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25 March 2022 14:03
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The shiny
Being a small organisation with a big mission can be daunting.
Indeed! But it’s also … an adventure … an education … a community. To complement this wonderfully composed look back on our last year’s activities, here is a link roll of the topics that made 2021 a year of reconnection and growth.
The strategy
As initiated last year we published again our annual plan in order show what we’re working on, what we aim to achieve and to help you – our community – to get involved. We’re more than happy to hear your feedback and learn how we might improve...
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Yesterday via @opendataswiss Tweet , we saw the announcement „For our international contacts: we translated in English the strategy for open government data in Switzerland 2019-2023“. If I may say so myself, we international contacts are much obliged!
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Dear Federal Councillor
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You have invited us to comment within the framework of the consultation on the Swiss Federal law on digitalisation for the fulfilment of administrative functions (EMBaG). We are pleased to be able to take the opportunity to do so.
Since 2011, Opendata.ch has been working to ensure that more people have access to more data, and can use it to generate more knowledge, progress and added value. Organised as a non-profit association, Opendata.ch has be…
The results
Good morning everyone !
As part of my doctoral thesis, I have decided to explore the relationship between the OGD portal and its users by inquiring about the perceptions of the latter taking the Swiss portal - opendata.swiss - as a research environment.
To all users of opendata.swiss, you would need approx. 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and thus support my research
Link to survey (EN, DE, FR): https://idheap.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LcnGHidQKTlJIh
Don’t hesita…
On October 23, 2021, we announced the winner of the 2021 Open Data Student Awards at Dinacon. It was the first time the event was awarded at Dinacon and the fourth time we had the honor to present the award. First of all, we would like to thank...
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Preparing means looking back to learn before moving forward and trying to improve. This is why we systematically evaluated the project applications submitted in spring 2020 for the first funding round of the Prototype Fund. The first funding cycle...
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The hacktivism
https://twitter.com/loleg/status/1443500952321941509
We will host a small virtual meet-up on the anniversary of our Coronavirus response this Thursday March 18 at 16:15. Please write me a note or just this post for a calendar invitation. Stay safe & sound & have an excellent weekend!
https://forum.opendata.ch/t/18-24-3-monitoring-covid19-effects/636/1
Feel free of course to post any writings, projects, reflections …
Open data has become a March tradition in the grooves of Pi Day , Summer time or Twitterversary , among more traditional festivities . We have had excellent *.03.* events here over the years, the 03.2017 hackathon organized by @heidi being a shining example. Let’s not let 2021 slide without marking the occasion on Open Data Day : this spring, thanks to geo.admin.ch and cividi.ch , we have a week of mappy virtual escapades to look ahead to!
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Geo.Hackmin Week
Online, 1-6…
The yearly Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon is a fun, collaborative and innovative event dedicated to our digital heritage. This year, we are being hosted by the ETH Library in Zurich and will meet online on April 16 & 17. New data sets are being made available as is custom for this event, such as an exciting new compilation of historical photographs of Zürich by the photographer Friedrich Ruef-Hirt (via @OpenDataZurich ).
So, what are you waiting for? Check out coverage from last year’…
At the Open Education Day organized next month by CH Open and PHBern , you can get access to know-how and experience on working as a teacher in Switzerland under the Lehrplan 21 . With presentations, workshops and lightning talks about open source technologies, open content, media education and IT competencies, the Open Education Day covers a wide range of important topics to dive into with your whole class.
When: Saturday, April 24. 2021
Where: Hybrid (local & virtual)
Participation is free: S…
This year’s event will take place online on Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th of April, 2021, with a kickoff on Wednesday the 21st of April at 17:00.
For the third time, the HSLU – Open Data Hackdays are dedicated to the topic of tourism in Switzerland. With approx 45 Billion total revenue and 180 000 full time jobs eq. in 2018, tourism is a major swiss industry. Obviously health concerns but also ecological concern, individual tourism, globalization, technological progress, urbanizatio…
The Energy & Climate Hack will take place in Berne on August 31st and September 1st 2021, as a parallel event to the Decarbonizing Cities Conference . This hackathon throws a bridge between common issues and needs across borders and will bring together students from the United Kingdom and Switzerland as well as experts, hackers and people aspiring to make a difference. The multidisciplinary teams will look at smarter urban living through the lenses of energy efficiency and research for better dec…
Picking up from the 2020 edition and our virtual/student-focused Energy & Climate event this week, our popular series dedicated to Open Energy Data projects continues at the end of this month! There are 14 exciting challenges, some terrific infrastructure, and extraordinary support from the industry & government side for your data-hacking. Please sign up here:
And leave a <3 or tweet so I can look forward to seeing you in Brugg
Wie können Städte und Regionen die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit lösen und dabei die Bevölkerung miteinbeziehen? Am Smart Regio Lab in Lenzburg entwickelten acht interdisziplinäre Teams innovative Lösungen mit offenen Daten: von...
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November 12th-13th marked the premiere of the Data Hackdays BE! At these hackdays, a total of 75 participants gathered in the town hall in Bern to work on 10 exciting challenges. All of the challenges were relevant to the cantonal administration in...
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The side projects
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is the agency for international cooperation responsible for coordination on development topics and cooperation with Eastern Europe as well as for humanitarian aid delivered by the Confederation. They started publishing data to Opendata.swiss last year and are encouraging the community to take a look.
There are currently two datasets, both in XML format according to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard, containing …
This week it’s raining in Switzerland. It’s actually raining buckets . So instead of enjoying the summer, we are discussing the newly released error indications, a.k.a. “probabilistic weather forecasts”, in the official weather apps of the Swiss government agency MeteoSwiss. Which, by the way, now also pushes AlertSwiss emergency notifications , so you better get yourself set up in these uncertain times. Oh, and need I mention the data is partly open ? Let’s #hackweatherdata
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The prospects
The next
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