Environmental and Social Initiative – OGP Framework in Action!

On January 2022 the Open Data Unit at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement made effective a procurement framework to facilitate access to specialist Open Data and Data Sharing skills and platforms – awarded to Derilinx and the Open Data Institute.

More than 30 public organisations have already leveraged the Technical Services Framework for Open Data and Data Management Framework for the Irish Public Sector. The provision of technical services for Open Data and Data Management is divided in 3 different areas: Data Management, Open Data Platform Solution, and ad-hoc consultancy advice and support services for Open Data and Data Management.

As part of this Framework, Derilinx is committed to dedicate a percentage of the hours of work received from the framework back to the community, specifically for environmental and social projects. These hours of work are completely free of charge, benefiting many organisations. The only requirements are that the project or initiative is linked to open data and that it has a social or environmental aspect to benefit the wider community.

The pro-bono services available include: conducting a data inventory or data maturity assessment, improving data management practices, developing a data strategy, receiving advice on how best publish data, or getting expert support on specific initiatives such as challenges, hackathons, etc.

We have already invested hundreds of hours in helping organisations understand more about their data, improve their data management, and getting support for specific initiatives. Some examples include:

• Smart Dublin: Supporting them in their Open Data Climate Action Challenge and the Air Quality Data Hackathon.
• Insight Centre at National University of Ireland in Galway: Assisting them in their recent European Peatlands Open Data Mapathon.
• Other organisations, NGOs and Open Data Engagement Fund winners such as eTownz, Innovation Value Institute at Maynooth University, Rethink Ireland, etc.

If your organisation has an environmental or social aspect and you would like support with your open data matters, get in touch. We’ll arrange an initial call to assess if your project meets the requirements and what would be the best way to leverage our pro-bono hours.

If you don’t meet the social or environmental requirement but need help with data-related issues, please get in touch to schedule your initial consultation and learn more about how we can help you.

Read more about the framework and about some the projects delivered.