Data Strategy Briefing — December 6, 2021

Executive briefing: On 6 December 2021 the OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Enhancing Access to and Sharing of Data (EASD), setting out principles for trustworthy data governance, cross-border collaboration, and value creation.^{OECD recommendation}

Key governance checkpoints

• Data stewardship. Align enterprise policies with OECD expectations on clear roles, accountability, and ethical safeguards for data access and sharing.
• Trust and transparency. Embed mechanisms for stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, and transparency reporting before releasing datasets or APIs.
• Cross-border interoperability. Map legal and technical constraints that affect transnational data collaborations, following the recommendation’s guidance on international cooperation.

Operational priorities

• Governance framework updates. Incorporate OECD data-sharing principles into internal policies, control libraries, and maturity assessments.
• Data-sharing agreements. Refresh templates to incorporate safeguards on quality, privacy, intellectual property, and liability consistent with the recommendation.
• Measurement. Establish KPIs that track the economic and social value generated by data sharing, as encouraged by the OECD.

Enablement moves

• Engage sector alliances and public bodies to co-design data-sharing projects that align with the OECD’s call for multi-stakeholder collaboration.
• Document cross-border data strategies that reflect the recommendation’s emphasis on interoperability, standards, and mutual recognition.
• Prepare leadership briefings summarising gaps between current practice and OECD benchmarks to prioritise investment.

Sources

• OECD Recommendation on Enhancing Access to and Sharing of Data
• OECD data governance resources

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