Welcome to the March 2025 edition of the Web Intelligence Hub (WIH) newsletter! Read on to learn about the launch of the WIH website, publication of an article on multinational enterprises (MNEs), two new video releases, and more. We hope you enjoy reading. Feel free to share the newsletter among your networks and encourage them to subscribe to receive the next issue!
The Online Job Advertisements (OJA) data for the fourth quarter of 2024 is now available in Eurostat’s DataLab.
Two upcoming events organised by European Centre for Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) in cooperation with Eurostat and hosted by European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), will address the use of online data for skills intelligence and labour market analysis.
A new article on the use of WIH data to enhance statistics on multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been published in the Statistical Journal of the International Organization of Official Statistics (IAOS), titled ‘A Web Intelligence Information System to Support the Production of EuroGroups Register (EGR).’ This research paper by Eurostat explores how the development and application of web intelligence systems support the production of the EGR statistics.
We are happy to announce the launch of the Web Intelligence Hub (WIH) CROS portal!
You can now watch our short video on how to access Online Job Advertisements (OJA) data on the Web Intelligence Hub (WIH).
We are pleased to announce that a new video has been released on the WIH website. This video demonstrates how the WIH produces data from web content through one of the WIH’s use cases – online job advertisements (OJA).
On 4 July 2024, Eurostat and WIN network members met with Open Web Search to discuss ways to use data from the OpenWebSearch.EU project
Eurostat is running the European Statistics Awards Programme on web intelligence, as part of its ongoing efforts to foster the use of web intelligence for statistical purposes. The new challenges focus on gathering data on multinational enterprises (MNEs). Competing teams can win up to €50 000.
Welcome to the January 2025 edition of the Web Intelligence Hub (WIH) newsletter! Read on to learn about the latest experimental statistics published by Eurostat based on online job advertisements (OJA) data, highlights from the ADEM Hackathon, details on the February 2025 Web Intelligence Network (WIN) Conference, and more. We hope you enjoy reading it. Feel free to share the newsletter among your networks and encourage them to subscribe to receive the next issue!
The online job advertisements (OJA) data for the third quarter of 2024 is available in Eurostat’s DataLab! Please note in this context that Eurostat is currently reviewing its data access processes and a new approach has been put in place. Read our article to learn more.
Eurostat has just released new experimental statistics on the Online Job Advertisement Rate (OJAR) based on online job advertisements (OJA) data produced by the WIH. These statistics aim to provide policymakers, social partners, and training institutions with information on labour demand, and could help to identify bottlenecks faced by EU employers to recruit staff.
On 24-25 October 2024, the ADEM (Agence pour le Développement de l'Emploi) agency in Luxembourg held the Open Data Hackathon, bringing together experts from different backgrounds to develop new tools for jobseekers using OJA data.
The Web Intelligence Network (WIN) Conference – From Web to Data will take place on 4-5 February 2025 in Gdańsk, Poland. This event will bring together experts and practitioners to discuss the use of internet data sources in official statistics and showcase innovative developments in the field.
On 16 January 2025, the WIN will host a webinar on enhancing data quality and methodologies for web-scraped statistics. This webinar will explore strategies to improve the quality and reliability of web-scraped data.
The collaboration of website owners is fundamental for the collection of web content for statistical purposes. Why should website owners collaborate? Watch the video to find out.
Welcome to the September 2024 edition of the Web Intelligence Hub (WIH) newsletter! Read on to learn about the latest online job advertisements (OJA) data, highlights from the 2024 European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics, four new WIN blog posts on a range of interesting topics, and more. We hope you enjoy reading. Feel free to share the newsletter among your networks and encourage them to subscribe to receive the next issue!
The OJA data for the first and second quarters of 2024 is now available in Eurostat’s DataLab! Together with the publication of the new data, we are happy to announce that the DataLab’s transition to a new platform is now complete.
Eurostat has launched the challenge on classification of occupations for WIH online job advertisements data (Web Intelligence Classification Challenge), as part of the European Statistics Awards. The competition aims to support innovation in official statistics by improving the efficiency and accuracy of processing web content for use in European statistics.
On Tuesday 14 May 2024, Eurostat held a webinar to introduce its Top & trending skills tool. In the webinar, Eurostat experts presented the tool, its background and innovative features, as well as upcoming developments. The interactive webinar was streamed on the Eurostat website as well as on the Eurostat Facebook account, and is now available to rewatch anytime.
