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tools to put in practice open data solutions at local level. That is, it fosters open
data literacy as a means to promote economic growth and innovation by facili-
tating the exploitation of open data capabilities, along the same line of the EC's
vision on data-driven economy (EC, 2014). Indeed, far from being overlapping
and mixed initiatives, they complement very well, as the success and impact of the
ODI's training activities could be measured in the mid-term through the monitor-
ing studies of open data use cases conducted regularly by the OGP and Open Data
Research Network at national level.
13.3.2.3 The ENGAGE Project
The ENGAGE project* aims at the deployment and use of an advanced service
infrastructure, incorporating distributed and diverse PSI resources as well as data
curation, semantic annotation, and visualization tools. The provided services sup-
port scientific collaboration and governance-related research across disciplines
while also providing open governmental data to citizens.
A key aspect of ENGAGE is the bottom-up approach to using and exploiting
public sector data. Empowering and engaging the research community and nonsci-
entific community alike to devise new ways to use, exploit, and make sense of the
wealth of data are central. Community building is a promising connection to unite
PSI and research data and find innovative services based on both worlds.
13.4 toward an open Data ecosystem
The sheer number of initiatives and projects presented previously in this chapter
provides a first insight into the topic and illustrates the richness of already ongoing
activities. A few cutting-edge examples already indicate the current thinking and
initial convergence between the public sector and research communities. But where
are we going next?
Searching for an appropriate way ahead, it is not surprising that methodologies
for data archiving and practices for data access, curation, and preservation in the
research and library domains are more mature and widespread than in the public sec-
tor. For example, some EU Member States already have a network of recognized data
archives in the research domain (typically funded by the national research councils).
OpenAIRE and Europeana are scaling this up to the European level and successfully
exploit best practices, standards, and technology in the library domain. The same
holds for ongoing initiatives for sharing and preserving research data like EUDAT.
Nevertheless, the current status of open government data portals is still far away
from the examples in library science. As commented in Section 13.1, the trend may
change in the immediate future as several international and national networks are
*
http://www.engage-project.eu.
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