The workshop will provide an excellent opportunity to share good practices related to the reuse of public open data and to network with key decision makers in the world of Public Sector Information in Hungary and beyond!

The La Marche region will get its very own FixMyStreet platform, fatequalcosa.it, which translates as Do Something! Claudio Carletti has shared his experience of using the mySociety code and his plans for the site.

A portal with datasets will be made available to the public. The local authorities hope that opening up datasets will improve communication between Public Administration, Local Authorities and communities. The bill has also been described as ‘a real revolution in the relationship between citizens and government in the region’.

According with HMRC: “The UK helped secure the G8’s Open Data Charter, which presumes that the data held by Governments will be publicly available unless there is good reason to withhold it. It is important that HMRC plays a full part. HMRC’s relationship with businesses and individuals is unique, and this is reflected in the scope and depth of the information HMRC collects, creates and protects on behalf of taxpayers.”

The two day event, held between 7-8 of Novemeber, 2013, invites participants who have a basic knowledge or previous experience of using data for policy-relevant research and evidence-informed advocacy.

The first day will explore themes such as strategy and management, learning and evaluation, lifecycles of data products and will also look at the lessons learned from innovative projects. There will be perspectives from Policy Markers, Think Tankers, Business representatives and Data Journalists. The second day includes workshops and individual consultation time.

Tim Scanlan from The Human Brain Project will also be a guest speaker at the event. He will be introducing his project, an EU Flagship initiative in which over 80 partners work together to realise a new “ICT-accelerated” vision for brain research.

Follow this link for registration and further location details. 

Wikimedia Italy, the National Library of Florence and the Italian Library Association are coming together to host the event, which aims to create useful connections between Wikipedians, librarians and data hackers.

Participating teams will compete for one or more of the following awards:

Your Voice in Europe is the European Commission’s “single access point” to a wide variety of consultations, discussions and other tools which enable you to play an active role in the European policy-making process.

This web­site has three sections:

∙ Consultations: give us your opinion on EU policies and influence their direction.

Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said: “The open data revolution is all about individuals and entrepreneurs and that includes the giving them a role in policy design.”