Open data consists in providing data in the form of digital files in order to encourage their use by a large audience. The goals of this new tool, managed by the Pedro Nunes Institute (Coimbra), are :
- To encourage governments to put Open data and access to knowledge in their agenda, in order to improve the available information regarding innovation;
- To gather people from different backgrounds and with various experience in order to discuss the potential of free data and innovation knowledge;
- To promote new cooperation projects;
- To influence the way people use and access to data.
In order to achieve these goals, CITEK project implemented a platform dedicated to Open data. This website gathers data banks supporting the development and improvement of diverse projects by innovation actors. The subjects include crowdfunding, micro-credits, cultural entrepreneurship and innovation centers. The plateform is part of the web application CKAN (Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Networks), the word leader of open source data.
Furthermore, a transnational event exclusively dedicated to Open data and named « Raising awareness of Open data » took place the 16th and 17th october 2014 in Coimbra (Portugal). This meeting involved more than 100 participants and welcomed European experts in the field of Open data.
