Description: The European Data Portal (https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en) provides access to 1,120.730 Open Government Data public datasets from 35 countries (European Union member states, the EEA, Switzerland and countries in the EU Neighbourhood Policy programme). The interface of the website is available in twenty-five languages.

The Seminar will give an overview about the wide range of activities carried out by the Portal. The introduction of the Seminar will give an insight about  Open Government Data in the light of the new Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information, Directive (EU) 2019/1024.

For more information about the Seminar, feel free to send an email to: dino.girardi@ulapland.fi

Programme:

Part I

10.00 – 10.45 Introduction to the Seminar: Open Government Data and Data sharing in EU
Monica Palmirani, University of Bologna
Dino Girardi, University of Lapland/University of Bologna

Part II

10.45 – 11.00 Welcome greetings
Rosa Maria Ballardini, University of Lapland

11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of the activities of the European Data Portal – towards the creation of a common data space in the EU
Esther Bodil Huyer, Manager at Capgemini Invent NL - Centre for international data policy
Gianfranco Cecconi, European Data Portal Lead, Capgemini Invent NL

12.00 – 12.30 Commentary and questions

12.30 – 12.45 Closing remarks
Monica Palmirani, University of Bologna
Rosa Maria Ballardini, University of Lapland
Dino Girardi, University of Lapland/University of Bologna