Global Learning for Operational Leaders
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Introduction
Course overview
Government holds vast amounts of data that can improve policy, services and transparency when well governed and shared. Poor data governance limits value and creates privacy and security risks.
This Aractech course covers public sector data strategy, data governance roles, data quality, data sharing between agencies, open data principles and platforms, privacy and security, data for policy and measuring value. Participants design a data governance framework for a government entity.
The course suits data officers, policy officials and IT leaders in government.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Develop public sector data strategies
- Establish data governance roles and policies
- Improve data quality and interoperability
- Enable secure data sharing between agencies
- Implement open data programmes
- Use data for policy and measure value
Who should attend
Target audience
- Government chief data officers
- Data and statistics officials
- IT managers
- Policy analysts
- Open data coordinators
- Privacy officers
Methodology
Learning approach
- Case studies
- Governance design workshop
- Open data exercises
- Group discussions
- Planning
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Data in Government
- Value of public data
- Data strategies
- Challenges
- Maturity
- Coffee break
- Maturity (continued)
- Legal context
- Exercise: Data inventory
Day 2
Data Governance
- Roles and responsibilities
- Policies and standards
- Data quality
- Metadata
- Coffee break
- Metadata (continued)
- Master data
- Workshop: Governance framework
Day 3
Data Sharing
- Inter-agency sharing
- Interoperability
- Data exchange platforms
- Privacy safeguards
- Coffee break
- Privacy safeguards (continued)
- Agreements
- Case study: Data sharing programme
Day 4
Open Data
- Open data principles
- Publishing
- Platforms
- User engagement
- Coffee break
- User engagement (continued)
- Licensing
- Exercise: Open data plan
Day 5
Data for Policy
- Analytics for policy
- Data ethics
- Measuring value
- Capability building
- Coffee break
- Capability building (continued)
- Roadmap
- Capstone: Data governance plan
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does Government Data Governance and Open Data (GPS-021) cover?
This course covers Government and Public Sector through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 2 - 6 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Government chief data officers, Data and statistics officials, IT managers
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Frankfurt, Barcelona, Amsterdam, London, Istanbul, Vienna, Paris.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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