We work to spread the open data culture everywhere.
We are ready for conference, workshops, teaching, training ... everything about open data policy and tools.
We are big fans of OpenStreetMap.
Research
We need to be always updated about the topic of open data.
We love to discover what happens around open data from different point of view (technologic, sociologic, economic).
Tools
To improve and understand better open data we need tools.
We create some tool useful for our research and for everyone who want understand the open data topic..
Starting from January 2014, thanks to the active participation in the international open data community (Open Knowledge) and research network (The Governance Lab at NYU), FBK has established a brand new unit, DCL - The Digital Commons Lab, which officially delivers projects as the ODI Trento. Our node is an action-oriented lab, a catalyst for the open data culture in Italy.
December 2014
What we did
Researchers in DCL are interested in working on the quality and integration of crowdsourced data, building tools and enhancing data accuracy and reliability; analyzing the impact of the reuse of open data and collaborating with public administration to improve the process of opening up public data sets. Current activities include the promotion of the use of OpenStreetMap in order to raise citizens’ awareness and participatory planning (for example in case of emergencies); running training sessions, focused on open data reuse and digital storytelling, to stimulate the demand and conversation around data involving NGOs, local companies and local government institutions.
Now
What we do
The lab’s members are actively working on FINODEX a EU- funded project focused on the reuse of open data by start-ups and SMEs and on the translation and adoption of the Open Data Certificates in Italy.
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Open Data 200
Open Data 200 Italy is a joint project designed and implemented by the Govlab in partnership with the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, an international research institute located in Trento, to conduct the first comprehensive, internationally comparable study of Italian companies that are using open data to generate business, develop products and services, and create social value.
We cooperate with the Autonomous Province of Trento, the University of Trento and TrentoRISE, on the organization of the Trentino Open Data Challenge (a creative and software development competition around open data).
The FIWARE Accelerator Programme (part of the EU Future Internet-Public Private Partnership FI-PPP) offers €80 million euros of direct funding, mentoring, networking and other acceleration services through 16 Future Internet Accelerator projects to promote the use and adoption of FIWARE technologies and to help entrepreneurs create innovative Internet applications. Finodex(Future INternet Open Data EXpansion), one of the 16 accelerators, is co-funded by the European Union to support SMEs and Web Entrepreneurs to develop products, services building upon FIWARE technologies and using Open Data. If you are an SME or Web Entrepreneur looking for developing an application, a product or service based on open data and making use of FIWARE technologies, then Finodex is an opportunity for you to receive funding and support services to develop your project. Finodex will launch 2 open calls, select and support up to 100 SMEs and web entrepreneurs with a total grant of 4.640.000 EUROS. The overall financial contribution for each selected project will be between 10.000 and 170.000 EUROS depending on the stage the project reaches (See funding scheme).
The open data certificates are a wonderful tool to understand the quality of its open data. Our work has been in the Italian translation and its legal adaptation.
