Civic groups join together at Facebook EU headquarters to write a coding textbook.
February 12, Dublin, Ireland: A group of civic innovators are joining forces to write Ireland’s first textbook on programming and coding. Their efforts will help schools around the world introduce computer science to into the school day. The textbook will be free online and available for download in several e-book formats. Community groups, hosted by […]
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1st Irish OGP Action Plan – 1st meeting between civil society and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
On Thursday, 6th Feb. 2014, representatives of three civil society organisations, citizens and the Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland met with William Beausang, Head of Government Reform Unit and three of his colleagues from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to further develop Ireland’s plan for open government. The meeting took place in the government rooms in […]
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1ST OPEN DATA IRELAND MEETUP IN 2014
For the 1st Open Data Ireland Meetup in 2014 (Meetup #12) which took place last Thursday 23rd January the OKF Ireland Team traveled to Cork, sparking the first Open Data Ireland Event outside Dublin. The event took place at University College Cork which kindly offered to host the meetup where everyone had a chance to catch up […]
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23/1/2014 – Meetup #12 (Cork) Open Data and Education in Ireland
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Ireland’s curriculum reform booksprint is on the docket for International Open Data Day
Fall 2014 the Irish secondary school system will introduce the availability of a short course in programming. This new course will be available to those schools who elect to offer it to their students. This is an excellent opportunity and a challenge. As of January 2014 there is only a draft curriculum. There are no […]
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Invitation: Meetup #12 (Cork) Open Data and Education in Ireland
Are you interested in Open Data and Open Knowledge? Then come along to Open Data Ireland’s next meetup which takes place in UCC, Cork on Thursday January 23rd at 6pm. You’ll learn more about our exciting projects that encourage communities to get involved in the worldwide Open Data Movement as well as participating in the […]
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Laura James: OKF is all about opening information, so people can understand problems and solve them.
Dr. Laura James (CEO, OKF) addressing Open Data Ireland Meetup #11 via G+
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10th Open Data Ireland Meetup
Originally posted by Dominic Byrne here The 10th Open Data Ireland Meetup took place on Thursday 24th October in a new venue at TCube, Castle Street, Dublin. The theme of this meetup was “The Way Forward for Open Data in Ireland”. Tweets from the meetup have been storified at http://storify.com/Fingal/10th-open-data-ireland-meetup/ Denis Parfenov @prfnv started off our […]
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Statement re: last minute amendments to FOI Bill 2013 in Ireland
Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland strongly oppose the government’s last minute amendments to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill 2013 involving an additional charge for multifaceted FOI requests. Restoring FOI legislation to its pre-2003 form was one of the key commitments of the current government[1]. This late-stage legislative amendment instead compounds the damage done by […]
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Government data still not open enough – new survey on eve of London summit
Open Data Index provides first major assessment of state of open government data In the week of a major international summit on government transparency in London, the Open Knowledge Foundation has published its 2013 Open Data Index, showing that governments are still not providing enough information in an accessible form to their citizens and […]
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