19 returned results for 'unlocking the value of data'

  • Enabling faster, secure access to data by industry for public benefit

    Guest blog post by Roger Halliday, Chief Executive, Research Data Scotland (RDS), on how RDS is developing a framework to support faster, secure access to Scotland’s public sector data by industry partners, on behalf of the Scottish Government. This guest blog is part of a series on the Unlocking the Value of Data programme. At…

    22nd January 2026

  • Making It Happen: Scotland’s Vision for Public Sector Data

    Blog by Joyce Dalgleish, Data Innovation and Change Lead, Scottish Government. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 months since we shared the draft of the vision for public sector data. Since then, we’ve been genuinely heartened by how many of you have leaned in—giving your time, sharing your experiences, joining groups, and contributing ideas. Your…

    26th August 2025

  • Open Data in Scotland : A Blueprint for Unlocking Innovation, Collaboration and Impact

    This blog has been written by Martin Macfie, Head of Open Data in the Digital Directorate’s Data Division to announce the publication of an independent report on open data for the Scottish Government. Publication of report In May 2024, I wrote a blog which outlined Scottish Government commissioned research to better understand the benefits, challenges…

    29th August 2024

  • Exploring public sector personal data benefit sharing

    How can the public sector share personal data with the private sector in publicly trusted ways, to unlock the public benefit of this data? We performed a literature review to enable the Scottish Government to identify (I) relevant approaches to benefit and costs sharing and (II) intellectual property rights or royalties schemes regarding the use of public sector personal data with or by the private sector both in the UK and internationally

    7th December 2022

  • Online engagement event: discussing principles for enabling data’s value

    We hosted the ‘Unlocking Value of Public Sector Personal Data: Guiding Principles Design’ webinar on 1 September, to get feedback from the public and data practitioners on draft high-level principles for the programme. This would be the first of several opportunities for practitioners, and the wider public, to participate in a citizen-led, collaborative process.

    14th October 2022

  • Introduction to Data Standards and Open Data in Scottish Government

    Hi, my name is Shona Nicol and I work in the Scottish Government’s, Digital Directorate and head up a team that covers technical data policy, where I lead on data standards. Along with Martin Macfie, who leads the team on Open Data, we wanted to start a series of blogs on the use of data…

    13th July 2021

  • Mapping the Future: Scotland’s LiDAR Revolution

    Guest blog by Mathew Williams, Scottish Government Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. My name is Mathew Williams, and I have the privilege of serving as the Scottish Government Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. In this role, I help shape policy around our natural world by bringing scientific…

    3rd October 2025

  • Online engagement event: Reflections of being Webinar host

    Guest blog by Carol Sinclair, Strategic Data Adviser for the Scottish Government and Independent Chair of the Health and Social Care Data Board. Determining the best point in time to bring in wider views on any draft document is a bit of a lottery with it highly unlikely you will satisfy the spectrum of views…

    18th October 2022

  • Transforming Digital Public Services: Working with the Digital Technologies Industry Conference

    Attracting around 150 people from Scotland’s vibrant digital tech and ICT industry, this event explored the opportunities and challenges in transforming digital public services through collaboration with the industry. Everyone was encouraged to share their ideas on how government, the public sector and industry can work more closely, and strategically, in delivering this important agenda,…

    17th December 2015