keywords: ............................................................................................................................. 3
Abstract/ Executive Summary:............................................................................................... 3
1

Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4

News in Europe ................................................................................................................. 5

2.1

Open Data at the EU Institutions ................................................................................ 5

2.2

Promotion of a data-driven economy across Europe .................................................. 5

2.3

Analysis of the benefits of PSI re-use.......................................................................... 7

2.4

PSI & Open Data in the EU Member States ................................................................. 8

2.5

Other EU regional, local PSI & Open Data activities .................................................. 10

Open Data highlights ....................................................................................................... 14

3.1

European elections (and electoral) data ................................................................... 14

3.2

PSI and Open Data and video games ........................................................................ 15

ePSI Platform: year in review ........................................................................................... 16

4.1

ePSI Platform in action! ........................................................................................... 16

4.2

An assortment of PSI & Open Data related projects .................................................. 18

About the Author ................................................................................................................ 20

Copyright information ......................................................................................................... 20

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Keywords:
year; compilation; review; 2014; happenings; events; Europe; summary

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This document is a brief review of the highlights of the year regarding Open Data and PSI re-use
in Europe. You will find a compilation of the most relevant information gathered by our team
of experts on the platform, and structured by geographical coverage.

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1 Introduction
This document is a brief review of the highlights of the year regarding Open Data and PSI re-use
in Europe. You will find a compilation of the most relevant information gathered by our team
of experts on the platform, and structured by geographical coverage. Some important
milestones are listed, such as the release of the guidelines on the implementation of the
revised PSI Directive by the European Commission, as well as the creation of a new group
related to Electoral data usage.
You can navigate through a selection of remarkable general news and events, and also check
what were the hot-topics on the platform throughout 2014.
References to all the documents and news can be found after the corresponding sections of the
document.

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2 News in Europe
2.1 Open Data at the EU Institutions
By midyear, the European Union Open Data Portal released a publication1 designed to help EU
organisations to develop data publishing processes via the EU open access portal. Meanwhile
the ISA Programme published a report2 based on high-value datasets from European Union
Institutions.

EU Open Data Portal promotional banner (Source: open-data.europa.eu - European Union)

Shortly after that, the Department of Library and Information Science at the Complutense
University of Madrid (Spain) published a study3 that analyzed and evaluated the European
Open Data Portal. The year ended with the European Union Open Data Portal launching a
survey4 to help improve the EU Open Data Portal.
1

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/new-%E2%80%98eu-open-data%E2%80%99-publication-basicseu-data-providers
2
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/high-value-datasets-eu-institutions-%E2%80%93-reportpublished
3
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/analysis-and-evaluation-european-union-open-data-portal
4
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/survey-launched-help-improve-eu-open-data-portal

2.2 Promotion of a data-driven economy across Europe

During the first quarter of 2014, the European Commission launched the report5 Sizing the EU
app economy.
In the second quarter: the winners6 of the first Apps For Europe Competition were announced;
the EC Expert Group explored Text and Data Mining policy challenges7; the Interoperability
Solutions for Public Administrations (ISA) programme of the European Commission launched a
survey8 to collect information on licensing practices for open data used by the Member States
of the European Union; the Article 29 Working Party issued an Opinion9 on anonymisation
techniques; and after delivering eleven onsite trainings in ten different EU Member States, the
European Commissions Open Data Support initiative announced a second release of training
material10.
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Apps for Europe web portal (Source: www.appsforeurope.eu - Apps for EU)

In July, the EC launched the SMART 2014/1072 call for tenders11 for the Implementation of the
pan-European Open Data portal plus related services, linked with fostering public data
publication and its commercial reuse. Also, in July the European Commission issued a
Communication12 on the data-driven economy that sketched the features of the data-driven
economy of the future, and laid out some operational conclusions to support and accelerate
the transition towards it. As an important milestone to help Member States in the
transposition of the PSI Directive, the European Commission released guidelines13 on the
implementation of the revised PSI Directive and on recommended standard licences, datasets
and charging for the reuse of documents.
The third quarter of the year ended with the 19th meeting14 of the PSI group, held in
Luxembourg, aiming at exchanging good PSI re-use practices and recommending solutions to
its challenges. Also, during the Open Days 2014, hosted by the Committee of the Regions (CoR),
participants had the opportunity to join two interesting workshops: Cohesion Policy and Open
Data15 and Open Data for Innovation16.
Finally, in October, the European Commission published two reports 17 urging cultural
institutions to publish more cultural heritage data online.
5

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ec-report-sizing-eu-app-economy
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/winners-first-apps-europe-competition-announced
7
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ec-expert-group-explores-text-and-data-mining-policy-challenges
8
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/european-commission-asks-your-input-licensing-practices-opendata
9
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/article-29-working-party-issues-opinion-anonymisationtechniques-0
10
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/open-data-support-announces-second-release-training-material
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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/implementation-pan-european-open-data-portal-new-ec-calltenders
12
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/communication-european-commission-data-driven-economy
13
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ec-publishes-guidelines-revised-psi-directive
14
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/presentations-19th-meeting-psi-group-now-available
15
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/cohesion-policy-and-open-data-workshop-open-days-2014
16
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/open-data-innovation-workshop-open-days-2014
17
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ec-calls-increased-publication-cultural-heritage-data

2.3 Analysis of the benefits of PSI re-use

At the beginning of the year, a study18 that proved economic benefits of open data for Berlin
was published, estimating an impact of 32m per year in the German city.
By mid-year, the report19 on Open Data in Health & Social Care revealed a possible 216
billion boost to the UK economy, and we faced the question20 'How much is your location data
worth?' as EU researchers explored the personal data market.
In September, we had an updated report21 on the information-based sector in Spain, with
some interesting national figures.
As the year started drawing to a close, we learned from the experience22 of sharing the Dutch
Key Register of Topography as Open Data.

Cover of studies addressing the benefits of having released Open Data from Berlin
(left; Source: www.technologiestiftung-berlin.de 2014 TSB Technologiestiftung Berlin)
and Dutch topography (right; Source: www.kadaster.nl 2014 Wageningen University)

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Finally the year ended up with the launch of a new report23 on the benefits and challenges of
sharing scientific data by RDA Europe. Also, the UK Government issued an interesting report24
on Data Sharing and Open Data for Banks.
18

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/new-study-proves-economic-benefits-open-data-berlin
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/report-open-data-health-social-care-reveals-possible%C2%A3216-billion-boost-uk-economy
20
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/how-much-your-location-data-worth-eu-researchers-explorepersonal-data-market
21
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/updated-report-information-based-sector-spain-0
22
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/success-sharing-dutch-key-register-topography-open-data
23
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/rda-europe-launches-new-report-benefits-and-challengessharing-scientific-data-0
24
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/uk-report-data-sharing-and-open-data-banks-0
19

2.4 PSI & Open Data in the EU Member States

The year began with Bulgaria releasing its draft Strategy25 for the Development of Public
Administration, followed by the launch in Austria of "Open Data sterreich" a new central
portal26 for non-governmental open data. Meanwhile the Government of Malta released their
Open Data portal27, being the first governmental portal aimed at making the Public Sector
Information (PSI) in Malta available and re-usable. Around these dates, the Romanian
Government launched the Open Government Partnership Club 28 , and the Moldovan
government presented the third version of its open data portal29 (although The Republic of
Moldova is not member of the EU, both signed in 2014 an Association Agreement30).
In the second quarter of the year: The Netherlands Court of Audit published the Open Data
Trend Report31; the UK Government announced next round of funding32 to support the release
of open data; the Spanish Government held its second Private-Public Partnership Forum33 on
PSI re-use and although not a consequence of it, a month later, 500 datasets34 were added to
the Spanish National Data Hub.
In April, France joined35 the Open Government Partnership (OGP); in the UK, the Houses of
Parliament unveiled its Open Data portal36; also in the UK a boost for developers was predicted
as a result of train time data37 being opened up; and, coincidentally, the Finnish Transport
Safety Agency (Trafi) also started opening-up its transport-related data38. The quarter ended
with the decision of a group of NGOs in Romania to form the countrys Open Data Coalition39.

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The UK Houses of Parliament Open Data portal (Source: www.data.parliament.uk - 2014 Houses of Parliament)

In July: Irelands national Open Data portal40 was presented, as well as the Open Data portal41
of Statistics Netherlands. In France, a civic campaign42 was launched to make French public
servants' declarations of interest truly reusable, while in Germany civic society organizations
release joint opinion43 on the revision of PSI Re-Use Law. Later in the year Germany released
its Open Data action plan44 and the Federal Government signed with the states of Saxony,
Baden-Wurttemberg,

Berlin,

Hamburg,

and

Rhineland-Palatinate

an

administrative

agreement45 to leave the beta state of the countrys official Open Data platform GovData.de
and secure its regular operation soon (by January 2015).
In September, France eased access to the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)
databases46; the month after, the central government appointed the first French Chief Data
Officer47; and then, in November, three official journals48 were opened up in this country.
The year ended with the Republic of Cyprus presenting its National Open Data initiative49, and
the Spanish Government finally unveiled their new Transparency Portal50.
25

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/bulgaria-releases-its-draft-strategy-development-publicadministration
26
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/new-open-data-portal-non-governmental-data-austria
27
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/first-official-open-data-portal-malta-has-been-launched
28
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/romania-government-launches-open-government-partnershipclub
29
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/moldova-open-data-portal-upgraded
30
http://eeas.europa.eu/moldova/pdf/eu-md_aa-dcfta_en.pdf
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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/netherlands-court-audit-publishes-open-data-trend-report

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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/uk-government-announces-next-round-funding-support-releaseopen-data
33
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/spanish-government-hold-second-private-public-partnershipforum-psi-re-use
34
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/500-datasets-added-spanish-national-data-hub-past-month
35
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/france-joins-open-government-partnership
36
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/uk-houses-parliament-launches-open-data-portal
37
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/boost-uk-developers-access-train-time-data-opened
38
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/finnish-transport-safety-agency-trafi-starts-opening-its-data-0
39
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/romania-open-data-coalition-launched
40
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ireland-national-open-data-portal-launched
41
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/statistics-netherlands-launches-open-data-portal
42
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/campaign-launched-make-french-public-servants-declarationsinterest-truly-reusable
43
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/german-civic-society-organisations-release-joint-opinionrevision-psi-re-use-law
44
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/germany-releases-open-data-action-plan-0
45
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/german-government-data-portal-ready-go
46
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/france-eases-access-national-industrial-property-institute-inpidatabases
47
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/france-announces-its-first-chief-data-officer-0
48
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/france-publish-open-data-three-official-journals
49
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/cyprus-national-open-data-portal-comes-alive
50
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/spain-launches-government-transparency-portal

2.5 Other EU regional, local PSI & Open Data activities

The year started with the Czech Telecommunication Office opening up its data51. In Germany,
the City of Cologne revamped its Open Data portal52; in Italy Enac the Italian Civil Aviation
Authority released their first Open Data datasets53; and, in The Netherlands, the Eindhoven
region launched a pilot Open Data portal54.
In February: HRI and OKF Finland launched "Datademo" funding55; Dutch parking information56
was made available as open data; in France, the department of Seine-Maritime launched its
open data portal 57; and, in Belgium, the TEC transport group from Wallonia announced their
commitment58 with opening their data.

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Datademo promotional portal (Source: datademo.fi - Open Knowledge Finland)

During the following month: the City of Bremen launched an online consultation59 on open
data; in Spain the cities of Madrid60 and Cceres61 launched their own open data portals, while
Spanish technological center CTIC launched an updated map62 of open data initiatives in Spain.
In the UK, Tate Britain planed to increase its data disclosure activity63.

Map of public Open Data initiatives in Spain (Source: datos.fundacionctic.org - CTIC & CartoDB)

The second quarter of the year started with the launch of the Manchester City Councils linked
data endpoint64, and Estonia opening up local government financial data via a new dedicated
site65, while in Austria the City of Vienna published budget data in open format66. Then, in May,
the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia presented its Open Data portal67, as well as the City
of Brussels revamped its Open Data platform68, and the German state of North RhineWestphalia released its Open Government strategy69.

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In summer, Peterborough Living Data Portal showed a data catalogue 70 with appealing
geographical features. In France, Nice Cte dAzur launched its open data portal71, while
Tourism authorities in Brittany united to launch an Open Data portal72.
In September: we knew about Finnish projects73 benefitting from the Datademo funding; and,
in Germany, Hamburg's transparency portal74 went live. In the following month, the French
Urban Community of Grand Paris Seine Ouest announced the first Open Data release75. Also,
the British London Borough of Barnet launched another Data portal76 in the UK.

Hamburg's transparency portal (Source: transparenz.hamburg.de - hamburg.de GmbH & Co. KG)

The year ended with the German cites of Cologne77 and Arnsberg78 opening up public datasets,
and making data available on the national portal. Northern Ireland launched a questionnaire79
in order to help the Government in the development and implementation of an Open Data
Strategy for Northern Ireland.
51

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/czech-telecommunication-office-opens-its-data
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-cologne-open-data-portal-has-been-revamped
53
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/enac-releases-first-open-data-datasets
54
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/eindhoven-region-launches-pilot-open-data-portal
55
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/funding-open-data-projects-promote-democracy-hri-and-okffinland-launch-datademo
56
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/dutch-parking-information-available-open-data
57
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/france-department-seine-maritime-launches-its-open-dataportal
52

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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/tec-transport-group-wallonia-open-its-data
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-bremen-launches-online-consultation-open-data
60
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-madrid-launches-its-open-data-portal
61
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-c%C3%A1ceres-launches-open-data-portal
62
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/updated-map-open-data-initiatives-spain
63
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/tate-britain-plans-increase-data-disclosure-activity
64
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/manchester-city-council-launches-its-linked-data-endpoint-0
65
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/estonia-opens-local-government-financial-data-new-dedicatedsite-0
66
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-vienna-publishes-budget-data-open-format
67
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/italian-region-friuli-venezia-giulia-launches-its-open-data-portal0
68
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-brussels-revamps-its-open-data-platform
69
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/german-state-north-rhine-westphalia-presents-its-opengovernment-strategy
70
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/peterborough-living-data-portal-data-catalogues-twist
71
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/nice-c%C3%B4te-d%E2%80%99azur-launches-its-open-dataportal
72
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/tourism-authorities-brittany-unite-launch-open-data-portal
73
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/finnish-projects-benefitting-datademo-micro-funding
74
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/hamburgs-transparency-portal-goes-live
75
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/%E2%80%98grand-paris-seine-ouest%E2%80%99-announcesfirst-open-data-release
76
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/london-borough-barnet-launches-new-data-portal
77
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-cologne-makes-data-available-national-portal
78
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/city-arnsberg-starts-opening-public-datasets
79
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/northern-ireland-open-data-questionnaire
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3 Open Data highlights

3.1 European elections (and electoral) data
Before the European elections were held, the ePSI Platform put the focus on how the electoral
data was being used by Member States and in other initiatives, and how accessible was this
kind of information for the 2014 European elections80. The ePSI Platform also hosted a Webinar
on Open Electoral Data81, onsite in Porto (Portugal) and online from several locations across EU.

Reporting on the European elections ( European Union, 2014 Source: European Parliament)

European elections results were provided in open data format82, and electoral data reportedly
drew the biggest audience83 for Montpellier Open Data portal. But we also observed public
concerns raised over the lack of the open data related in the UK elections84, as well as worries
raised over the lack of clarity over the exposed information of the European Elections in
Germany85.
Also we considered of interest a linked data experiment86 based around the 2014 European
Election coverage, carried out by the BBC News Labs.
80

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/using-data-european-elections-2014
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/making-elections-more-democratic-epsi-platform-webinaropen-electoral-data
82
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/european-elections-results-be-provided-open-data-format
83
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/electoral-data-draws-biggest-audience-montpellier-open-dataportal
84
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/concerns-raised-over-lack-open-data-surrounding-elections
85
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/lack-clarity-over-open-data-european-elections-germany
86
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/linked-data-experiment-based-around-2014-european-electioncoverage
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3.2 PSI and Open Data and video games

Following the steps of the UK, Denmark launched its own 1:1 scale MinecraftTM world87 in April.
Then, in August, the city of Aarhaus rendered its geographic model88 as a Minecraft world with
open data layers from the Danish Geodata Agency.
Apart from this, pushed by the successful achievements of the Danish team, in October
Ordnance Survey finally launched a more detailed version89 of Great Britain in Minecraft.

London in MinecraftTM (Source: Ordnance Survey Crown copyright 2014)

87

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/explore-denmark-minecraft-thanks-open-geographic-data
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/public-disclosure-aarhaus-3d-city-model-leads-its-uploadminecraft
89
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/ordnance-survey-launches-more-detailed-version-great-britainminecraft
88

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4 ePSI Platform: year in review

In this chapter, you can find the most relevant actions performed by the ePSI Platform, shown
chronologically during the year.

4.1 ePSI Platform in action!

January 2014

The ePSI platform interviewed Michael Bauer90, biomedical researcher, hacker,

activist and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation Labs.

February 2014

A new online thematic group on Open Data and Education91 was created on the
ePSI Platform to encourage the exchange of ideas and best practices in the re-use
of public open data for the benefit of education.

March 2014

The ePSI Platform interviewed Sirko Hunnius92 from the Potsdam Institute for
eGovernment (IfG.CC), in his capacity as a researcher in the Open Data Monitor
(ODM) project.

ePSI platform interviewed Antonio Acua93, head of the UK government's open

data portal (data.gov.uk), as well as Mara ngeles Rincn94, general director of
new technologies at the Government of Aragn, and Zara Rahman95, OKFs Open
Toolkit lead, when attended the event A year of Aragon OpenData96.

ePSI platform spoke with Burak Arikan 97 , data artist and founder of Graph
Commons during the launch of the Datascape exhibition in Gijn (Spain).

April 2014

The ePSI Platform hosted an ePSI Webinar on Open Electoral Data98, onsite in
Porto (Portugal) and online from several locations across EU.

A new online thematic group was created on the ePSI Platform dedicated to the
challenges and opportunities of reusing Open Electoral Data.

The ePSI platform interviewed Data Journalism experts99 at the Second edition of
the Data Journalism and Open Data Conference in Spain.

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May 2014

The ePSI platform attended the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Regional
Meeting for Europe 100 in Dublin (Ireland).

June 2014

The ePSI Platform participated in COMSODE projects 2nd User Board Meeting101,
in Bratislava (Slovak Republic).

The ePSI Platform organised the Make The Most of Geo Information Workshop102 at INSPIRE Conference, in Aalborg (Denmark).

July 2014

The ePSI Platform was present at the workshop Uses of Open Data within
Government for Innovation and Efficiency103 organized by Share-PSI 2.0 Thematic
Network, during the 5th Samos Summit on ICT-enabled Governance in Greece.

September 2014

LiberTIC and the ePSI platform organized the Erasmus Open Data event104 (now
Open Data eXchange), in Nantes (France).

October 2014

The ePSI Platform and LAPSI 2.0 organized a joint workshop on Cultural Open
Data105, in Milano (Italy).

November 2014

The ePSI Platform participated at the LAPSI 2.0 Final Conference106, in Brussels
(Belgium).

The ePSI Tour (part I) 107 started visiting Zagreb (Croatia), Budapest (Hungary), and
Bratislava (Slovak Republic).

December 2014

The ePSI Tour (part II) 108 followed visiting Warsaw (Poland), Vilnius (Lithuania),
and Tallinn (Estonia).

The ePSI Platform took part in the PSI Alliance Roundtable109 in Brussels (Belgium),
leading the workshop: Communicating the benefits of PSI to policymakers.

90

http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/epsi-platform-interviews-michael-bauer

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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/your-group-open-data-and-education-0
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/interview-sirko-hunnius-open-data-monitor-project
93
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/head-datagovuk-speaks-epsi-platform
94
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/epsi-team-interviews-open-data-arag%C3%B3n-governmentdirector
95
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/interview-zara-rahman
96
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/aragon-open-data-year-review-0
97
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/inside-mind-data-artist-%E2%80%93-epsi-platform-speaksburak-arikan
98
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/making-elections-more-democratic-epsi-platform-webinaropen-electoral-data
99
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/epsi-platform-interviews-data-journalism-experts
100
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/europe-interested-ogp
101
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/comsode-project-2nd-user-board-meeting
102
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/geo-information-cornerstone-open-data
103
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/samos-workshop-uses-open-data-within-governmentinnovation-and-efficiency
104
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/defining-erasmus-open-data-programme
105
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/exploitation-cultural-content-first-steps
106
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/brussels-host-final-lapsi-20-conference
107
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/epsi-platform-announces-details-european-tour
108
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/epsi-platform-tour-2014-0
109
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/psi-alliance-roundtable-brussels
92

4.2 An assortment of PSI & Open Data related projects

Throughout the year, the ePSI Platform has put twelve relevant EU projects under the spotlight
because of their close relationship with PSI re-use and Open Data aspects. They are listed
below in alphabetical order:

COMSODE110

DaPaaS111

Data without Boundaries project (DwB)112

Dilipad113

FINODEX114

LinDA115

OpenCube116

OpenDataMonitor117

OpenLaws118

Open PHACTS119

SmartOpenData120

TACOD121

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http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/getting-know-comsode-project
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/introducing-dapaas-project-platform-easy-open-datapublishing-and-re-use
112
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discovering-%E2%80%98data-without-boundaries%E2%80%99dwb-project
113
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discover-digging-linked-parliamentary-data-project
114
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discover-future-internet-open-data-expansion-finodex-project
115
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/introducing-linda-project-supporting-sme%E2%80%99s-linkedopen-data
116
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discover-opencube-project-tools-linked-open-statistical-data
117
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discover-opendatamonitor-project-dashboards-monitoringopen-data-catalogues
118
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/openlaws-project-calls-ideas-and-use-cases-new-platform
119
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/learn-about-open-phacts-project
120
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/discover-smartopendata-project-linked-open-dataenvironment-protection
121
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/open-data-tool-against-corruption-new-ec-funded-projectlaunched
111

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About the Author

Luis Meijueiro has worked in consultancy services for eGovernment projects related to the
deployment of broadband infrastructure and web applications in public institutions and
business associations. In recent years Mr. Meijueiro has participated in projects linked with reuse of Public Sector Information, making use of Semantic Web technologies. His works for
regional projects include the re-use strategy for the Government of Spain, and in the
international arena he has collaborated with the International Development Research Council
(IDRC) in the development of a theoretical model for measuring the maturity of Open Data
initiatives.

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