license: other
language:
- el
Data Info:
OpenCouncil is a structured dataset of Greek municipal council proceedings, containing meeting transcripts, agendas, decisions, speakers, discussion topics, voting outcomes, and associated metadata from local government bodies across Greece. The dataset is generated from publicly available council meetings using automated transcription, speaker identification, topic segmentation, and human verification workflows. It enables full-text search, analysis of public deliberations, civic transparency research, political science studies, natural language processing, and the development of tools that improve access to local government decision-making. The data includes meeting-level, topic-level, and speaker-level information, linking discussions to official decisions and administrative records where available (https://opencouncil.gr/en).
Metadata Info:
The dataset contains 41 columns grouped into the following categories:
| # | Column | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | subject_id | Unique identifier for the subject |
| 2 | subject_key | Canonical subject key |
| 3 | city_id | Municipality ID |
| 4 | city_name | Municipality name (GR) |
| 5 | city_name_en | Municipality name (EN) |
| 6 | meeting_id | Meeting ID |
| 7 | meeting_name | Meeting title |
| 8 | topic_id | Topic ID |
| 9 | topic_name | Topic name (GR) |
| 10 | topic_name_en | Topic name (EN) |
| 11 | introduced_by_id | ID of introducer |
| 12 | introduced_by_name | Name of introducer |
| 13 | agenda_item_index | Position in agenda |
| 14 | subject_name | Subject title |
| 15 | description | Short description |
| 16 | context | Contextual information |
| 17 | location_text | Mentioned location text |
| 18 | full_subject_text | Full canonical subject text |
| 19 | full_transcript_text | Full flattened transcript |
| 20 | decision_ada | Official ADA decision ID |
| 21 | decision_protocol_number | Protocol number |
| 22 | decision_title | Decision title |
| 23 | decision_pdf_url | Decision PDF URL |
| 24 | decision_publish_date | Decision publish date |
| 25 | votes_for | Votes in favor |
| 26 | votes_against | Votes against |
| 27 | votes_abstain | Abstentions |
| 28 | attendance_present | Members present |
| 29 | attendance_absent | Members absent |
| 30 | meeting_url | Meeting page URL |
| 31 | subject_url | Subject page URL |
| 32 | meeting_agenda_url | Agenda URL |
| 33 | meeting_video_url | Video URL |
| 34 | meeting_audio_url | Audio URL |
| 35 | meeting_youtube_url | YouTube URL |
| 36 | statement_count | Number of statements |
| 37 | speaker_turn_count | Number of speaker turns |
| 38 | utterance_count | Number of utterances |
| 39 | statements_json | JSON per-statement data |
| 40 | speaker_turns_json | JSON per-turn data |
| 41 | meeting_date | Meeting date |
Dataset Statistics:
Total words: 7,670,834
Total tokens: 11,489,684
Size: 74.2 MB
License:
Source data obtained from OpenCouncil.gr. Redistribution permitted according to OpenCouncil Terms of Use: https://opencouncil.gr/terms
Contact:
For feedback contact: glossapi.team@eellak.gr