Posts tagged data governance
Overcoming Data Graveyards in Official Statistics
Overcoming Data Graveyards in Official Statistics

While billions of gigabytes of data are produced daily, far too often unused data pass into a “data graveyard” (Custer et al, 2017) – where they go unutilized, precluding evidence-informed decisions from being made. This is especially dangerous at a time when intersecting crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and energy and food insecurity put a premium on decision-making that incorporates the best data. Additionally, our understanding of how data is transformed into usable information for decision-making remains weak relative to the efforts to produce data, and many producers of official statistics remain unclear about how to assess data uptake and impact. In this report, SDSN TReNDS and Open Data Watch, set out to provide conceptual clarity about the challenges of improving data use and a way forward for research by sourcing best practices from countries through a survey and in-depth interviews.

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TReNDS Staffdata use, data governance
Towards A Framework For Governing Data Innovation: Fostering Trust In The Use Of Non-Traditional Data Sources In Statistical Production
Towards A Framework For Governing Data Innovation: Fostering Trust In The Use Of Non-Traditional Data Sources In Statistical Production

With the rise of new technologies, the use of non-traditional data sources in recent years has increased exponentially. This research paper seeks to cultivate a better understanding of the governance factors that improve trust and confidence in the use of non-traditional data sources for official statistical production, with a focus on legal arrangements, quality assurance practices, and policy changes.

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GovernanceGuest Contributornontraditional data, Earth Observations, DataReady, Open Data Watch, data governance, admin data, mobile data
COVID-19 Data and Data Sharing Agreements: The Potential of Sunset Clauses and Sunset Provisions
COVID-19 Data and Data Sharing Agreements: The Potential of Sunset Clauses and Sunset Provisions

With the influx of new technologies being used as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has brought about a range of new questions around how data should or should not be used; intellectual property rights; limitations on data re-use; how long data should be used for; and ultimately what should happen to collected data once the pandemic is over. Building upon issues discussed in the C4DC report, “Laying the Foundation for Effective Partnerships: An Examination of Data Sharing Agreements,” this brief examines the potential of sunset clauses or sunset provisions to be a legally binding, enforceable, and accountable way of ensuring COVID-19 related data sharing agreements are wound down responsibly at the end of the pandemic.

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C4DCTReNDS Staffdata sharing, Contracts for Data Collaboration, C4DC, DataReady, data sharing agreements, data collaboration, COVID-19, Sunset Clause, data governance
Counting on the World to Act: A Roadmap for Governments to Achieve Modern Data Systems for Sustainable Development
Counting on the World to Act: A Roadmap for Governments to Achieve Modern Data Systems for Sustainable Development

In Counting on the World to Act, TReNDS details an action plan for governments and their development partners that will enable them to deliver the SDGs worldwide by 2030. Our recommendations specifically aim to empower government actors – whether national statisticians, chief data scientists, chief data officers, ministers of planning, or others concerned with evidence in support of sustainable development – to advocate for, build, and lead a new data ecosystem.

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Other ResearchTReNDS StaffCounting on the World, data governance