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<p><a href="https://openparldata.ch">OpenParlData.ch</a> provides free access to harmonized data from Swiss parliaments. We currently offer data on political actors, parliamentary proceedings, decrees, consultations, votes, and more from <a href="https://admin.openparldata.ch/#/bodies">78</a> parliaments. <a href="https://data-ecosystem-prototype-bf909a.gitlab.io/business_model/use_cases/research.html">Researchers</a> (e.g. political scientists, linguists) but also <a href="https://data-ecosystem-prototype-bf909a.gitlab.io/business_model/use_cases/journalism.html">journalists</a> and <a href="https://data-ecosystem-prototype-bf909a.gitlab.io/business_model/use_cases/lobbying.html">civil society organizations</a> can use our <a href="https://api.openparldata.ch/documentation">API</a> to create their own analyses, visualisations, and tools, thereby promoting transparency, participation, and innovation in Swiss politics.</p> <p>We <a href="https://admin.openparldata.ch/#/pipeline?tab=details">import</a> data (mostly from websites and some APIs), clean, harmonize and publish them openly. The data infrastructure is <a href="https://gitlab.com/opendata.ch/openparldatach/data-infrastructure">open source</a> and currently in beta. In addition to the API, we are developing <a href="https://openparldata.ch/about/standard">standards</a> that enable parliaments and governments to publish uniform open data. Over the next year, we will address the question of how we can efficiently and <a href="https://data-ecosystem-prototype-bf909a.gitlab.io/business_model/index.html">financially sustainably</a> operate a data infrastructure that continues to provide crucial data openly in three years' time and how we can enable other actors to publish interoperable high-quality data. We look forward to sharing what we have learnt and hearing your feedback!</p> <p><a href="https://fosdem-2026-e5d212.gitlab.io/">Presentation Slides</a></p>