Ckan/eutransparency

= European Open Data Inventory =

Introduction
This is an inventory of EU-relevant datasets that is being compiled by EU Transparency, the NGO that made farmsubsidy.org and the Open Knowledge Foundation. It includes data that is already available, as well as data that we know exists but is not published - from budget data and environmental information to postcodes and place names.

How To Participate
If you would like to get involved, either by taking part in the first European Open Data Summit in Brussels, 5-7 May 2009 or otherwise, please add your details to the participate page.

How To Contribute Material
If you know of a dataset that you think should be added, you can either:


 * Email details to eutransparency at okfn dot org
 * Register it directly on the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN).

Registering Material On CKAN
To register material on CKAN:


 * 1) Go to register page: http://ckan.net/package/new
 * 2) Enter a short name, which will be the identifier for the package. E.g. the UK 'Public Sector Finance Statistics' has been called 'uk-public-spending'.
 * 3) Enter the following information:
 * 4) * name of dataset, URL of web page about the dataset, and download URL of dataset itself (if applicable)
 * 5) * license information (if applicable)
 * 6) * tags, including:
 * 7) ** the 'eutransparency' tag
 * 8) ** a 'country-[countryname]' tag, e.g. 'country-uk' or 'country-bulgaria'
 * 9) ** other tags regarding data formats, access to data, subject-matter and so on (see 'Tags' section below for further details)
 * 10) a brief description and/or summary of the dataset
 * 11) * you can create a block quote by typing '> [the text of your quote]'
 * 12) * you can creating headings by typing '### [Heading Name]'
 * 13) * common headings include:
 * 14) ** '### About' - a general overview
 * 15) ** '### Access' - with instructions on where to find and how to download the material,
 * 16) ** '### Openness' - with links, details and quotations any legal information regarding how the data can be re-used (terms and conditions, copyright notices, agreements, ...)
 * 17) Click 'Preview' to review your new entry, and 'Save changes' once you have finished.

Tags
Following is a list of tags used in CKAN:


 * eutransparency - all datasets in the European Open Data Inventory
 * country-[countryname] - what country the data pertains to
 * country-uk
 * country-italy
 * ... (see all country- tags in CKAN)
 * format-[formattype] - what format the data is in
 * format-csv
 * format-pdf
 * format-txt
 * format-xml
 * ... (see all format- tags in CKAN)
 * access-[accesstype] - how the data can be accessed
 * access-registration
 * access-www
 * access-bulk
 * access-nobulk
 * access-commercial
 * ... (see all access- tags in CKAN)
 * thematic tags - what the data is about
 * budget
 * finance
 * geo
 * environmental
 * postcode
 * socioeconomic

Types of data we are looking for

 * budget data - e.g. data on individual beneficiaries of EU funds
 * geographical data - e.g. postcodes, placenames etc
 * environmental data - e.g. data on pollution levels
 * social and economic data - e.g. data on household income
 * political data, e.g. data on the European Parliament and EU lobbyists

Scope
The project will document datasets that cover a significant proportion of the 27 EU member states, as well data from EU and international institutions:


 * Austria
 * Belgium
 * Bulgaria
 * Cyprus
 * Czech Republic
 * Denmark
 * Estonia
 * Finland
 * France
 * Germany
 * Greece
 * Hungary
 * Ireland
 * Italy
 * Latvia
 * Lithuania
 * Luxembourg
 * Malta
 * Netherlands
 * Poland
 * Portugal
 * Romania
 * Slovakia
 * Slovenia
 * Spain
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom

Places to look
If you know of existing places to look for EU data, please add a link below.

Suggestions

 * European Parliament
 * http://www.europarl.europa.eu
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/europarl
 * Other databases within the European Parliament
 * http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/dbatoz/index_en.htm
 * Who is who at the European Parliament
 * http://europa.eu/whoiswho/public/index.cfm?lang=en
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-whoiswho
 * Eurostat - the statistical database at the European Parliament
 * http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
 * This source is by no means easy to navigate, but it contains a lot, including the possibility to build your own tables.
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eurostat
 * International statistical sources – from one of the oldest Bureau of Statistics in the world
 * http://www.scb.se/Pages/List 258488.aspx
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/se-statistics
 * European Business Register
 * http://www.ebr.org
 * Company Registration data from 22 different European Countries. It costs 30 Euros a year and then you pay as you go. And anyone can use the service.
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-ebr
 * Find an international journalist through IRE
 * http://bolles.ire.org/dij/
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/ire-dij
 * Agriculture funds:
 * http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/funding/index_en.htm
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-cap-funding
 * Financial Transparency System
 * http://ec.europa.eu/beneficiaries/fts/index_en.htm
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-fts
 * Structural & Cohesion funds:
 * http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/commu/beneficiaries/index_en.htm
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-cohesion-beneficiaries
 * EU Lobbyist register:
 * https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin/welcome.do?locale=en
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-registry-interest
 * Europa - State Aid Cases
 * http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/register/
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-state-aid
 * Beneficiaries of grants and contracts in 2007
 * http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/beneficiaries_en.htm
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-europeaid
 * CSR Search Tool
 * http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/beneficiaries/index.cfm?lang=en&mode=SM&type=
 * DONE: http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-europeaid