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L to R: Liam Conneally, Director of Economic Development, Clare County Council; Padraic McElwee, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Clare; Vanessa Tierney, CEO and Co-Founder, Abodoo; Cliona Lawton, Business Development Manager, Abodoo; Mary Howard, Mayor of Clare. Photograph by Eamon Ward
Innovative plan to put Clare on the map for inward investment
February 21, 2021
AN innovative ‘talent mapping’ project will position Clare as an attractive location for inward investment, Clare County Council’s Director of Economic Development believes.
Clare County Council in partnership with Irish technology company, Abodoo, have launched the initiative aimed at mapping the talent and skills of those living and working in Clare. The aim of the project is to develop ongoing live skills mapping for the county, align with Clare’s growing international business profile and showcase the broad
Clare County Council has launched a new initiative in partnership with Irish technology company, Abodoo, aimed at mapping the talent and skills of those living and working in Clare.
The aim of the project is to develop ongoing live skills mapping for the county, align with Clare’s growing international business profile and showcase the broad talent Clare has to offer. The work will leverage Abodoo’s AI skills data information technology in order to identify the skills that exist within Clare and thus enable greater inward investment in the County.
The Talent Mapping Technology will provide ongoing anonymised data analysis of the skills in Clare, both for persons residing here, as well as the diaspora or those working remotely wishing to relocate to a setting with equal access to urban and rural life, and which allows for improved work life balance. The data provided to Clare County Council will not include personally identifiable information, but it will capture key data point