Presentation of eurocities network. Presentation of www.erasmusopendata.eu event in Nantes, during www.nantesdigitalweek.com september 2014.

1. Knowledge Society Forum
Open Data Working Group
Nantes September 15
ERASMUS OPEN DATA
AN EVENT DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING
THE EUROPEAN OPEN DATA COMMUNITY

2. Eurocities
Founded in 1986 in Brussels by:
• Barcelona,
• Birmingham,
• Frankfurt,
• Lyon,
• Milan,
• Rotterdam.
Network of major Cities in Europe (> 250.000 inhabitants)
130 cities (25 % of the EU population)
40 partners (IBM, CISCO, …)

3. Eurocities
The network aims to :
Influencing European legislation and policies for the cities
interests
Organize reflexions on the challenges European cities
face in the future
Provide a platform to exchange knowledge, good
practices and ideas
Foster the development of joint projects, with European
funding in particular

4. Eurocities
Seven Forums:
• culture
• economy
• environment
• knowledge society
• mobility
• social affairs
• cooperation

5. Eurocities
Working group Open Data
Objectives:
• building a Europe-wide platform for exchanging open
data experiences
• encouraging other cities to make their data publicly
available
• exploring city activities and promoting mutual learning
• harmonising data sets and standards
• cooperating with EU projects and the net community
• maximising the benefits of open data for citizens

6. Eurocities
Working group Open Data
Members:
Aarhus - Amsterdam - Antwerp - Banja Luka - Barcelona - Belfast -
Berlin - Birmingham - Bologna - Bonn - Bordeaux - Bratislava -
Bristol - Cardiff - Cologne - Copenhagen - Edinburgh - Eindhoven
(WG Vice Chair) - Genoa - Ghent (WG Chair) - Glasgow -
Gothenburg - Helsinki - Kortrijk - Linkoping - London - Lyon -
Manchester - Munich - Nantes - Netwerkstad Twente - Newcastle-
Gateshead - Odessa - Ostend - Rennes Metropole - Rome -
Ronneby - Rotterdam - Rzeszow - Stockholm - Strasbourg -
Sunderland - Tampere - Tbilisi - Turin - Turku - Utrecht - Vienna

7. Eurocities
Working group Open Data
Publications:
• Open Data Guidebook
http://www.eurocities.eu/eurocities/documents/EUROCITIES-open-data-guidebook-
open-data-working-group-publication-WSPO-9CTHZE
• Statement on Open Data
http://www.eurocities.eu/eurocities/documents/EUROCITIES-statement-on-open-
data-WSPO-98LA7S

8. Eurocities
Working group Open Data
Survey on Open Data platform: 32 RESPONSES
→ Still pioneering
→ Very locally influenced
→ Dependent on internal organisation
→ Need for
→ Training
→ Usability
→ Linking between datasets
Next event: KSF in Bordeaux October 15-16

9. Eurocities
Thank you for your attention
Herv Jaigu – Innovation manager
hervejaigu@nantesmetropole.fr
Pauline Folz – PhD Student
paulinefolz@nantesmetropole.fr
Web:
www.eurocities.eu
www.nantes-just-imagine.com
www.nantesmetropoles.fr
www.data.nantes.fr
www.lina.univ-nantes.fr