Summary of Play Four

For your data access initiative to tackle a complex problem and achieve its intended impact, you need to build and maintain sustainable data infrastructure. This section provided tools and guidance on how to assess the existing data infrastructure by cataloguing available data assets and standards that might help you tackle the problem, and plan for acquiring the appropriate resources and skills.

At this stage, we suggest reviewing your data ecosystem stakeholders as well as the policy and ethics landscape, to see if additional engagement or research is required before proceeding with your initiative.

Additional resources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CABI and ODI (2021), ‘Data Sharing Toolkit’ Future Cities Catapult (2018), ‘City data sharing toolkit – tools, approaches and resources for city Governments sharing non-personal data’ GovEx Labs (2019), ‘Data Inventory Guide’ Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (2018), ‘Data4SDGs Toolbox’ Open Data Charter (2018), ‘Open Up Field Guides Methodology’ ODI (2020), ‘Comparing decentralised data publishing initiatives’ World Resources Institute/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2021), ‘Mapping together: A Guide to Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration Using Collect Earth Mapathons’ Nesta (2021), ‘Data Sharing Toolkit’