[wdmmg-discuss] EU level version of WDMMG

Tue Aug 31 15:46:57 UTC 2010

I've also heard that the FT are working on EU structural funds. Will
keep this list posted.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Brigitte Alfter
<550224987884-0001 at t-online.de> wrote:
> Dear Jonathan, dear all,
> This sounds like a great idea, as FTS currently is a bit difficult to work
> with.
>
> Update (annually) is usually in June/July.
> We could ask the guy working with this at EU Commission for advice if
> necessary.
>
> I am gathering some experience on how to wob out the underlying contracts
> etc,  first stories are being worked on now.
>
> Let's stay in touch about this.
>
> Best
> Bri
>
> PS
> PLEASE SEND ANY REPLY TO brigitte at alfter.dk. I am travelling and if you just
> press "reply", your answer may end in eternal cyberspace.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Gray" <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> To: <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> Cc: "Where does my money go?" <wdmmg-discuss at lists.okfn.org>; "Brigitte
> Alfter" <brig at mail.dk>; "Julian Todd" <goatchurch at gmail.com>; "Richard Pope"
> <memespring at googlemail.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [wdmmg-discuss] EU level version of WDMMG
>
>
> There are in fact several large sources of data available which we
> could use. I spoke to Brigitte Alfter, an investigative journalist who
> has worked extensively on European public funds (such as FarmSubsidy)
> and she suggested the FTS:
>
>  http://ec.europa.eu/beneficiaries/fts/index_en.htm
>
> The farm/fish funds are the biggest, followed by regional funds (EU
> Cohension Funds, ...). Cohesion funds are (mostly?) available but not
> in machine readable format. FTS should be either available by FOI
> request for underlying database, or scraping.
>
> Main first step -- I think -- is to gather core team interested in
> building this, then start to do some basic scoping work, then put
> together a 1-2 pager with a specific focus/audience. Started page for
> notes at:
>
>  http://okfnpad.org/eu-wdmmg
>
> Julian, Richard: would love your views on 'scrapability' of FTS data
> from web interface.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> This looks really interesting Jonathan. The primary issue, looking at
>> those CKAN packages, is that there is no data available ... Is this
>> correct or have we just not looked yet?
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>> On 30 June 2010 15:58, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just a quick note to let everyone know that over the past few months I
>>> have been talking to various people about building an EU level version
>>> of WDMMG. In the first instance will be looking for partners
>>> interested in finding, cleaning up and analysing data from EU funds.
>>> E.g. Cohesion funds:
>>>
>>> http://ckan.net/tag/eu-cohesion
>>>
>>> I will encourage folks interested in contributing to this to join this
>>> list for now. I imagine traffic will be low volume. If traffic starts
>>> to pick up, I suggest we can create a new list later -- if necessary!
>>>
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>>>
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