The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub (the Hub) seeks to help policymakers and the public understand how governments are tackling this evolving responsibility of governing data.
Data governance, like the data-driven economy, is constantly evolving, reflecting changes in technology,
society, and policymakers ’will and expertise. Consequently, data governance is a work in progress and a different experience for all nations. Nations adopting a comprehensive approach develop strategies, policies, and processes, adapt organizational structures and work to accommodate different types and contexts for data use and re-use.Governments that can accommodate such change in a responsive, competent, and anticipatory manner are likely to build and maintain trust in their institutions.
This dataset divides data governance into six primary attributes: strategic, regulatory, responsible, structural, participatory and international. These attributes can be thought of as the different dimensions of action a nation takes as it works to govern data in a comprehensive manner.