Transcript Day 2 Towards a data sharing policy for survey and monitoring data

Towards a data sharing policy
for survey and monitoring data collected
and/or stored by the SPC Coastal Fisheries
Programme on behalf of member countries
Working Paper 14
SPC Coastal Fisheries as data custodian
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Data collected by SPC staff in country
Data collected by countries that we help analyzing
Data provided to SPC for backup
Data provided by private sector, other organizations, NGOs,…
Databases & systems developed and maintained by SPC
Some data sharing benefits
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Raises the profile of coastal fisheries
Data transparency reinforces credibility of results
Allows for combining data series and comparison of sites
Fosters collaboration between partners
Data sensitivity
Some data must be protected but not everything is confidential
Sensitivity usually depends on
• Nature of data
• Level of aggregation
• Date of survey
Data sharing policy
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Regional or on a country by country basis
Classification of data
Confidential - Restricted - Public
Procedures for data requests and authorization
Terms of use
Data sharing policy
Is there a need for some regionally agreed rules and procedures
that SPC could apply for coastal fisheries and aquaculture data
collected in country by SPC staff - or shared with SPC staff by
governmental services?
A. Yes
B. No
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Procedure
In the absence of a data policy, should SPC continue to assume
that all data requests require country authorization and redirect
requestors to country government services for approval and
terms of use?
A. Yes
B. No
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Publication of metadata
Should SPC publish the list and description of existing datasets
for surveys conducted by SPC staff and country counterparts?
A. Yes
B. No
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Publication of metadata
Should SPC publish the list and description of existing datasets
for other types of surveys and long term monitoring conducted
independently by countries?
A. Yes
B. No
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Publication of metadata
Should SPC provide a regional central data repository so that
countries can publish their own lists and descriptions of
datasets?
A. Yes
B. No
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Backup service
Should SPC provide an archival service for country datasets?
A. Yes
B. No
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Data classification
Should SPC provide an online system where that government
services can decide by themselves the level of “sharing” they
feel comfortable with for each data type and aggregation level?
A. Yes
B. No
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Old resource survey data
For resource surveys (e.g., species, size, number, of fish, sea
cucumber, other invertebrates counted on a given transect at a
given site) conducted by SPC staff with country counterparts, can
validated raw data become open access 5 years after the survey?
A. Yes
B. No
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Old socio-economic data
For socio-economic surveys (e.g. household and fisher
interviews) conducted by SPC staff with country counterparts,
can validated raw data become open access 5 years after the
survey as long as it is not possible to identify specific households
and individuals from the data?
A. Yes
B. No
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