Outline

1. The EU Knowledge Graph
2. Kohesio
3. Conclusion

The EU Knowledge Graph

Kohesio

Transparency on programmes and projects co-funded by the EU

EU Cohesion Policy

• EU Cohesion Policy supports every year tens of thousands of projects across Europe
• Cohesion Policy makes up approximately 32.5 % of the EU budget 2014-2020 (about 350 billion euros)

What is Kohesio?

• Cohesion funds are managed together with national and local authorities in the 27 EU member states
• The member states have a legal obligation to publish the list of projects and beneficiaries on their national websites
• The goal of Kohesio is to aggregate this data and make it publicly available in an easy, open way

Data

1. Dozens of files in CSV, XLSX or XLS describing the projects of EU member states
2. Around 15 files describing vocabulary specific to Cohesion Policy: categories of intervention, thematic objectives, etc.
3. Data about geographic entities (NUTS)
4. Wikidata

Enriching the data

1. Translating project labels and descriptions into English
2. Computing geographic coordinates based on postal code (geocoding)
3. Deducing in which NUTS region the project is located
4. Linking NUTS regions and beneficiaries with Wikidata

Build a website for citizens on top

To summarize

1. We integrated structured data from different sources into one uniform model
2. The data is enriched in various ways, thereby increasing its value
3. The data is openly accessible by citizens, showing the impact of EU funds in their region

Conclusion

1. how Wikibase is used as the underlying infrastructure for the EU Knowledge Graph
2. the contents of the EU KG, how the data is ingested, maintained fresh and which services are offered
3. a concrete use case: Kohesio

• DORIS Team @ DG CNECT
• Knowledge Management Team @ DG REGIO
• Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE)