A first meet-up of hackers and hacks (journalists) to discuss open data and work on moving open data in Belgium forward. Almost 50 people attended.

Go to Hacks/Hackers inaugural Brussels gathering launches open data effort | Hacks/Hackers

This is a first attempt by Belgian hacks (journalists) and hackers to gather urls of interest for Open Data. Collection is kept in a Google doc. When starting something it is important to simply just start. Like building a list, so people can start exploring for more.

Go to Open Data Belgium Listing - Google Docs

This is the open government data catalogue by the Catalan government in Barcelona. Launched in November 2010.

Go to Dades Obertes Gencat

El portal de Apertura de Datos Públicos del Gobierno Vasco. This is the portal for open government data by the Basque government.

Go to Open Data Euskadi

A citizen initiative showing rankings for Members of the European Parliament, in the Catalan language. 

Go to MEPranking.eu, another light on the EP activity

Article in El Pais on the need for a Freedom of Information Act in Spain, and describing the value of open government data and the situation in the US and UK.

Go to Government, the data does not belong to you

The local open government data catalogue for the Spanish city Zaragoza. 

Go to Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza. Conjunto de datos

Axesor works in the area of providing online commercial business and marketing information including information about businesses, financial, and judicial registrars, for which PSI is re-used.

Go to http://www.axesor.es/servicios/ingles/

Interesting case where a citizen made an application re-using data from the national railway system, and gets told off by the rail's lawyers.

Go to iRail.be

This mashup presents information on incidents and delays per line, for the public transport of Barcelona.

Go to Rodalia.info