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DATA Challenge: Making Smart Use of Open Administrative Data

Your IT Knowledge for a Good Data View​

Mentors​

  • Tony Poesch - Geodata Coordinator at LHS Saarbrücken
  • Rasha Abuqasem - Smart City Project at LK WND

The Challenge​

Data is the keyword – did you know that a lot of administrative data is publicly available? Data is the new gold – but for many potential users, it often presents challenges: it is too technically complex and not compiled in a way that is useful for their own purposes.

Find solutions for how open data from the administration can be made practical and usable:

  • What data do you need right now?
  • How do you access it?
  • And how do you compile it in a way that is easy to use?

Example Scenario​

A local government employee wants to analyse data from past heat waves and/or severe weather events in the context of urban development – but without quick, user-friendly access to data from various sources, this remains only theoretical.

Possible Solution Approach​

For example, develop an interface that can aggregate, evaluate, and/or visualize data:

  • Select exactly the types of data needed
  • Search publicly accessible databases
  • Generate a user-friendly overview in a dashboard

This makes publicly available data and access more quickly usable – for individual needs.

Important!​

Our mentors will show you:

  • Which data portals exist
  • Which data is accessible
  • And they are happy to discuss this with you!

Challenge Goal​

In this challenge, develop tools, concepts, or processes that break down barriers and consider:

  • User-friendliness
  • Low-threshold feasibility of data requests

Why This Is Important​

Whether citizens, company representatives, or employees, everyone is calling for modern and digital administration – innovative digitization in administration requires smart data and ways to use it.

Let's get started – make Saarland data-strong!