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Four Finnish cities collaborate to develop, manage and maintain an open source ERP system for early childhood education.
Deployed firstly by the city of Espoo, the open source software eVaka reached its second year of operation in providing citizens with information and functionalities on kindergartens and early…
NEWSCreated: 17/01/2022
A conversation with Petteri Kivimäki on X-Road®
Petteri Kivimäki, CTO at the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), agreed to be interviewed on the history and the impact of X-Road®, the open source data exchange layer solution…
NEWSCreated: 09/08/2021
The Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS) published the first results of the X-Road Emissions Calculator Project.
In collaboration with Gofore Plc and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), NIIS assessed the environmental footprint of the X-Road ecosystem solution, in order to reduce its CO2 emissions and…
NEWSCreated: 05/05/2021Finland successfully migrates university libraries to free software backend
On January 11th, the National Library of Finland has announced the successful migration of the University of Jyväskylä to Koha library system. It's so far the second and biggest migration to the free…
NEWSCreated: 23/01/2019"Helsinki Region Infoshare service increasing trust toward city and officials"
Over the last five years, more than 1200 datasets have been published on the open data portal of Greater Helsinki, comprising the Finnish cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen. According to…
NEWSCreated: 16/08/2016Helsinki Region Infoshare service opens up city data (Helsinki Region Infoshare (HRI))
Over the last six years, hundreds of datasets have been published on the open data portal of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, the region comprising the Finnish cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and…
DOCUMENTCreated: 18/08/2017Online Democracy -services in Finland
Online democracy services are used widely within the administration and by the citizens and CSOs. Online citizens’ initiative has reached wide scale citizens’ awareness and participation. 6…
DOCUMENTCreated: 04/08/2015EU: Unchartered Waters - The State of Open Data in Europe
Description (short summary): Opening up government data to the public has been part of the European policy agenda since the introduction of the Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive in…
DOCUMENTCreated: 17/01/2011Open Espoo - Finland (Espoo)
Open Espoo -service is a highly innovative, user friendly and easy-to-use web service aimed at to strenghten the participation of the residents of the city of Espoo and other interested parties to the…
DOCUMENTCreated: 15/02/2006