Competition Data Observatory

Competition Data Observatory

Automated Data Observatory

Reprex

rOpenGov

Yes!Delft AI+Blockchain Validation Lab

Our Competition Data Observatory is a fully automated, open source, open data observatory that produces new indicators from open data sources and experimental big data sources, with authoritative copies and a modern API.

Our observatory is monitoring the certain segments of the European economy, and develops tools for computational antitrust in Europe. We take a critical SME-, intellectual property policy and competition policy point of view automation, robotization, and the AI revolution on the service-oriented European social market economy.

We would like to create early-warning, risk, economic effect, and impact indicators that can be used in scientific, business and policy contexts for professionals who are working on re-setting the European economy after a devastating pandemic and in the age of AI. We would like to map data between economic activities (NACE), antitrust markets, and sub-national, regional, metropolitian area data.

Get involved in services: our ongoing projects, team of contributors, open-source libraries and use our data for publications. See some use cases.

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Our Product/Market Fit was validated in the world’s 2nd ranked university-backed incubator program, the Yes!Delft AI Validation Lab.

Services

Automated Data Services

[Data](/services/data-curation/) [Curation](/services/data-curation/)Data sits everywhere and it is not easy to find even at home. Our curators know where to dig.
Data
Curation
Data sits everywhere and it is not easy to find even at home. Our curators know where to dig.
[Professional Data Processing](/data/open-gov/#is-there-value-left-in-open-data)Uncut diamonds need to be polished. Data is only potential information, raw and unprocessed.
Professional Data Processing
Uncut diamonds need to be polished. Data is only potential information, raw and unprocessed.
[Metadata: Documentation & Codebooks](/services/metadata/)Adding FAIR metadata exponentially increases the value of data. We use DataCite and SDMX statistical coding.
Metadata: Documentation & Codebooks
Adding FAIR metadata exponentially increases the value of data. We use DataCite and SDMX statistical coding.
[Data-as-Service](/services/data-as-service/)Reusable, easy-to-import, interoperable, always fresh data in tidy formats with a modern API.
Data-as-Service

Reusable, easy-to-import, interoperable, always fresh data in tidy formats with a modern API.
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Data Curation
We create high value key business and policy evaluation indicators. Scientific proofs require the combination of correctly matching, formatting, and verifying controlled pieces of data. Our data comes from verified and legal sources, with information about use rights and a complete history. You can always take a look at the processing code, too. We do not deal in blood diamonds.
Data Curation
Data Processing
We create high value key business and policy evaluation indicators. Scientific proofs require the combination of correctly matching, formatting, and verifying controlled pieces of data. Our data comes from verified and legal sources, with information about use rights and a complete history. You can always take a look at the processing code, too. We do not deal in blood diamonds.
Data Processing
Data-as-Service
We provide our clients with simple datasets, databases, harmonized survey data, and various other rich data applications; we provide them with continuous access to high-quality, re-processed, re-usable public sector and scientific data.
Data-as-Service

Recent Posts

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Data

API to our data, our sources, how we process and validate it, how we increase its quality.

Contributors of the Economy Data Observatory

Join our open collaboration team as a data curator, developer or business developer! More about contributing: Automated Observatory Contributors’ Handbook.

developers

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Botond Vitos

Data scientists and developer

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Daniel Antal

Developer of open-source statistical software

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Kasia Kulma

Contributor, data science and software engineering

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Leo Lahti

rOpenGov coordinator

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Pyry Kantanen

R package testing and data curation.

data curators

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Daniel Antal

Developer of open-source statistical software

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Karel Volkaert

Economic policy data curator

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Peter Ormosi

Competition and innovation data curator

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Stephan Okhuijsen

Data visualization and dissemination

service development team

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Annette Wong

Contributor, digital strategist and product marketer

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Robin Nagy

Mentor, Contributor, Business Development

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Suzan Sidal

Business Case Development & Service Design

institutional partners

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Datagraver

Data dissemination partner

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rOpenGov

rOpenGov network

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New Curators

Future curator

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New Developers

Future co-developer

Milestones

 
 
 
 
 
Economy Data Observatory
May 2021 – Present the Hague, Netherlands
We launched the Economy Data Observatory to support Computational Antitrust and create new innovation and SME indicators.
 
 
 
 
 
Green Deal Open Collaboration
Mar 2021 – Present the Hague, Netherlands

International Open Data Day 2021:

  • We organized the only event in the Netherlands
  • Decided to start an open collaboration on music and climate change.
 
 
 
 
 
Trustworthy AI PPP
NLAIC + EU AI Alliance
Feb 2021 – Present the Netherlands
Joined the Dutch & the European AI PPPs.

Open-Source Software

Our peer-reviewed, open source statistical software packages

We believe that transparency is the key to the highest data quality. We use only open source software. We open up the critical elements of our software for peer-review.

  • We use open-source software, there is no vendor lock-in.

  • Our data products go through many, automated (unit) tests, replacing countless error-prone human validation working hours.

  • The critical elements of our code go through external validation and peer-review by computational statisticians and data scientists.

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Open-Source Software

Our peer-reviewed, open source statistical software packages

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Conversations with users, contributors and volunteers.

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Recent Publications

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