Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Live Project

Project Leader: Margaret Quinn

EU Programme: ERNACT

Project Budget: €1,500,000

Start Date: Mar, 2014

Finish Date: Dec, 2022

Project Website: www.donegaldigital.ie

The aim of the project is to:

Donegal Digital is a public-private partnership composed by 8 organizations, companies and institutions with the vision of “Digitally literate communities co-building sustainable enterprises and societal services”. The Donegal Digital plan has three main objectives:

Specific objectives are to:

Increase digital research and innovation
Build strong Donegal digital communities
Deepen the Letterkenny digital cluster

Donegal, Ireland
TATA Consultancy Services(Partner)


Paul Walker
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Donegal, Ireland
Failte Ireland(Partner)
Partner

David Leonard
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Donegal, Ireland
Enterprise Ireland(Partner)


Carole Brenan
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Donegal, Ireland
Local Enterprise Office Donegal(Partner)


Brenda Hegarty
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Donegal, Ireland
IDA Ireland(Partner)


Marie McDaid
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Donegal, Ireland
Donegal Local Development Company(Partner)
Established in 1995, it is led by a voluntary Board of Directors from community and voluntary groups, social partners, l

Padraic Fingleton 
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Donegal, Ireland
Inishowen Development Partnership(Partner)


Shauna Mc Clenaghan
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Donegal, Ireland
The BASE Enterprise Centre(Partner)
The Base Digital Innovation Hub project partner in Ballybofey.

Leah Fairman
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Donegal, Ireland
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB)(Partner)
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Donegal, Ireland
ERNACT Network(Partner)
ERNACT's role is to an provide overall project management service to the project and bring its digital agenda expertise 

Caitriona Strain
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Donegal, Ireland
Donegal County Council(Partner)


Brian Boyle
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Gaeltacht, Ireland
Údarás na Gaeltachta(Partner)


Micheál Ó Duibhir
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Northern & Western, Ireland

Atlantic Technological University (ATU) (Partner)
LYITs role is to bring its substantial learning, innovation and research capability to the project

John Andy Bonar

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Sligo, Ireland

North West Regional Skills Forum (Partner)
NWRSF serves the counties of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. The aim is to support and facilitate communication and engageme

Hilary McPartland

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The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

Donegal people have been waiting for the tools of the digital ages to enable them become better and faster at what they have always done instinctively, i.e. build quality, sustainable and connected communities, reflective of the county's values and culture, at home and overseas.

The Digital Action Plan informs Donegal's vision for the future development of digital technology in the county, as it does it's immediate goals.

The project currently contains 13 Actions, structured into three groups:

1. Enabling Studies: short study actions, to study the opportunity for additional longer-term actions within the plan.

2. Digital Services and Initiatives: County-wide initiatives that will develop new digital services or supports for business and the community.

3. Local Delivery: one key action, Local Digital Hubs, will maximise the digital services and initiatives in local areas in the County.