The deputy mayor of the capital, Inma Sanz, has presided over the award ceremony for transparency and open data in 2025 at the Palacio de Cibeles. This year marks the second edition of these awards, which recognize the work done by management units in favor of transparency in line with the commitment of the City Council.
«The health of democracy depends on the ability of governors and administrations to listen to citizens and provide them with the information that belongs to them,» said Sanz, who thanked the officials for their work in this area and their dedication to public service.
Furthermore, the deputy mayor emphasized the «clear example of this commitment» with some municipal transparency and open data projects receiving various awards this month. This morning, the AUDAZ awards, granted by the Academic Network of Open Government, honored the open budget project of Madrid and the Visualiza Madrid portal. Additionally, the City Council will soon receive, for the seventh consecutive year, the prestigious Infoparticipa seal awarded by the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Sanz celebrated the institutionalization of these awards this year, recognizing the best practices in transparency and open data, and specifically noted the reception of very innovative candidacies in this second edition.
Awards in three categories
This year, three categories were awarded at the City Council. In the active publicity category, out of the six submitted candidacies, the 2025 distinction was awarded to the General Directorate of Parking Management for the project ‘Transparent Public Parking: Open Management, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement’, which involves parking visualization.
In the open data category, six candidatures were presented, and the 2025 distinction was awarded to the General Directorate of the Valdemingómez Technology Park for the project ‘Valdemingómez, in open data 4.0’, which includes four data sets and a visualization.
Finally, in the category of access to public information, where there were no candidatures, the jury decided to award the Salamanca District Coordination for the quality and competence in the management of its records.
Over a million page views
In 2024, the Transparency Portal of the Madrid City Council recorded 1.3 million page views, while the Open Data Portal, which already contains 636 data sets and over 9,000 downloadable files, had over nine million downloads and received 1.2 million visits.
The Visualiza Madrid with Open Data website now has 29 visualizations on various topics: parking, energy, signed agreements, cleaning and waste collection, and meteorological data are examples of the relevance of these visualizations.
On the other hand, citizens, exercising their right to know, are increasingly requesting information. Access to public information requests saw the highest increase in its history in 2024, with nearly a 50% increase compared to 2023. /
