Topics covered in the Economic Impact of Open Data study

In February 2020, the European Data Portal (EDP) released a study titled “The Economic Impact of Open Data: Opportunities for value creation in Europe”. The study researches the value created by open data across Europe, focusing on aspects such as:

• Open data market size
• Open data employment
• The potential of open data in different sectors, including agriculture, health, finance and transport
• Efficiency gains of open data, including saving lives, saving time, saving the environment, and improving language services with open data
• Cost saving in industries such as the healthcare and the public sector
• Open data in organisations

In addition to these aspects, the report highlights seven key lessons. For example:

• The need for open data re-users to be aware and capable of understanding and leveraging its potential; and
• That sector-specific initiatives and collaboration in and across private and public sector foster value creation.

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