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Open Data Camp is coming to Belfast! August 3, 2017

The fifth UK Open Data Camp is to be held in Belfast on the weekend of 21st and 22nd October 2017 at

OpenDataNI - stimulating innovation in the world of local education June 19, 2017

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Northern Ireland makes a splash in the 2016 Global Open Data Index survey! May 16, 2017

Each year, Open Knowledge International, (a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting publication of government open data around the...

Data Aggregation & Levels of Geography in NI March 1, 2017

When creating your Suggest a Dataset application it might be worth articulating to the data holder the lowest level of geography you are seeking when the data is being released as open...

Getting the most from OpenDataNI January 20, 2017

OK, so you are already familiar with open data and the many potential benefits it can bring... but how can you extract the most value from OpenDataNI? OpenDataNI has a number of...

OpenDataNI: The first year December 1, 2016

The OpenDataNI portal was officially launched on 26th November 2015, to mark this we had a birthday celebration last Friday (25th...

Competition heating up in the OpenDataNI Challenge November 10, 2016

Launched on 14th June 2016, the “OpenDataNI Challenge – Using Open Data for Education” (jointly funded by the Department of Finance and the Department for the...

Info evening for #ODNI4EDU challenge June 28, 2016

With the “OpenDataNI Challenge – Using Open Data for Education” having been launched in

OpenDataNI Challenge June 14, 2016

Have you an idea of how to use open data to develop a teaching resource or tool? Enter the OpenDataNI Challenge to be in with the chance of winning £20,000 to develop your idea...

What are you doing with open data? December 14, 2015

If you have used any of the open data on this site and want to highlight or show off what you have done then we have a place on OpenDataNI where you can demonstrate your work – it...

Northern Ireland Open Data Strategy November 25, 2015

It is recognised that opening up public sector data is the right thing to do in terms of transparency, accountability, efficiency of the public sector and in driving economic growth...