As part of our servicer provider Datopian's commitment to ensuring the continued performance, security and long-term maintenance of OpenDataNI, they will be performing a major...
It's that time of year again when the Open Data teams opens up our collection of data to data scientists, analysts and enthusiasts, to tech gurus, to students and anyone with a vested...
Right from its initial launch back in November 2015, OpenDataNI has been something of a steady rock in a sea of change, looking and functioning the same now as it did from day one. In all...
The Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland 2020 - 2023 commits the Northern Ireland Civil Service to greater transparency in fiscal matters. To that end the Open Data Team have been...
OpenDataNI has just recently celebrated its 6th birthday, and in that time a lot has happened in open data here in Northern Ireland. From a starting point of 50 datasets or so, we...
The Open Government Network NI are running a series of virtual workshops to help identify open government issues important to citizens and to ultimately improve local democracy and public...
Launched in December past, this year's OpenDataNI Innovation & Outreach Fund attracted a fine selection of applications, seeking to gain funding for projects and events focused on...
Following on from the success of last year's Innovation and Outreach Fund, keen OpenDataNI-watchers will know that the Fund was launched in December with entries closing on 4th...
Belfast City Council is working with government, our universities, and the community & voluntary sectors to support a coordinated contribution by the digital innovator...
The demand for access to data to aid public understanding of governmental responses to the coronavirus pandemic has been notable across the world. The Center for Systems...
A key strand of the Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland 2020-2023, the OpenDataNI Innovation and Outreach Fund aims to promote NI government Open Data re-use, stimulate...
Keen OpenDataNI-watchers will already be aware that one of the key strands of the Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland 2020-2023 is the creation of a new Innovation &...
Regular visitors to OpenDataNI (and our many followers on Twitter, too) will already have known that the new Open Data Strategy was on its way..... and now it has arrived!...
Open Data advocates in Northern Ireland will by now know that we have been working hard in recent months to refresh the Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland. To inform the...
The review process for the second Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland is almost complete. The Open Data Team are gearing up for a launch event to be held this autumn. Please consider...
As finishing touches are being applied to our new Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland, this work comes at a time when developments in information management and data, in both a...
The first Open Data Strategy was intended to run from 2015 to 2018, and whilst much of what was in the Strategy has been delivered, (including establishment of this very...
Another year of promoting the benefits of open data in Northern Ireland has come and gone, and with it, another OpenDataNI Challenge has reached a crescendo. Last year, we...
From tiny acorns, mighty oaks grow, …. well, that’s very much the aim! Open Data can bring a great many benefits such as accountability, efficiency, enhanced research, and...
Over the weekend of 21st – 22nd October, the UK Open Data Camp bandwagon rolled into town and ‘pitch’ed up at Queen’s University Belfast’s Computer Science...
Following on from the success of our last Challenge competition (‘Using Open Data for Education’ – you can read more about the winners here), we’re...