Victorias spatial data infrastructure: government private sector partnerships

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Victorias spatial data infrastructuregovernment
- private sector partnerships
leadership in environmental sustainability

• University of Melbourne
• 5 April 2004
• Bruce Thompson
• Director, Land Information Group
• Victorian Department of Sustainability and
  Environment
• 03 8636 2323
• bruce.thompson_at_dse.vic.gov.au

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agenda

• partnerships a necessity for the development of
  spatial information infrastructure
• for Victoria, a three way partnership between the
  public and private sectors and academia, is the
  foundation for spatial information infrastructure
• consideration of 6 key areas, for each of the
  three sectors
• policy development
• research and development
• data acquisition and maintenance
• access and pricing
• distribution and value adding
• governance arrangements for partnerships
• conclusion

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background publicprivate partnerships

• publicprivate partnerships a world-wide reality,
  with Victoria in the lead bunch
• not just a Kennett era practice but accepted by
  almost all political persuasions at State and
  national levels
• embodied in Victoria as explicit policy and as a
  formal initiative Partnerships Victoria
• Partnerships Victoria
• a policy of the Victorian Government, giving
  effect to a commitment to optimise the level of
  infrastructure spending through a responsible use
  of the resources of both the public and private
  sectors. Value for money and the public interest
  are keynotes of the policy

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Partnerships Victoria

• a new partnership model between the public and
  private sectors
• investment decisions are made on merit and
  outcomes are judged on the public benefits
  obtained
• stringent evaluation of the viability of a
  project before putting it to the market,
  efficient and reliable process of project
  development and approval, systematic evaluation
  of value for money and clear protection of the
  public interest

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Partnerships Victoria

• what does this mean?
• government wants to spend less of its money to
  achieve its desired outcomes
• it can only achieve this if the private sector
  spends money, for which it must get a return
• so, government must look for outcomes that
  benefit both the public and the private sector
• Partnerships Victoria focussed on large scale
  infrastructure but general principles reflected
  at all levels of government, including spatial
• should government be doing this? (can someone
  else do it)
• if so, is there a benefit to others (beyond
  government)?
• if so, can they share in the delivery? (reduce
  cost to government and the public)

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Land Information Group

• functions
• whole-of-government policy for spatial
  information Victorian Spatial Information
  Strategy (VSIS)
• maintenance and development of Victorias spatial
  information Vicmap, the map base
• creating benefits and value from the map base
• in essence, LIG is responsible for a spatial data
  infrastructure (SDI)
• (prefer to think more in terms of a spatial
  information infrastructure)

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VSIS

• Victorian Spatial Information Strategy
• whole-of-government policy for spatial
  information, Cabinet submission in June 2004
• eight strategy components
• framework information
• business information
• custodianship
• metadata
• pricing and licensing
• access
• spatial accuracy
• awareness
• and, for the first time, a strong operational role

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VSIS

• custody formal assignment and acceptance of
  responsibility for managing information
• framework fundamental information required by
  all or most users the States core spatial
  base
• business business specific information, combined
  with/based on framework information to deliver
  benefits
• metadata readily accessible information about
  Victorias spatial information
• access mechanisms by which custodians make
  information available to others
• pricing consideration of business model to
  ensure sustainability of information
  infrastructure
• quality coordination, integration and standards
  setting necessary to ensure the value of
  Victorias spatial information
• awareness increasing understanding of the
  benefits of spatial information

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SDI functions

• policy development, especially standards and
  interoperability
• research and development
• data acquisition and maintenance
• access
• pricing
• distribution
• value adding

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sectors

• government
• providers
• end users
• private sector
• acquisition and maintenance
• Data Service Providers (DSPs)
• Value Added Resellers (VARs)
• end users
• academia

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government policy development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• leadership role in policy development, with
  participation of academia, the private sector,
  clients and the community
• policy development requires
• consultation
• liaison
• negotiation

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government research and development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• client for research and development providers,
  principally in academia
• a natural fit for government to pose questions
  and
• provide content and data

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government data acquisition and maintenance
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• government ensures the development and
  maintenance of framework information, and
  business information required for its own
  purposes
• framework information is information upon which
  other business information (in both the public
  and private sectors) is dependent
• government encouraged to outsource data
  acquisition and maintenance of both framework and
  business information

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government access
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• government to provide access to its spatial
  information, subject to
• privacy
• confidentiality
• equity (non-exclusivity)
• access policy provides for consistent, uniform
  access conditions

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government pricing
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• pricing policy to
• encourage use and
• provide for sustainable maintenance and
  development
• encouraging use means
• positioning pricing so that it is not an
  impediment to use and
• sustainable maintenance means
• positioning pricing to ensure revenue is
  sufficient to support maintenance to the
  standards required by clients
• if both are achieved
• increased use means sustainable maintenance costs
  are distributed over more clients, so pricing
  levels may be reduced

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government distribution
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• government wholesale distributor to private
  sector
• retail distribution undertaken where private
  sector unable or unwilling to distribute (market
  failure)
• government may also seed new distribution
  content or models, prior to take up by the
  private sector (market generation)
• government also
• provides base level data discovery via Victorian
  State Data Directory (VSDD)
• maintains competitive neutrality and discourages
  monopolies
• implements privacy and intellectual property
  policy

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government value adding
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• actively seeks to provide value add opportunities
  for the private sector
• extent and depth of value added products assure
  the viability and value of government framework
  and business information products
• government branding and IP are retained at the
  framework and business information level
• the value add products carry their own branding
  and IP

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private sector policy development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• DSPs and VARs have a significant role in shaping
  and developing access, pricing and distribution
  policy
• DSPs
• distribute government products, not their own
• specialised knowledge of government products and
  client requirements, input directly to government
  policy through data custodians, and formally
  through GIRG
• VARs
• distribute their own products not government
  products
• complement the DSP distribution network by
  providing additional new and derived products
  often push the policy envelope
• VARs may use DSP clearinghouses to maximise
  product visibility

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private sector research and development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• government encourages private sector and client
  research and development, particularly in
  partnership with academia
• DSPs will have expertise in terms of delivery
  mechanisms, protocols and data management
• VARs will always be looking for new products and
  services
• a natural fit for applied research

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private sector data acquisition, maintenance
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• government outsources data acquisition and
  maintenance where possible
• should government be doing this?
• can the private sector do it, and secure a
  financial return
• is there a benefit to the public?
• private sector encouraged to seek data
  acquisition and maintenance opportunities.
  However
• data acquisition and maintenance incompatible
  with DSP and VAR roles
• data maintainers must provide, and be seen to
  provide, absolute competitive neutrality, with
  particular reference to provision of data to DSPs
  and VARs

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private sector access
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• private sector must have full non-exclusive
  access to spatial information
• restrictions around privacy, security,
  commercial-in-confidence, IP
• non-exclusivity fundamental, particularly for
  framework information, because government is
  mandating them as the single, authoritative
  source of the information

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private sector pricing
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• DSPs and VARs have fundamental, and
  complementary, roles in pricing policy
• DSPs distribute to licensed end users and provide
  data management services (change management,
  reformatting, translating)
• DSPs set their own pricing for services and
  processes undertaken in providing government data
  to licensed end users, but may not vary the
  licence conditions of the actual data
• VARs take government data and build new products,
  for which they determine their own pricing and
  licensing conditions
• VAR activity should drive down the wholesale
  price, by providing a bigger pool of users and
  revenue

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private sector pricing
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• end users clearly influence pricing policy
• buyer resistance
• to obtain value for money, important that there
  be choice of providers for spatial information
  and services
• end users inform and contribute to both
  government and private sector pricing by
  demonstrating pricing policy consequences

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private sector distribution
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• DSPs and VARs complete the distribution network
  by
• linking government wholesale outlets with a
  range of other sources
• assembling comprehensive clearinghouses including
  a wider range of data
• providing the necessary data provision services
  (formatting, transformation, translation etc)
• DSP and VAR clearinghouses may be accessed from
  VSDD
• end users have choice
• providers, products and services

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private sector value adding
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• DSPs effectively precluded from value adding
• reformat, translate, change management services,
  but essentially undifferentiated government
  products
• VARs add value to government framework and key
  business information by
• enhancing
• integrating
• developing new/derived products
• VAR product branding and IP rights
• increase commensurately with value add
• government branding and IP diminish/cease
  accordingly

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academia policy development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• key supporting role in policy development
• policy a fundamental research topic

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academia research and development
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• principal research and development role
• research and development directions set in
  consultation with
• government
• academia itself
• clients
• private sector and
• government research and development
  guidleines/requirements

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academia data acquisition and maintenance
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• academia not considered a direct participant in
  data acquisition and maintenance activities
• contributes to direction and effectiveness of
  data acquisition and maintenance through research
  and development
• particularly relevant in the context of the CRC-SI

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academia access
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• fundamental for academia to have full access, at
  no cost, to spatial information, subject to
• privacy
• confidentiality
• equity (non-exclusivity)
• the research nature of academias use means it
  may obtain some relaxations not available to
  commercial users

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academia pricing
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• supporting role in pricing policy and in cost and
  price determination

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academia distribution, value adding
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• academia not considered a distributor or a value
  adder, but
• contributes to direction and effectiveness of
  distribution and value adding through research
  and development
• particularly relevant in the context of the CRC-SI

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Victorias SDI partnership
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
ACADEMIA
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
USERS
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DRAFT governance arrangements
www.land.vic.gov.au
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DRAFT governance arrangements

• likely to be a two-tiered approach
• Victorian Government Spatial Committee a state
  government only body, necessary to provide
  appropriate accountability/responsibility within
  State government for State government objectives
• Victoria Spatial Council a whole-of-Victoria,
  multi-sectoral body to provide a holistic view
• State government body likely to be a
  sub-committee of the (to be established)
  whole-of-government ICT Steering Committee
• ICT Steering Committee to have representation
  from all ten State government agencies at Deputy
  Secretary level, chaired by State government CIO
  (based in Premier and Cabinet)
• whole-of-Victoria body likely to have
  representation from local, state and federal
  government, private sector, professions and
  academia
• independent chair

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DRAFT governance arrangements
existing arrangements
ICT sub-committee of Cabinet
Minister for ICT
Victoria Spatial Council Independent chair
SCMC
Secretary DOI
Secretary DPC
Academia members (2)
Private sector members (2)
ICT Strategy Board
CTO
CIO
Spatial professions members (2)
Federal Government members (1)
Local Government members (2)
Victorian Government Spatial Committee All
departments represented
Victorian Government members (3)
Multi-sectoral role, informal reporting
arrangement
State Government, formal accountability and
responsibilities
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DRAFT governance arrangements

• Victoria Government Spatial Committee (VGSC)
  representation
• DPC (Chair, CIO or delegate)
• DSE (Deputy Chair)
• DTF
• DET
• DHS
• DVC
• DPI
• DIIRD
• DOJ
• DOI
• high level representation
• adopt whole-of-Government view
• carry financial and strategic issues back into
  departments
• achieve outcomes

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DRAFT governance arrangements

• likely charter
• whole-of-government spatial information policy
• strategic direction for the financing, support
  and development of Victorias spatial information
  resources, especially Vicmap, and spatial
  information platforms, especially GEIN
• creation of benefits for Victorias society,
  economy and environment through the application
  of spatial information and resources
• likely key tasks
• deliver VSIS and RSSI recommendations
• single access mechanism for all spatial
  information
• single licensing and pricing policy for
  government spatial information
• define and refine Vicmap in terms of both content
  and quality standards

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DRAFT governance arrangements

• Victoria Spatial Council (VSC) representation
• local government
• state Government
• federal Government
• professions
• private sector
• academia
• representation to be sectoral, not organisational
• members should represent the interests of the
  sector in total, not just the interests of their
  agency, organisation or profession
• VSC Chair
• senior spatial industry figure, provide strategic
  direction and create links at political and
  senior government level

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Draft governance arrangements

• likely charter key tasks
• similar to the VGSC with a whole-of-Victoria
  focus, as compared with VGSC whole-of-Government

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conclusion
policy development research and development
data acquisition and maintenance access
pricing distribution value adding

• An SDI is intrinsically a partnership
• partnerships essential to the effectiveness and
  value of an SDI
• Victorias experience
• public-private partnerships drive progress
• public-private partnerships strengthened through
  the involvement of academia
• broad partnering
• reduces tunnel vision, lessens the likelihood of
  stagnation, complacency
• increases innovation, efficiencies

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Victorias spatial data infrastructuregovernment
- private sector partnerships
leadership in environmental sustainability
thank you

• University of Melbourne
• 5 April 2004
• Bruce Thompson
• Director, Land Information Group
• Victorian Department of Sustainability and
  Environment
• 03 8636 2323
• bruce.thompson_at_dse.vic.gov.au