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Open Data Procurement for the Public Service

7 March 2022

The Open Data Unit (ODU) has been working with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) for a year and a half to create these two new Frameworks to allow Public Sector Bodies (PSBs) to easily and efficiently procure data management skills, storage...

Love Data week at Maynooth University

11 February 2022

Maynooth University Library will be hosting Love Data Week next week, 14-18 February, 2022. This year the theme is Data for Everyone. Love Data Week is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management,...

Engagement Fund Winners 2021/2022

13 December 2021

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. Congratulations to the winning applicants, which are listed below. We look...

Autumn 2021 Open Data Newsletter

26 October 2021

The Autumn 2021 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Cycle to School Scheme Report

21 July 2021

The Cycle to School Scheme report was a winner of last year’s Open Data Engagement Fund award. It is a study of a prospective government scheme and includes sections on feasibility and potential future outcomes of the scheme. Here, Carl Lange gives...

Active Travel Challenge Showcase Webinar

8 July 2021

Active Travel Challenge Showcase Event 14th July 2021 The 2021 Active Travel Challenge Showcase brings together twelve powerful tools and applications in one event. All use open data to support and promote walking, cycling and being active as an...

Data 4 Nature Workshop

30 April 2021

Last year the Irish Forum on Natural Capital was one of the recipients of the Open Data Engagement Fund Awards. Their project is to host an online Data for Nature conference to facilitate the preparation of natural capital accounts in Ireland. ...

Open Data & Climate Change - April 20th

7 April 2021

Open Data Impact Series - Open Data and Climate Change, April 20th at 9:30am. This free event will present international and national perspectives from both public and private sectors on how open data is produced and consumed to fight climate...

Preparing for the Open Data Directive

23 March 2021

Webinar - March 24th at 9.30am to 10.30am. The new “Open Data and Re Use of Public Sector Information (PSI)” Directive is due to be transposed into Irish law by July 2021. The inclusion of ‘Open Data’ in the title provides clarity and strengthens...

Spring 2021 Open Data Newsletter

22 March 2021

The Spring 2021 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Open Data Active Travel Challenge Competition

16 March 2021

The Dublin Region Open Data Active Travel Challenge 2021 competition, funded under the Open Data Engagement Fund, is now accessible at https://smartdublin.ie/the-dublin-region-open-data-active-travel-challenge-2021/ This is a competition that...

Open Data Ireland training courses - Spring/Summer 2021

18 February 2021

The new Open Data and Re Use of Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive, coming in July 2021, introduces an obligation for all public bodies to publish available data in open formats (unless access is restricted or excluded). Are you ready? Our...

2020 EU Open Data Maturity Report published

17 December 2020

The Open Data Unit is delighted to see that Ireland continues to be ranked amongst Open Data 'trend-setters' in the 6th EU Open Data Maturity Report published on 16 December. This report assesses the level of open data maturity across Europe...

Do you wish to become a member of the Open Data Governance Board (ODGB)

10 December 2020

There are currently 2 vacancies on the Open Data Governance Board and expressions of interest are being sought to fill these vacancies by Tuesday, 22nd December 2020 at 15.00. Further details are available here. The Open Data Governance Board was...

Winter 2020 Open Data Newsletter

16 November 2020

The Winter 2020 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Annual Open Data Conference 2020

13 November 2020

Ireland's third annual Open Data Conference took place on 2nd December 2020 via Webex. This year's conference focused on the theme of "The journey from Open Data Publication to Impact - How the publication, reporting and re-use of data enables the...

Hale and Hearty Project

12 November 2020

The Hale and Hearty Knowledge Base, a project lead by the Irish Government, supported by the EU Connecting European Facility (CEF) This is an EU funded project that looks at improving access to health and wellbeing information. This project will be...

Engagement Fund Winners 2020/2021

12 November 2020

The applications received under the 2020/2021 Open Data Engagement Fund call for funding proposals were assessed by a sub committee of the Open Data Governance Board. Congratulations to the winning applicants, which are listed below. We look...

The new Open Data Directive? What will it mean for public bodies?

10 November 2020

Did you know that a new Open Data and Re Use of Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive was agreed at EU level in 2019? The full text of the the Directive is available here. The objective of the recast of the Directive is to strengthen the EU’s...

Webinar Series - Future of Open Data Portals

12 October 2020

If you are interested in learning more about the future of open data portals you might want to register for one of these upcoming webinars run by the European Data Portal. This series of webinars will discuss current best practices, experience and...

Webinar ‘Smart Districts: Fast-tracking Innovation’.