Whilst the government sector can rely on mandates to make public data available and accessible, accessing critical data sources from private data owners is a whole different ballgame. When COVID hit New Zealand, Stats NZ Data Ventures, Stats NZ’s innovation arm took on and successfully delivered on the ambitious goal of getting private data source owners to share data assets and develop analytical services and products to help NZ Government’s swift and successful pandemic response. In this session, learn:

·        Taking a customised approach to accessing and utilising data assets from multiple stakeholders by co-designing processes based on varying motivators

·        Educating data users to leverage new data assets and analytical tools for decision making

·        Understanding what it takes to make truly important data assets accessible by addressing confidentiality and privacy concerns