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<title>FSFE wins the transparency challenge of the EU Datathon 2022</title>
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<h1 id="fsfe-wins-the-transparency-challenge-of-the-eu-datathon-2022">FSFE wins the transparency challenge of the EU Datathon 2022</h1>
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<p>
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The sixth edition of <a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon">EU Datathon</a>, the
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EU’s open data competition, came to a close last week with the awards
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ceremony. The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) won the first
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prize in the challenge ‘transparency in public procurement’ with a
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program that helps analyse how public administrations in the European
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Union spend their money.
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/18/0b/0f60722f78421784a184d34f515d.png"
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alt="two people on stage, one holding a card one talking on mic" />
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</figure>
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<p>
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At the EU Datathon finals, that took place in Brussels as part of the
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<a href="https://youth.europa.eu/year-of-youth_en">European Year of
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Youth</a>, TEDective, the project submitted by the FSFE, ended up
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winning one of the four proposed challenges, that Europe is currently
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facing: the achievement of transparency in public procurement.
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<p>
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Using open data this Free Software program empowers citizens by
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making EU tendering data accesible to everyone who wants to consult
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and use it. For example, it will allow a journalist to find out how
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much money the government spends on Microsoft licenses and products,
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but also to compare that spending with other regions in similar cases
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or even in comparison with other countries.
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</p>
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<p>
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“Although it might seem boring at first sight, TED data reveals
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crucial information about the economic activity of business and state
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organisations alike. As, there was no Free Software solution making
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this data accessible to non-experts, this is what we’re trying to do
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with TEDective”, explains Linus Sehn, system administrator at FSFE
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and one of the members of the TEDective team. This first prize, which
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comes with a cash reward of 25,000 euros, willl contribute to raise
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awareness to the need of making tendering data accesible and easy to
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analyze.
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</p>
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<h3 id="available-for-using-understanding-sharing-and-improving">Available for using, understanding sharing and improving</h3>
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Developed with the help of <a href="https://weimann.digital/">Michael
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Weimann</a>, and released as a <a href="https://reuse.software/">REUSE-compliant</a> project under a
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Free Software (also known as Open Source) license, TEDective improves
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access to the data published by <a href="https://ted.europa.eu/TED/browse/browseByMap.do">Tenders
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Electronic Daily</a> (TED), fulfilling all of the following
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requirements with regards to the provision of TED data: it is
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available without costs for commercial as well as non-commercial use;
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it is up-to-date (updates at least on a monthly basis), cleaned and
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both buyers and suppliers are adequately deduplicated; and it can be
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downloaded in bulk, making it available as Open Contracting Data
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Standard (OCDS) to allow interoperability. Besides, it will be
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designed, maintained and monitored transparently and in close
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co-operation with all relevant stakeholders and user groups.
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Sustainably providing long-term access to European tendering data in
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a way that fulfils these requirements could enable numerous
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applications that are of interest to civil society, business, the
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press, and beyond which could greatly enhance the transparency of
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business activity in Europe. There are a range of interesting
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questions that can be answered with this data if it was available in
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a well-documented and easy-to-understand format that is interoperable
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with tendering data published elsewhere.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you want to find out more about TEDective, feel free to check out
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the <a href="https://git.fsfe.org/fsfe-system-hackers/tedective">git
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repository software</a>.
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The team is also looking for data experts, who want to help, so if
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you are interested, please contact the team by emailing <email mailto="yes">tedective@fsfe.org</email>.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<peertube url="https://media.fsfe.org/w/x1buMiq6k7nNyCRj5nxJ52" />
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<figcaption>
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Check the <a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/x1buMiq6k7nNyCRj5nxJ52">TEDective presentation at the awards ceremony</a>.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h3 id="the-eu-datathon-2022">The EU Datathon 2022</h3>
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<p>
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Empowering young people in the job market, reducing greenhouse
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emissions, and bringing European cultural heritage closer to
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citizens: these were some of the ambitions put forward by the 12
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finalist teams of this year’s <a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon">EU Datathon</a>. The
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teams were shortlisted from an initial 156 entries from 38 countries,
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the highest participation in the competition’s history, and competed
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in four categories, all highly relevant to the challenges Europe
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faces today: the European Green Deal, transparency in public
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procurement, EU public procurement opportunities for young people,
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and a Europe fit for the digital age.
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</p>
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<p>
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Prior to the finals, the finalists had the opportunity to present
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their ideas for apps built on EU open data in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYiuDfq64-Y&list=PLT5rARDev_rnik8jF6E8k5AjN5zeJmqXG">series
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of videos </a>while, on the final day, they pitched their polished
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apps to the jury of 14 open data experts and the online audience. In
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his opening speech, Commissioner Johannes Hahn praised the teams’
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innovative approaches underlining that “There is also a strong
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positive impact on accountability, transparency, participation,
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inclusion and democracy, supporting core European values” while Ms
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Hilde Hardeman, Director General of the Publications Office of the
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EU, highlighted that “The European Union is well aware of the immense
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opportunities data offer. We are truly determined to make the most
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out of these, for our citizens, economies, societies”.
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</p>
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<p>
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The EU Datathon competition is organised annually by the <a href="https://op.europa.eu/">Publications Office of the European
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Union,</a> in support of the <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/strategy-data">European
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Strategy for Data</a><a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/strategy-data">.</a>
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The 2022 edition had the active support of over 20 partners,
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representing open data stakeholders from both inside and outside the
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EU institutions.
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</p>
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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="competition">Competition Law</tag>
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<tag key="tedective">TEDective</tag>
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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/918"/>
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