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Northwest Data Sharing Network: Report to the Integrated Steering Committee

Northwest Data Sharing Network: Report to the Integrated Steering Committee. Don Morgan & Ruth Edwards Skeena Region, MSRM. The Problem!. Lack of Local Community Data Management: Data Replication Duplication of Effort increased costs for users and producers

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Northwest Data Sharing Network: Report to the Integrated Steering Committee

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  1. Northwest Data Sharing Network:Report to theIntegrated Steering Committee Don Morgan & Ruth Edwards Skeena Region, MSRM

  2. The Problem! • Lack of Local Community Data Management: • Data Replication • Duplication of Effort • increased costs for users and producers • Lack of Standards and Integration • Lack of Co-ordination

  3. The Solution • Local MSRM Leadership • Implement collaborative organizational structures - governance • Co-ordinate projects that are of a joint interest • Promote a Data Ethic • Engage & Collaborate with clients

  4. LRDW and NWDSN • NWDSN: • Local Level/Trust • Business Relationships • Organize and Share • TSA/LRMP/IFPA/FN • Business Processes • Project Data • Local Contact • User Perspective • LRDW: • Provincial Level/Trust • Corporate Relationships • Source/Access/Retrieval • Province Wide • Standards & Infrastructure • Corporate Data • Provincial Contact • Custodian Perspective

  5. Participants • Skeena Region MSRM • Forest Companies • Canfor • Weldwood • West Fraser • L&M • First Nations • Wet’suwet’en

  6. Geographic Extent • Current : • Morice • Lakes • Bulkley • Future: • Kispiox • Kalum

  7. Common Interests • sharing information • collaboration • SFM • LRMP • IFPA • Operational forestry • First Nation Accommodation

  8. Past Collaborations • Morice Data Hub • Canfor, HFP, MoF Small Business • Bulkley Shared FTP Site • Canfor, PIR, SCI, Small Business • Northwest Data Centre • Prince Rupert Region, Lakes, Bulkley, Morice, Kispiox, Kalum, and North Coast Forest Districts

  9. Implementation • Background Research • What’s worked elsewhere? • Establish Governance • Data Survey • Who has what? • What format is it in? • Load Data to Service Provider • Enable Data Viewing and Exchange

  10. Research • Lessons from Established Data Collaborations: • Governance must be set up front • Policies must be formalized • Define Roles and Responsibilities upfront • Leadership must be encouraged • Complexity of the Operations must be reduced

  11. Governance • What is Governance? • Ensuring that organizations achieve goals and conduct themselves according to highest principles and ideals • What they DID NOT do at Enron!

  12. Governance • What makes it work! • Clearly identify the business need • Form society before implementation • board membership • Develop trust • Keep it simple • Formalize policy structures • manage expectations • Business Planning - Business Case

  13. Governance • Data sharing policy defines: • Custodianship • permissions - user/data specific • non-member access • membership • funding • rules and regulations • external partnerships

  14. Governance • Governance Status: • Board established • Founding governance policies accepted • Funding options being explored • Executive Director • Projects

  15. Implementation • Technical Delivery • Data Survey • Who has what? • What format is it in? • Complete for Morice, Lakes & Bulkley • Load Data to Service Provider • Enable Data Viewing and Exchange • DRAD

  16. Pilot Successes • Skeena Region and Local Client Trust • Collaborations • Strong local participation in NWDSN • Leveraging amongst participants • merging projects • Increased Integration • Increased Standardization

  17. Pilot Challenges • Linking Local and Corporate Levels • Improving trust at all levels of organization • Risk, a fact of partnerships and new business • Government Policy Uncertainty • Funding • Slow Technical Implementation • Participant access to government infrastructure

  18. Next Steps • Governance • implemented - operational board • Funding • Executive Director • Projects • Communication to other initiatives • End Pilot - continue linkage to ISC for leadership, collaboration and integration

  19. Questions?

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