OpenInterests

	OpenInterests is a catalogue of political and commercial actors related to the European Union
Home page	http://www.openinterests.eu/
Approach	Listing data from a number of sources, OpenInterests is a search engine for information about and links between the political and commercial actors around the European Union
Phase	Released
Tags	database, lobbying, european institutions, corporate interests, transparency, and Europe
Partners	Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE), LobbyControl, OKFN Labs, and Knight-Mozilla OpenNews

Project Start Date	2013
Launch Date	2013
Most Recent Update	2015
Thematic Focus	Lobbying
Issue addressed	Tracking relationships in the European Union
Geographic Focus	Europe

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

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Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	OpenInterests catalogues actors involved in lobbying, expert groups, public expenditure and procurement so you can explore the interactions between them.
Approach (How?)	Listing data from a number of sources, OpenInterests is a search engine for information about and links between the political and commercial actors around the European Union
Language	English
Commissioner	Self-commissioned

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Large Network Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: N.A Alexa: 4744779 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 25/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 24/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 22/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/pudo/openinterests.eu : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Some Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : Dedicated

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : true Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sustainability Planning :

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : List Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Data Licensing : Public Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Dump