
Open data work: understanding open data usage from a practice lens
First Published May 14, 2018 on Sage Journals by Erna Ruijer, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, Jochem van den Berg, Albert Meijer Abstract During recent years, the amount of data released on platforms by public administrations around the world have exploded. Open government data platforms are aimed at enhancing transparency and participation. Even though the promises of these […]

Open Data for Transparency and Participation
Final event and presentation of results from the EU H2020 ROUTE-TO-PA project Tuesday April 17th, 2018 Consiglio Regionale della Campania, Centro Direzionale di Napoli, Isola F 13 Napoli (Italy) The Conference, organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Salerno in collaboration with the Presidency of the Regional Council, represents the […]

The new release of SPOD 3.1 “Zavijah” is out!
The Route-to-PA team is happy to announce the new version 3.1 of the Social Platform for Open Data (SPOD). Our SPOD allows easy discussions, effective co-creation and smooth social interactions around Open Data. Among the most relevant new features of “Zavijah” SPOD platform: Major features Co-creation data (or media) room: new features have been introduced in […]

ROUTETOPA Case Study: Hetor Pilot
In this ROUTETOPA case study series, we shine a light on public administrations, organizations and communities that have adopted and are using ROUTETOPA tools for work and discussions around open data This case study narrative was written by Hetor Pilot’s Carmen Luciano, Vanja Annunziata, Maria Anna Ambrosino and Gianluca Santangelo. Italy has a long Cultural tradition and […]

Participation of the Route-to-PA project at the Smart City Expo World Congress
The Route-to-PA project was hosted in the stand of the City of Prato at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, on 14-16/11/2017. The event is the meeting point for governments, companies, entrepreneurs and research centers, where cities meet other cities, showcase their projects and find new solutions, and where companies make business. It […]

ROUTETOPA Case Study: Prato Municipality Pilot
In this ROUTETOPA case study series, we shine a light on public administrations, organizations and communities that have adopted and are using ROUTETOPA tools for work and discussions around open data This case study narrative was written by Prato Pilot’s Elena Palmisano. Prato is the second largest city in Tuscany, with a population of about 190,000 inhabitants, […]

ROUTETOPA User Stories
ROUTETOPA is an acronym that stands for Raising Open and User-friendly, Transparency Enabling Technologies for Public Administrations. It is a three-year, multidisciplinary, European Union Horizon 2020 innovation project aimed at improving citizen engagement by enabling meaningful interaction between open data users, open data publishers and open data. ROUTETOPA’s seeks to do this in 4 ways: […]

SPOD 1.12 “Regulus” platform is now here!
Proud and happy to announce the new version 1.12 of the Social Platform for Open Data (SPOD). Our SPOD allows easy discussions, effective co-creation and smooth social interactions around Open Data. Among the relevant features of “Regulus”: Major features: Event: An event in SPOD can be planned only by the user with assigned “Events” user […]

Frugal Innovation
Article by: John Forrester, Ancitel Spa Napoli In recent years with reduced budget and austerity programs local governments have been encouraged to do more with less. Although demand is increasing for public sector services, resources are steadily decreasing. Local governments are being pressed to deliver focused, efficient services with ever diminishing resources. One report recently issued […]

TET 1.0 alpha is now available
We are pleased to announce release of TET version 1.0 alpha. The new version offers tools that let users summarize, analyze and visualize tabular data. The new release include following major features: PivotTable: CKAN platform lacks essential data analysis capabilities for working with data. To overcome this limitation as first step we have added PivotTable view. […]