Open Data Hub Day 2024

Cooperation Open Government Data (OGD) D-A-CH-LI
2024-05-22 , Seminar room 1

The Cooperation Open Government Data (OGD) D-A-CH-LI (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) introduces its activities and presents the current Open Data challenges.


Since 2012 a close Open Data cooperation between Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein exists. The D-A-CH-LI meetings enable Open Data experts to come together and share the various developments and experiences of their countries. This not only promotes a common understanding of practical opportunities and challenges, but also provides valuable impetus for the respective fields of work - especially against the background of comparable goals and challenges in the context of various political and legal projects in Europe. The OGD D-A-CH-LI activities thus make a valuable and sustainable contribution to Open Data in Europe.

Brigitte Lutz works at the Chief Executive Office of the City of Vienna. In her employment history she is ICT expert for various fields, project manager, senior process manager (SPcM) and e-government expert. She is the Data Governance Coordinator of the City of Vienna and since 2010 responsible for the coordination of the Open Government Data activities of the City of Vienna. Other key tasks include data analytics and e-government building blocks and services.
As patron of She.Digital Vienna, she is passionate about her favourite topic - the promotion of girls and women in the IT sector.
Brigitte Lutz is member of the Management Board of the Gaia-X Hub Austria and a founding member and currently the spokesperson of Cooperation Open Government Data (OGD) Austria and responsible for national and international cooperation in this field.

Maurine Junod is a seasoned communications specialist currently contributing to the Open Government Data Office at the Federal Statistical Office in Switzerland, where she strives to make a positive impact on society. With degrees in both business administration and psychology, Maurine offers a diverse perspective shaped by her educational background.

More Data. Better Data. Open Data. That is Josephine Bernickel's motto as the open data coordinator at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community. Following her path in digitizing processes in public administration as well as identifying and publishing datasets, the immense impact of findable, accessable and reusable open data thrieves her work. It is her personal ambition to provide open data the most easiest way possible for data providers and to supply open data for those who it may concern.

Scientific officer at the Office of Statistics Liechtenstein. Member of the project group to build an open data platform for Liechtenstein.