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Federal Cabinet adopts National Data Strategy
Boosting competitiveness through sustainable use of data for business, civil society, science and public administration
The Federal Cabinet today approved the new National Data Strategy, which was jointly presented by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community. The strategy, entitled Progress throughdata– Strategy for raisingthe quantity and quality of data for new, effective and forward-looking data use, builds on the existing National Data Strategy and develops it further.
Dr Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport:“Germany is going digital: Germany has a new data strategy. Data is the key ingredient of digitisation and we are sitting on a huge treasure trove of data that we want to mine. Currently, data has far too often remained unused and not been explored for the benefit of digital innovations. This applies to industrial data as well as public data. We want and need to change this. We therefore need a new, bold data culture that enables the sharing of data in a bid to develop new, data-based offerings from business and from the centre of society. Civil society, the business and scientific communities as well as the public sector will all benefit from the intelligent use of data. The new data strategy is an important step in this direction and implements a key project of the digital strategy.”
Dr. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action:“Recent experience with artificial intelligence shows that digital innovations are only as good as the data on which they are based. We particularly benefit from disruptive technologies when they are developed within an environment that provides legal certainty and uniform and clear legal rules. What’s more, reliable framework conditions are essential for driving innovation forward. This is why our new data strategy will provide more than a mere catalogue of measures. We are pursuing a holistic approach as we seek to strengthen digitisation in business, civil society, science and the public sector.”
Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Community: “Greater quantities of available data, better quality data, and the smart use of data – this is the triad of our new data strategy, which is intended to spill over into all policy areas. As more data of a higher quality and is available to us, we will be able to gain insights that boost innovation and progress. Democratic access to data limits the power of multinationals and leads to better control of government action. Easier access to data serves the interests of equity and inclusion. But most importantly, meaningful data is the basis for good and sustainable policy decisions.”
The new data strategy is the guiding principle for future data policy. To this end, the Federal Government is focusing on providing increased quantities of better data, and is committed to building a new culture of data use and data sharing. The strategy is therefore also intended as a call for collaborative action. The new measures of the data strategy are outlined in a specific roadmap.
Data is at the heart of the digital and environmental transformation of society, business, science and the public sector. The huge stock of valuable data in Germany – including the potential of open data – remains untapped. About 80 percent of industrially generated data is currently not reused. In some areas, there is still too little data being collected, it is unsuitable, or isof insufficient quality. In addition, much of the data cannot be located or is not accessible, interoperable or reusable due to a lack of licensing requirements. Thisneeds to be improved and the potential of data better exploited. For this reason, the focus of the new National Data Strategy is on increasing the provision and use of data. Both access to data as well as its availability, effective use, and interoperability are to be strengthened. To this end, the Data Strategy focuses on various areas including European legislation, open data, data protection, competitive standards and data spaces. Technological progress and data-driven innovation must take appropriate account of fundamental and property rights.
The Federal Government’s Data Strategy addresses all areas of society – civil society, business, science and the public sector. The joint commitment to an effective and forward-looking use of data opens up new economic potential and provides the basis for greater progress.
