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Judging the Geovation Challenge

Posted by: Nick Haigh, Lead Analyst, Floods and Water, Posted on: 18 March 2016 - Categories: Defra digital, Open data

You may know that Defra and Environment Agency have been involved with this year’s Geovation Challenge which the Secretary of State, Liz Truss MP, announced in her speech at the open environment launch. Geovation is all about promoting innovation in …

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Launching a Challenge for the Water Environment

Posted by: Simon Redding, Posted on: 2 December 2015 - Categories: Open data

Last Wednesday night (25/11/15) the #OpenDefra team were privileged to attend the launch of the Geovation Water Challenge at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Water's Innovation Reception in the Houses of Parliament. The event included the Geovation Challenge launch, stands to …

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Supporting the Geovation Water Challenge

Posted by: dataenvagency, Posted on: 14 October 2015 - Categories: Open data
he Manchester Ship Canal. Credit: © Natural England/Ruth Critchley

Miranda Kavanagh, Executive Director of Evidence at the Environment Agency talks about how we are supporting the Geovation Water Challenge... As a member of the Defra Data Governance Board I'm pleased to confirm that the Environment Agency and Defra will be …

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