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BLOG 14: Blog post: NZ, The Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)
Harnessing public data value by focusing on user’s needs The IDI has been described internationally as a success for New Zealand, and an exemplar for other countries to learn from in terms of getting the most from harnessing public sector data, and facilitating evidence based policy making. New…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/08/2020Updated Date: 05/08/2020
BLOG 12 – Findata
Finland has a long history of collecting extensive data in registers but making use of the data has been complicated and inefficient, due to several causes, including the privacy restrictions and the supporting technologies. In 2019 a new Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data (hereinafter…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 27/07/2020Updated Date: 27/07/2020
BLOG 11 - Building a data strategy across government, the New Zealand Data Framework
Cross-government initiatives have been a response to the need to adapt to the digital era, where data creation increases at an exponential rate and there is an increasing expectation and demand for real-time information. New Zealand is a good example of this. A few years ago it was identified that…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 24/07/2020Updated Date: 24/07/2020
BLOG 10 - Estonian Tax and Customs Board – Analytics solution for fraud detection – KOKE system and automated risk models
EMTA (Eesti Maksu- ja tolliametile) is the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board’s activities include administration of state revenues, implementation of national taxation and customs policies and protection of the society and legal and economic activities. EMTA uses big…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 22/07/2020Updated Date: 22/07/2020
BLOG 9 - The Greenhouse gas Air pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model
Current and future economic growth will cause serious air quality problems, negatively impacting human health and crop production, unless further air pollution control policies are implemented. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing the planet to warm. Global warming is…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 22/07/2020Updated Date: 22/07/2020
BLOG 7: Challenges in the World Energy Model
Since 1993, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has provided medium- to long-term energy projections using the World Energy Model (WEM). The model is a large-scale simulation model designed to replicate how energy markets function and is the principal tool used to generate detailed sector-by…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 13/07/2020Updated Date: 13/07/2020
BLOG 6 - Data strategies or how countries navigate the data world
Everyone is, by now, familiar with the concept of digital strategy. The broader term might encompass different areas such as communication, data, privacy and transparency, digital skills. Particular developments are related to cyber security and to artificial intelligence strategies. Since 2010…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 09/07/2020Updated Date: 24/08/2020
BLOG 5 - Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental Impact (MESSAGE)
Energy services are a fundamental human need and are thus indispensable for human well-being. Indeed, inadequate access to safe, clean and affordable energy is closely linked to a range of social concerns, including reduced economic and social opportunities contributing to poverty, poor health, and…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 09/07/2020Updated Date: 09/07/2020
BLOG 4: UK Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP)
What if a time consuming activity such as the production of statistical publication could be reduced to its minimum while assuring the quality of the products? The answer is yes and the solution relies on a set of methodologies, open source tools and investing in data capabilities. Reproducible…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/07/2020Updated Date: 27/08/2020
BLOG 3: COVID-19 prediction models: to be handled with care
Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, researchers from all over the world have developed scores of predictive models with the aim to support policy makers in their decisions in the view to mitigate the effects of the outbreak. However, although the contribution of models and modellers…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 04/07/2020Updated Date: 04/07/2020
BLOG 1: The boring side of public data analytics
When we think of driven data innovation, we are used to think about fast developments, hackathons and fancy data visualization: a lone data wizard making breakthrough discoveries on its laptop in a weekend sprint. The reality is less fancy. It is true that you can build stunning interactive…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 26/06/2020Updated Date: 26/06/2020