This document discusses open data in Ireland, focusing on Fingal County Council's open data program. It provides an overview of Fingal's open data portal and the datasets available. It also discusses the Dublin region's open data collaboration through Dublinked and Ireland's national eGovernment plan to promote open data sharing. Both challenges and opportunities of open data are examined, with opportunities including data sharing, economic applications, and community innovation.
Lecture on Open Data and its potential for Participatory Design & Governance given as part of Seminar on Adaptive Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 25th February, 2013
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Presentation on Open Data in Practice to Irish Computer Society/Institute of Public Administration Public SEctor IT Conference 2012 in IPA, Dublin on 24th October, 2012
Lecture on Open Data and its potential for Participatory Design & Governance given as part of Seminar on Adaptive Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 25th February, 2013
EDF2013: Invited Talk Dominic Byrne: Irish Open Data Reuse ExemplarsEuropean Data Forum
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Presentation on Open Data in Practice to Irish Computer Society/Institute of Public Administration Public SEctor IT Conference 2012 in IPA, Dublin on 24th October, 2012
Lecture on Open Data and its relationship to Civic Governance and Sustainable Place-based Spatial Planning and Development given as part of Seminar on Design and Civic Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 10th October, 2011
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Presentation to "Emerging Trends & Challenges in Public Sector ICT" Conference in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on 8th June, 2011
Taoiseachs Public Service Excellence Awards 2012Fingal Open Data
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Lecture on Open Data and how it can support Government 2.0 and new approaches to the design of Public Space given to the Idea Transition Lab at the Science Gallery, Dublin on 30th January, 2012
Presentation on Fingal's Open Data Journey and the challenges in releasing data given as part of Open Data Seminar for Public Bodies in Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 11th February, 2015
Presentation on The Story of Open Data in Fingal and the challenges Public Sector Bodies face in releasing data given as part of Seminar on Open data and evidence informed decision making in NUI Maynooth on 13th November, 2013
Open Government & Public Services - Local GovernmentFingal Open Data
Presentation on Open Government in Local Government as part of the Open Government & Public Services session at the Open Government Partnership European Meeting 2014 in Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 on 9th May, 2014
Presentation on Digitising Local Government Services given as part of "Digital Governance - Putting the Citizen at the Centre" Conference in Radisson Blu, Dublin on 23rd September, 2015.
Lecture on Open Data and its relationship to Civic Governance and Sustainable Place-based Spatial Planning and Development given as part of Seminar on Design and Civic Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 10th October, 2011
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Presentation to "Emerging Trends & Challenges in Public Sector ICT" Conference in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on 8th June, 2011
Taoiseachs Public Service Excellence Awards 2012Fingal Open Data
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Presentation on Fingal's Open Data Journey and the challenges in releasing data given as part of Open Data Seminar for Public Bodies in Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 11th February, 2015
Presentation on The Story of Open Data in Fingal and the challenges Public Sector Bodies face in releasing data given as part of Seminar on Open data and evidence informed decision making in NUI Maynooth on 13th November, 2013
Open Government & Public Services - Local GovernmentFingal Open Data
Presentation on Open Government in Local Government as part of the Open Government & Public Services session at the Open Government Partnership European Meeting 2014 in Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 on 9th May, 2014
Presentation on Digitising Local Government Services given as part of "Digital Governance - Putting the Citizen at the Centre" Conference in Radisson Blu, Dublin on 23rd September, 2015.
Lecture on Open Data and its potential for Participatory Design & Governance given as part of Seminar on Adaptive Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 21st October, 2013
Government 2.0 - Open and Participatory GovernmentFingal Open Data
Presentation on Government 2.0 - Open & Participatory Government to the Digital Government World Conference held in Croke Park, Dublin on 17th June, 2013
Presentation given at the launch of the Fingal Open Data Apps4Fingal competition in Fingal County Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland on 9th November, 2011
The presentation includes an overview of Open Data and an explanation of Apps4Fingal.
For more information see http://data.fingal.ie/apps4fingal
Applied Linked Open Data: A Mobile Solution for Galway Volvo Ocean RaceDerilinx
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http://www.w3.org/2012/06/pmod/
Shaping Dublin: A Seminar Series on the Contemporary City By the Provisional University
Evidence-free governing is short-sighted, politically expedient and favours PR politics. Even with science, ample knowledge and data, some make ‘prayerfully’ inspired decisions as seen by anti-vaccination parents in the US, while in Ireland being certifiably dead and pregnant may be a life sentence. Moral arguments favour easy fixes such as methadone treatment which are associated with unintended drug overdoses. In cities we marginalize the most vulnerable, such as people who are homeless and use them as scapegoats when really it’s about the political economy of housing. Women’s issues everywhere are generally un-accounted for as seen in the mountain of untested rape kits in the US or the inability to adequately track femicide in the UK. In Canada government ac-count-ability systems such as the census and science libraries are being cut and in Ireland localism vs the public interest or rhetoric vs facts are the norm. This talk will critically discuss open data, big data, open government, evidence-informed public policy, counting the invisible, data-based deliberations, calculated activism, Evidence for Democracy, and imagine what a public interest data-based infrastructure for Dublin would look like.
By:Tracey P. Lauriault, ERC Funded Programmable City Project, NIRSA, NUIM
Location: Dunlop Oriel House, Dublin 2,
Date: 7:30PM 4th March 2015
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
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12. Data release
Organisation No of Datasets
245 Datasets
13 Organisations Dublin City 91
6 dynamic data sets Fingal 54
Dun Laoghaire 49
South Dublin 16
Ordnance Survey 10
Ireland
Government 5
Departments
National Transport 3
Authority
PRSA 1
Others 15
14. eGovernment 2012-2015
• Public Sector to publish Open Data
• Inter Agency Data Sharing
• Integration of Administrative Data
• Data Sharing Clearing House
• Review Data Sharing Legislation
• Implementation Plans
• Centralised Portal (Public Service Reform Plan)
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30. Innovation Network
Events Planned…
• Planning • Tourism
• Technical Workshop • Health
• Spatial Data • Community
• Visualisation • … & more
• Open Innovation
• Public Data
• Public Transport
60-120 attending – high % entrepreneurs
32. Fingal Open Data
@fingalopendata
opendata@fingal.ie
http://data.fingal.ie
Dublinked
@dublinked
dublinked@nuim.ie
http://www.dublinked.ie
33. Open Data in Ireland
challenge or opportunity?
Dominic Byrne, Fingal County Council
data.fingal.ie @fingalopendata
34. www.slideshare.net/fingalopendata
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Editor's Notes
Introduction In this presentation I will cover – A brief overview of Open Data in Ireland to date Fingal Open Data Dublinked Irish Government Policy Challenges progressing Open Data in Ireland Opportunities presented by Open Data Apps4Fingal Irish Startups using Open Data
Fingal is located on the east coast of Ireland situated on the north of Dublin City Dublin Airport is located in Fingal
Fingal is the 3 rd largest local authority area in Ireland by population Fingal has the youngest population in the country Fingal is one of the fastest growing areas in the country
From 1996 – 2011 the population grew from 167,413 to 273,051 To cope with our phenomenal growth we made extensive use of data & visualisation for service planning.
In November 2010, we launched Fingal Open Data Building on our experience with Data Sharing To enable collaboration, transparency and economic opportunities
There are currently 170 datasets organised into 12 categories Datasets in CSV, XML and KML formats Metadata for each dataset Ability for citizens to request datasets
Web – http://data.fingal.ie Email – opendata@fingal.ie Twitter - @fingalopendata
The Dublin Region encompasses Dublin City and the surrounding counties
There are 4 Local Authorities in the Dublin Region including Fingal The Dublin Region is home to 28% of the Irish population 1.27 million people live in the Dublin region
Dublinked was launched in October 2011 Aim – to support data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region Web – http://www.dublinked.ie Email – dublinked@nuim.ie Twitter - @dublinked
Over 250 datasets in Dublinked from 4 local authorities in 12 categories Standard approach to Categories and Metadata with Fingal open Data
Dublinked facilitates Open Data release by other agencies
Since the launch fo Fingal Open Data and Dublinked the Irish Government has adopted an Open Data Policy
Open Data Policy encompassed in Irish eGovernment Plan - published in April 2012 The Plan includes Requirement for Public Sector agencies to publish Open Data Data contained in Published Reports must also be published in Open data formats Agencies must carry out audits of data holdings Inter-Agency Data Sharing Integration of Administrative Data Data Sharing Clearing House Review of Data Sharing Legislation The Public Service Reform Plan also includes Centralised Open Data Portal
The eGovernment Action plan contains 3 specific actions relating to Open Data All public bodies will publish Open Data Data published in reports should also be published in parallel in open formats Public bodies will identify data holdings and release by default
In the 2012 Budget the Irish Government announced it’s intention to apply to join the Open Government Partnership
The Irish Open Data Community has existed online since October 2010 In October 2012 it organised its first real-world meetup 3 meetups to date Hackathon planned for International Open Data Day
Open Data implementation in Ireland faces a number of challenges It has developed as the country has been dealing with the economic crisis Progress has been slow
There is a cost in releasing Open Data – at a minimum the cost of staff resources Public sector numbers reducing – less people to do existing tasks Possibility of recouping costs by charging To date, this has not been policy in Ireland Principle of zero or marginal cost has been adhered to – avoid creating barriers to entry for SME sector
Data ownership has been a challenge in some instances where public services are provided by a third party Who owns the data? Dublin region developing standard clauses for inclusion in tender proposals that public sector would retain ownership of data
Fears among public sector workers that data will be misused, misinterpreted, or quality not good enough Education required Need to Let Go …
There are also opportunities in Open Data and this is the reason why Open Data initiatives are progressing in Ireland
Open Data is often seen as an additional work for the public sector However, adopting a wider approach to Open Data has the potential to bring increased efficiencies The Public Sector spends a lot of time and effort obtaining data from different agencies of the state Adopting a data-sharing approach within the public Sector has the potential to greatly reduce this time and effort Open Data can then be a simple by-product of Public Sector data-sharing
Economic Opportunities Public sector data can be used as the basis for online services, mobile applications, analytics, etc.
In order to encourage the reuse of data published on Fingal Open Data and Dublinked, Fingal County Council organised the Apps4Fingal competition The competition ran from 9 th November 2011 to 9 th January 2012 There was a prize fund of €11,500 thanks to the generosity of our sponsors
Discover Fingal was the competition winner This is an App created by a startup company based on its Learning Hunt platform
Mypp.ie is another startup using Open Data as the basis for an integrated all-Ireland Planning app Mypp.ie won the Enterprise category
Hit The Road is a startup using Public Transport data as the basis for its journey planner app
Parkya is a startup which has created an app to help people with parking
Dublinked is first and foremost an Innovation Network Dublinked organises regular themed events to facilitate networking and re-use of data
Dublinked seeks to enable new approaches to collaboration
Contact details for Fingal Open Data and Dublinked
I have covered - An overview of Open Data in Ireland including Fingal Open Data Dublinked Irish Government Policy I looked at challenges and opportunities for Open Data in Ireland We see Open Data as presenting great opportunities – not just economic opportunities, but also opportunities for the public sector
In line with the theme, this presentation is licenced for sharing under a Creative Commons licence It is available for viewing and downloading on slideshare Thank you.