Work responsibly and data-driven to better address societal challenges, provide improved services to citizens and businesses, and improve operational efficiency. Take action, experiment, and learn how to fully exploit the opportunities modern data technologies offer while always serving public values and the law. The I-strategy translates key principles such as the European Data Strategy, the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy, the Government Data Agenda, the Strategic Action Plan for AI, and the Inter-Administrative Data Strategy to the central government level.
I focus areas
I focus area 1: Creating value and seizing opportunities
Increasingly, experiments and projects are exploring the value of data technology for societal challenges. Collaboration between government organisations, as well as with the private sector, education, science, and other parties (the ‘quadruple helix’), is essential to build more knowledge and craftsmanship about data and data technology.
- Further development of data ecosystems for data exchange around societal challenges.
- Researching the further development of data labs at government level.
- Proposal for a data scientist workplace, with suitable data analysis and visualisation tools.
I focus area 2: Attention to legislation and public values
The government must act according to the law and demonstrate the legitimacy and reconstructability of its actions. Thus, it must be transparent about how it generates, collects, and processes data, and about the use of algorithms, machine learning, sensor technology, or drones. This is crucial for the trust of citizens and businesses. The challenge is to increase awareness and understanding of responsible data handling.
- Establish an impact assessment for human rights and algorithms.
- Develop guidelines for the use of algorithms (Ministry of Justice and Security) for the entire government and per department.
- Consolidate available frameworks, standards, and practices and embed them in existing structures.
- Proposal for an algorithm register.
- Develop awareness, knowledge, and skills among management and staff.
- Knowledge sharing based on experiences within the government, and with market parties.
I focus area 3: Improving and better utilising government data
New possibilities for data processing and analysis require strategy, policy, and governance regarding data quality, ethics, security, and privacy.
- Making available glossaries, datasets, data, and attributes transparent.
- Proposing stronger governance on information management.
