# Belfast event to explore grant information sharing

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/05/belfast-event-to-explore-grant-information-sharing/
- Published: 2015-11-05T00:31:32+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Open Data Institute (ODI) in Belfast is hosting an event to explore how to
create a data-sharing community among grant funders and grant seekers in Northern
Ireland.**

ODI Belfast, a new project established by the Northern Ireland Council on Voluntary
Action (NICVA), works with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations,
government, businesses, and citizens across Northern Ireland to drive innovation,
boost transparency and bring about social, economic and environmental change.

The free event on 10th November at NICVA’s offices will try to find out what grant
funders can do to ensure their data is open and useful and how grant seekers can
make a better use of their time and energy in finding and applying to funds.

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[ODI](http://www.theodi.org) believes grant makers and charities generate large 
amounts of data through the course of their work and if this data could be shared
and compared easily it could be useful to many other organisations, including charities,
NGOs and other funders, enabling a better use of resources by everyone.

At the event will be a screening of the ODI Lunchtime Lecture on open data and grant
funding, where 360 Giving explain how they work as a partnership with major grant
funding bodies and [Open Data Services Co-operative](http://www.opendataservices.coop/)
to develop an open data infrastructure and provide technical support for grant makers.

[Alice Casey](https://twitter.com/cased) from 360 Giving will join via webcast to
talk about how open collaboration can improve the insight that grant makers can 
gain on their impact and give guidance on the data standards that will help to improve
the accurate, timely, useful and commonality of grant funding information.

Registration for the event is still open.