the Danish Key Data Programme

1. The Danish Key Data
Programme
16th march 2012
Cathrine Lippert,
calip@digst.dk

2. The Past – a few highlights
• Long history of key registries mandated by law with high level
of correctness and completeness
• Strong collaboration on digitisation between state, regional and
municipality levels since 2001
• Cross-government eGov strategies since 2001
• Data reuse previously high on the agenda; however, put on the
backburner in later years
• eGovernment-rankings used to place Denmark in Top 3, but
position seems to be sliding back

3. The Present - key data challenges in Denmark
• The key registries developed over 30 years
• Overlapping and non-authoritative registries developed
• Cross-government and cross-sector processes impeded by lack
of coherence and gaps in key data
• Insufficient quality in some key data
• Insufficient technical availability of some key data
• Charging and licensing schemes inhibit full and efficient reuse
of some key data
• Limited cross-government governance of key data
• Coherent, complete and readily available key data is a
requirement for an efficient and fully digitised public sector

4. Increase in use of data – increasing demands
Use of National Survey & Cadastre's Map Service
Million
1.400
1159
1.200
1.000
Requests
663
800
600
368
245
400
106
200
44
64
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05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Year

5. Current models for access to key data
Model A: Public Sector Institutions Height Model, Census (persons),
and Private Sector Companies buys Company Data, Accounting Data
access
Model B: Free Access for Public Topographic Data, Cadastre,
Sector Institutions - Private Sector Owner Registration, Business
Companies buys access Registry, Income Data
Model C: Free Access for Public Administrative Geographic
Institutions and for Private Sector Subdivision, Buildings and
Companies Dwellings

6. Key Data – part of the new eGov Strategy
http://bit.ly/eGov2012

7. Right Now - defining the ’Key Data Programme’
• Cross-government ‘Key Data Programme’ established
• Programme is mandated to prepare series of initiatives for June 2012:
• Improve quality and coherence of all key data (i.e. remove redundant
data and registries and improve workflows across public sector)
• Designate key data as ‘Authoritative Data’
• Improve technical availability of key data
• Improve accessibility by adjusting charging and licensing
• Propose governance model for key data
• All proposals must be supported by positive business case

8. Outline of key data proposals (‘packages’)
1. Effective property management and reuse of property data
2. Common addresses, place names and administrative
geographic subdivision
3. Common basis for climate adaptation and water management
4. Free and efficient access to geographic data
5. Common key registration of persons
6. Effective reuse and sharing of corporate data
7. Common infrastructure for key data distribution

9. Efficiency gains from the ’Key Data Programme’
More efficient distribution of key data
More efficient production of key data
More efficient reuse of key data

10. Business Cases and Financing
• Business Case challenges
• The Good: One entity makes investment, same entity reaps benefits
• The Bad: One entity makes investment, other entities reap benefits
• The Ugly: Several entities make investments, several other entities
reap benefits
• Financing challenges
• Redistributing gains in the public sector from reduced cost
(administrative, ICT, charges)
• Redistributing gains in the public sector from more efficient processes

11. Our question to you …
How can we measure the effect of our Key Data Programme?
• How to establish a baseline, i.e. the ’before’ scenario?
• How to measure effect of improvements, i.e. the ’after’ scenario?