IRELAND'S OPEN DATA PORTAL
Promoting innovation and transparency through the publication of Irish Public Sector data in open, free and reusable formats.
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Ireland's National Open Data Conference 2021 - 30th Nov
"The Importance of Data Quality – How publishing interoperable, harmonised data can directly benefit its use and impact".
The conference was opened by Minister of State, Ossian Smyth, TD and very well attended with over 300 people logging in remotely. The keynote speaker was Stefaan Verhulst, cofounder of GovLab in New York, his topic was ‘Towards a Purpose and Question-driven Open Data Ecosystem’.
A link to the slides presented and a recording of the conference can be accessed here
Open Data Impact Research Study
You are invited to participate in a research study to understand and measure the impact of open data in the Irish open data ecosystem.
If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact the lead researcher of this project, Dr. Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
Impact Stories
The Open Data portal now includes a number of Impact Stories. The goal of the Impact Stories feature is to give examples of current use of open data while also telling a story with the data and in doing so directly demonstrating the impact of open data.
Ireland EU trend-setter in Open Data
Ireland continues to be ranked amongst Open Data 'trend-setters' in the 6th EU Open Data Maturity Report published in December, 2020. This report assesses the level of open data maturity across Europe and Ireland ranked in 4th place overall behind Denmark, Spain and France. Ireland scored a total of 92/100 across the 4 dimensions measured: policy, impact, portal, and quality.
Showcasing Ireland's Data
Explore our Showcases, illustrating creative ways to visualise and analyse Ireland's data.
The winners of the Open Data Engagement Fund 2021 have now been announced
The Engagement Fund supports the reuse of open data on the national Open Data portal by providing funding towards innovative open data projects or research. The fund for 2021/22 has now been awarded and we would encourage everyone to check out the successful projects and keep a look out for the announcement of next year’s fund. The successful projects can be seen here.
Publication of the Open Data Strategy 2017 – 2022
An Open Data Strategy for 2017-2022 was published in July 2017. The goal is for Ireland to become a leader in Open Data and to create an environment where the economic, social and democratic benefits of Open Data are recognised and realised.
COVID-19 Data Hub Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub provides up to date data on Covid 19 in Ireland as well as a number of data visualisations such as geographical distribution …
The applications received under the 2021/2022 Open Data Engagement Fund call for funding proposals were assessed by a sub-committee of the Open Data Governance Board. …
This year's Open Data Conference was on the 30th November 2021, with 300 people attending remotely. The theme of the presentations focussed on how quality open data is …
The Autumn 2021 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.
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