Høgre opens in a new 10-point plan to order companies to share data information – if “the socio-economic gain” is high enough. Senior manager Erna Solberg points out that today more data is produced each week than was produced in total in the entire previous millennium. – Modern ships, oil platforms and wind turbines can have more than 10,000 sensors, which generate enormous amounts of data. This is data that can be useful for others, but which today is not shared in the format and in the volume that is needed, she says to news. The plan refers to the discovery of the Johan Sverdrup field in 2010 as “an under-communicated result of data sharing”. “Several companies had searched and concluded that there was no oil, but smart minds got the chance to look at it with new eyes,” the report states. The Johan Sverdrup field is the third largest oil field on the Norwegian continental shelf, after Ekofisk and Statfjord. During Arendalsveka, Høgre presented a 10-point plan to speed up Norwegian data sharing. In the most radical proposal, they are open to requiring companies to share data. Photo: Høyre Wants a “Spotify solution” with Havbanken The plan goes on to advocate establishing a “Spotify solution” with Havbanken as a pilot. Here, interested parties can share and “right on” data from shipping, farming and offshore wind – a bit like Spotify. – This will have a lot to say for the fishing industry and the management of marine resources, says former digitization minister Linda Hofstad Helleland. Nikolai Astrup, also a member of the digitization committee, adds that the plan has a sting against the Støre government “which has neglected digitization work”. – The government shows very little interest, he says. Local Government Minister Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (Sp) rejects this. He says that several of the points in Høgre’s plan “are already current policy” and that the proposal to impose data sharing is now being discussed by a public committee which will conclude next year. – The committee will consider whether an obligation should be introduced to make available certain types of public data that have a high value for society, he says. A new report from the Directorate of Digitalisation (“The State of the Kingdom”) shows that public enterprises that never or rarely share data with other public enterprises have increased from 20 per cent in 2020 to 26 per cent in 2021. In May, the Minister of Local Government received a new report on data sharing. . From left: CEO of Tine, Gunnar Hovland, Minister of State Sigbjørn Gjelsvik, head of the expert group, Heri Ramampiaro, Elisabeth Tapper, executive vice president for long-term innovation and digitization at Tine, Inger Berg Ørstavik, professor at the Institute of Private Law at UiO, Christopher Lech, head of research SINTEF Digital and Mikal Kvamsdal, Head of Secretariat (Abelia). Photo: KDD – It is important that business cooperates In the Hurdal platform, the government states that it will ensure greater democratic control over digitalisation. Through the “Open Data Directive” to the EU, Norwegian authorities can be required to share data sets that “can create high value”. For example, maps, weather and transport data. – It is important that business cooperates on the sharing and use of industrial data, said Gjelsvik in May, when he received a new report on data sharing. In 2020, the Norwegian data economy represented an annual value creation equivalent to NOK 150 billion. In 2030, this number may double and exceed the value creation in the Norwegian oil industry. – In general, we are in favor of measures that speed up the sharing of data to an even greater extent. Whether it is right to make it compulsory to share data in the way proposed here is too legally complicated to decide on at short notice, says Tor Arild Sunnevåg, who is section leader in the Directorate of Digitalisation. – There is enormous potential for digital data sharing in Norway, says Tom Staavi, who is information director at Finans Noreg. Photo: CF Wesenberg / Finance Norway – We look forward to this plan with great excitement Anniken Hauglie, NHO – Data represents a large, untapped resource in Norway. NHO therefore thinks it is positive that Høgre will speed up the value creation that data forms the basis for. Public data must be shared with private companies that can innovate, streamline and create new services based on it. New jobs can be created here. At the same time, important questions related to ownership, security and privacy must be resolved before we can extract the latent value in data, and Norway must in any case follow developments in the EU, which is working with new rules for data sharing. Atle Hamar, director of the Lotteries and Foundations Authority – We have distributed NOK 4.3 billion in corona funds and are gradually sitting on large amounts of data about sports and volunteering in Norway, which we aim to systematize. Data represents a large, unused resource in Norway, which we must speed up the sharing of. Øyvind Husby, managing director of ICT Norway – More sharing of data is one of the most important prerequisites for the successful transformation of the Norwegian model into a data-driven economy. We therefore look forward to this plan with great excitement. At the same time, we must make sure that any order to open data collected by private individuals does not destroy the possibility of establishing economically profitable companies based on data. Jo Eikeland Roald, head of technology policy in Abelia – We received good strategies and objectives from the previous government, but called for a faster pace of implementation. Now we hope Høgre will continue to work to implement this policy also together with the new government – which we believe agrees on many of the points on Høgre’s list. Data sharing is an important step towards an even stronger technology industry, which can become an engine for restructuring and sustainable growth. Espen Sveen, section manager for transport data in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration – Our data is the basis for important decisions in transport and social development, and openness is therefore important. In addition, we want to facilitate value creation in the market so that private actors can create value-adding services on our data. We experience a good climate for sharing data, but see that data sharing is still an immature area. Mona Strøm Arnøy, Director of the Swedish Mapping Authority – We are very interested in sharing geographic data so that it creates value in both the public and private sectors. Large amounts of geographical information are collected as part of mapping programmes, research and impact assessments under private auspices. Without always making arrangements for reuse. This challenge has a high priority and is also followed up through the national geodata strategy. The Mapping Authority wishes to develop the current geographical infrastructure to be more dynamically updated. This also means getting data back from both other public agencies and the private sector. Liv Dingsør, day-to-day manager of DigitalNorway – There is no doubt that there are great values in the data economy, and that we have a mobilization challenge. Potential is not realized by itself, but must be created in Norwegian businesses. We know that Norway has great opportunities in industrial digitization that should be seized now, and we see the greatest growth globally in areas where the public sector plays a central role. At the same time, the European Commission says that 80 percent of all industrial data is never used, and only 13 percent of public actors share data with the outside world. – An enormous potential for digital data sharing In 2016, the Swedish Tax Agency, the Brønnøysund Register and the financial industry started a collaboration which was named Digital Communication Offentleg Privat (DSOP). The profit from the collaboration is estimated at NOK 60 billion over a 10-year period. – It shows that there is enormous potential for digital data sharing in Norway, says Tom Staavi, who is director of information at Finans Noreg. – At the same time, it is important that we take the necessary precautions for privacy. The relationship between privacy and data collection has been on the agenda this summer after Statistics Norway ordered the grocery chains Norgesgruppen, Coop, Bunnpris and Rema 1000 to share all their receipt data with the statistics agency. – There is an urgent need for good, joint solutions for digital services. Especially within the public sector, says Lars Erik Fjørtoft, who is a partner in PwC. He adds: – It’s great that Høgre is pushing. At the same time, the trend is probably that politicians are more impatient when they are in opposition than when they are in office.
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The state is considering forcing business to be more open – news Vestland
