Data Registers on a Shared Public Distribution Platform (DK0051)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Denmark Action Plan 2017-2019
Action Plan Cycle: 2017
Status: Inactive
Institutions
Lead Institution: Danish Agency for Digitisation
Support Institution(s): Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency, Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior, Danish Customs and Tax Administration, Danish Business Authority, Danish Geodata Agency Labour Market Supplementary Pension Fund (ATP), Local Government Denmark, Danish Regions
Policy Areas
E-GovernmentIRM Review
IRM Report: Denmark Implementation Report 2017-2019, Denmark Design Report 2017–2019
Starred: No
Early Results: Marginal
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address?: Before the Basic Data Programme, various basic information was registered differently in different public registers. This entailed a risk of conflicting information being registered at the same time in different registers. Furthermore, different data formats made it difficult for the public sector to share basic data across sectors. This could give citizens or businesses the sense of an incoherent process, where they risked having to provide the same basic information several times.; What is the commitment?: With the basic data programme, in 2012 the public sector as a whole decided to improve Denmark’s digital raw material. Coherence and quality of basic data about individuals, businesses, geography, addresses and properties have since then been improved by standardising data formats, increasing data quality and providing data on one shared platform. In 2017 and 2018, much of this basic data will become available on the new data distribution platform, ‘Datafordeleren’.; How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem?: By making data sets available on Datafordeleren, a host of public and private users will gain access to retrieving reliable basic data easily, quickly and securely.; Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?: A key part of the work of the basic data programme has consisted in refining data by standardising data formats and improving data quality. By only registering each piece of information in one register, it also becomes easier for the citizen or business to gain insight into the information the public sector uses in its case management.; Additional information: In the coming period, the programme will focus on how improvements and expansions of the basic data programme can contribute to ensuring even more benefits for the many users of basic data in the Danish society.
IRM Midterm Status Summary
Commitment 2: Basic data registers will be made available on a shared public distribution platform
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan:
"With its basic data programme in 2012, a unified public sector took on the task of refining Denmark's digital raw material. Consistency and quality of basic data about persons, enterprises, geography, addresses and real estate properties have since been improved by standardising data formats, increasing the quality of data and presenting data on one common platform. In 2017 and 2018, a large amount of this basic data will be available on the new data distribution platform, which is called "Datafordeleren"."
Milestones:
2.1 Real estate basic data on the Data Distributor
2.2 Basic data about persons on the Data Distributor
2.3 Basic enterprise data on the Data Distributor
2.4 Address basic data on the Data Distributor
2.5 Geo ground data on the Data Distributor
Start Date: 3rd quarter 2017
End Date: 2nd quarter 2018
Editorial note: For the full text of this commitment, see "The Danish OGP National Action Plan 2017–2019," Danish Agency for Digitisation, https://en.digst.dk/policy-and-strategy/open-government/open-government-partnership-ogp-action-plan/, pp. 9–10.
Context and Objectives
The Basic Data Programme (2012) sought to refine Denmark's digital raw material to increase the consistency and quality of data about persons, enterprises, geography, addresses, and real estate. In 2017 and 2018, significant amounts of data are expected to be available on the new data distribution platform, called the Data Distributor.[Note : "Grunddata—Hvad er Grunddata," Danish Agency for Digitisation, http://grunddata.dk/hvad-er-grunddata. ] The platform will make such information available on one common website. Previously, citizens or enterprises may have experienced a confusing process in which they had to submit the same information on several different websites. This commitment aims to enable authorities to register data in one place and to improve and manage inter-agency data. Thus, the data will be standardised and able to be combined and made available in different combinations. Furthermore, the commitment aims to make it easier for citizens and businesses to access information. The commitment also has the potential to improve the use of technology and innovation for transparency and accountability by using an electronic platform for the storage and use of this data.
This commitment is likely to be easily verifiable, as the five milestones all relate to data being placed on the Data Distributor. However, the terms in the milestones are not all clearly defined (e.g., "geo ground data"). The commitment describes "basic data" as data relating to "individuals, businesses, geography, addresses, and properties." However, it does not explain what kind of data this refers to.
The IRM researcher finds that the commitment could have a minor potential impact on larger social, political, or environmental problems, as it mainly seeks to streamline the use of information. Moreover, the process by which data will be made available on the platform could be further explained.
Next steps
Based on the analysis above, the IRM researcher recommends the following next steps:
· The AFD could carry out an information campaign for companies and citizens to demonstrate cases involving data that could be more easily available. This could be of interest for larger companies and data start-up companies.
· Since the commitment is already underway, the IRM researcher recommends not carrying this initiative forward to the next action plan.
IRM End of Term Status Summary
2. Basic data registers will be made available on a shared public distribution platform
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan:
“With its basic data programme in 2012, a unified public sector took on the task of refining Denmark’s digital raw material. Consistency and quality of basic data about persons, enterprises, geography, addresses and real estate properties have since been improved by standardising data formats, increasing the quality of data and presenting data on one common platform. In 2017 and 2018, a large amount of this basic data will be available on the new data distribution platform, which is called “Datafordeleren”.”
Milestones:
- Real estate basic data on the Data Distributor
- Basic data about persons on the Data Distributor
- Basic enterprise data on the Data Distributor
- Address basic data on the Data Distributor
- Geo ground data on the Data Distributor
Start Date: Third quarter 2017
End Date: Second quarter 2018
Editorial note: For the full text of this commitment, see “The Danish OGP National Action Plan 2017–2019,” Danish Agency for Digitisation, pp. 9–10, https://en.digst.dk/policy-and-strategy/open-government/open-government-partnership-ogp-action-plan/.
IRM Design Report Assessment | IRM Implementation Report Assessment |
· Verifiable: Yes · Relevant: Access to information · Potential impact: Minor | · Completion: Complete · Did it Open Government? Marginal |
This commitment aimed to enable authorities to register data in one place and to improve and manage inter-agency data. Thus, the data would be standardized and available in different combinations. Furthermore, the commitment aimed to make it easier for citizens and businesses to access information. [4]
The distribution platform (“Datafordeleren”) is now fully operational, as reported to the finance committee responsible for overseeing implementation. [5] The distribution platform can be found online and contain the datasets mentioned in the commitment’s milestones. [6]
The implementation of basic data on the distribution platform was a complex process involving a wide range of state and private institutions. Everyone can now access data within the overall rules of data protection, but users are responsible for the legal implications once it has been retrieved. According to the Danish Agency for Digitisation, the main users of the platform are primarily larger public institutions who benefit from the standardized data for improving social services, as well as private users like the banking sector. In the long term, the intention is to focus on user-friendliness of the portal to make it relevant for other types of users, including citizens. [7]
The commitment has contributed to improving the transparency and quality of already existing public data in an open and centralized format. Every Danish citizen or institution can now freely access, download, and combine data from a single location, in contrast to the previously dispersed and incompatible information available. However, the basic administrative character of data on the portal (addresses, properties, businesses, etc.) makes it more relevant for institutional efficiency than citizen engagement.
[4] “Denmark Design Report 2017–2019”, Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM), https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Denmark_Design-Report_2017-2019_EN.pdf.
[5] See: “Document no. 16”, Folketinget, available [in Danish] at https://www.folketingstidende.dk/samling/20191/aktstykke/Aktstk16/20191_aktstk16_anmeldt.pdf.
[6] For an overview of the centralized data see: “Data overview”, Datafordeler.dk, available [in Danish] at https://datafordeler.dk/dataoversigt/.
[7] Per Gade (Danish Agency for Digitisation), Interview by IRM Researcher, 22 November 2019.
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Oversight Body for Social Services Claims
DK0069, 2019, Access to Justice
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Anonymous Whistleblower Portals for Justice System Employees
DK0070, 2019, Anti-Corruption
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Open National Archives Data
DK0064, 2019, Access to Information
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Open Workplace Health and Safety Data
DK0065, 2019, Access to Information
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Climate Atlas
DK0066, 2019, Access to Information
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Publish Terrain, Climate, and Water Data
DK0067, 2019, Access to Information
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Open Data for Citizens and Media
DK0050, 2017, Access to Information
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Data Registers on a Shared Public Distribution Platform
DK0051, 2017, E-Government
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Information Portal for Day-Care Facilities
DK0052, 2017, E-Government
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Open Data and Smart City Forum
DK0053, 2017, Access to Information
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Open Data DK
DK0054, 2017, Access to Information
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Overview of Own Cases and Benefits
DK0055, 2017, E-Government
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Nationwide Deployment of Telemedicine
DK0056, 2017, E-Government
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My Log
DK0057, 2017, E-Government
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Civil Society National Strategy
DK0058, 2017, Marginalized Communities
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Report a Rule
DK0059, 2017, E-Government
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OGP Forum
DK0060, 2017, Public Participation
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Denmark’S Country Program for Uganda
DK0061, 2017, Aid
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The 18Th International Anti-Corruption Conference
DK0062, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative)
DK0063, 2017, Access to Information
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Service Check of Local Government Consultations
DK0034, 2014, Public Participation
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Call on All Municipalities to Facilitate Advance Voting
DK0035, 2014, Marginalized Communities
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Letter of Invitation to First-Time Voters Urging Them to Vote
DK0036, 2014, Marginalized Communities
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User Friendliness Requirements Regarding Digital Self-Service Solutions
DK0037, 2014, Capacity Building
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Plan for Inclusion During the Transition to Digital Communication
DK0038, 2014, Capacity Building
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Common Public Sector Digital Communication Campaign
DK0039, 2014, Capacity Building
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Principles for Collaboration on the Modernisation of the Public Sector as Well as the Establishment of a Centre for Public Innovation
DK0040, 2014, Capacity Building
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“Free Municipality” Pilot Projects
DK0041, 2014, Subnational
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Recommendations from Growth Teams
DK0042, 2014, Private Sector
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Strategy for Digital Welfare
DK0043, 2014, E-Government
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Implementation of a New Charter for Interaction Between Volunteer Denmark/Associations Denmark and the Public Sector
DK0044, 2014, Civic Space
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“Open Data Innovation Strategy” (ODIS)
DK0045, 2014, Access to Information
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Data Distributor for the Distribution of Basic Data
DK0046, 2014, Access to Information
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Open Government Camp 2014
DK0047, 2014, Capacity Building
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Open Government Assistance to Myanmar
DK0048, 2014, Aid
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Opening Key Public Datasets
DK0049, 2014, Access to Information
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Online Open Government Partnership Community
DK0001, 2012, E-Government
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Online OGP Handbook for Public Authorities and Institutions
DK0002, 2012, E-Government
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Management Labs and New Forms of Co-Operation
DK0003, 2012, Public Participation
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Consultation and Transparency of Development Aid Programmes: Design Aid Programmes
DK0004, 2012, Aid
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Innovate with Aarhus
DK0005, 2012, Capacity Building
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Citizen Self-Services: Increasing the Use of User Ratings in the Citizen’s Port Borger.Dk
DK0006, 2012, E-Government
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Open Government Camp
DK0007, 2012, Public Participation
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Renewed Effort for Open Government Data
DK0008, 2012, Access to Information
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Regional Initiative on Open Data
DK0009, 2012, Access to Information
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Reuse of Open Source Software in the Public Sector
DK0010, 2012, E-Government
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Citizen Self-Services: Binding Guidelines for Self-Service Solutions
DK0011, 2012, Capacity Building
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Citizen Self-Services: Guidance and Information on Accessibility to Digital Solutions
DK0012, 2012, E-Government
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Citizen Self-Services: Peer-To-Peer Learning Programmes to Help Citizens Use Digital Self-Service
DK0013, 2012, Capacity Building
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Citizen Self-Services: Location-Based Content and Re-Use of Content in Borger.Dk
DK0014, 2012, E-Government
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Less Reporting Through Increased Re-Use of Key Data
DK0015, 2012, E-Government
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Mypage” for Businesses
DK0016, 2012, E-Government
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Companies to Be “Born Digitally”
DK0017, 2012, E-Government
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Creating a Mediation and Complaints Institution for Responsible Business Behaviour
DK0018, 2012, Human Rights
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International Human Rights Conference
DK0019, 2012, Human Rights
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Promote Social Responsibility in the Fashion Business
DK0020, 2012, Private Sector
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Reporting on Human Rights and the Climate
DK0021, 2012, Human Rights
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Country by Country Reporting in the Extractive and Forestry Industries
DK0022, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Legislative Principles for the Digital Age
DK0023, 2012, Legislative
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Consolidated Key Data
DK0024, 2012, E-Government
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App Store for Digital Learning Resources
DK0025, 2012, E-Government
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Preparing a Digital Reform of the Public Welfare Areas
DK0026, 2012, E-Government
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Consultation and Transparency of Development Aid Programmes: Transparency in Aid
DK0027, 2012, Aid
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Tracking Progress of Universities’ Transition to Digital-Only Administrative Communication
DK0028, 2012, Education
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Disclosure of Status Reporting From the National IT Project Council
DK0029, 2012, E-Government
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Overview of Public ICT Architecture
DK0030, 2012, E-Government
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Publication of Educational Materials on the Government’s ICT Project Model
DK0031, 2012, Capacity Building
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Smart Aarhus and Smart Region: Smart Aarhus
DK0032, 2012, E-Government
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Smart Aarhus and Smart Region: Smart Region
DK0033, 2012, E-Government