The Government Chief Data Steward (GCDS) is building the foundation – the stewardship framework – to enable government to better manage and safely share New Zealand’s data.
The framework will be implemented through the data stewardship toolkit, which will help people and organisations to steward data effectively.
The toolkit will provide access to data stewardship guidance, resources, and tools from across the data system. The proposed structure reflects the elements of the data stewardship framework and the different layers of data stewardship in New Zealand (data system, organisations, datasets and individuals).
Stats NZ will collaborate across government to develop the toolkit, leveraging expertise and the good practices already used in many agencies.
Stats NZ will also deepen its understanding of the stewardship needs of organisations and agencies to help identify gaps in the toolkit and prioritise resource development.
Draft data stewardship framework
Draft data stewardship framework and toolkit [PDF 217 KB]
Below are some of the resources currently available or being developed, illustrating what the toolkit might include. (The PDF version of the toolkit displays this information in a table.)
A strategy that provides a shared vision and clear direction, and a data culture that enables strategy implementation and sustains good data stewardship practice.
Legislation, policies, principles, and sanctions providing boundaries and guiding how the data system should operate.
Consistent ways of describing and recording data to make sharing, comparing, and re-using data more efficient.
Tools, processes, designs, metadata structures, and platforms for managing, storing, describing, and sharing data.
Skills, knowledge, and services for accessing, managing, analysing, and communicating data and insights.
Effective relationships and networks to endorse, promote, and support good data practice.
Assessing environmental trends and developments, measuring stewardship performance, and adapting the stewardship framework to respond to changing circumstances or new information.
Help us refine the data stewardship toolkit.
Email your feedback to datalead@stats.govt.nz or participate in our Loomio discussion.
Loomio discussion forum on data stewardship framework and toolkit