BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a516ebdf2cb8 DTSTART:20230328T063000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230328T074500Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:26th CSTD Side event: From data protection to data empowerment: goo d practices from around the world on data spaces\, data commons and data g overnance CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Data drives our societies\, economies\, information ecosystems and is the backbone of our democratic and rule of law institutions. The ab ility to access and commercialise vast amounts of data offers great compet itive advantage in the digital economy. Data informs all decision-making p rocesses\, nationally or globally. The way that data is governed across th e world will shape power relations\, the course and dynamics of sustainabl e development\, international trade and foreign policy in the decades to c ome.\n\nAt the same time\, as the datafication of our societies and econom ies accelerate\, there is less the sense of democratic self-determination of communities and individuals as to the use of the date they produce.  T he prevailing technological determinism contradicts the vision of the use of data based on human rights and self-determination as conceived in the c oncept of a Digital Humanism.  As an alternative to the currently prevail ing models\, “data commons” is an approach that permits communities an d individuals to be empowered on how they use and share their data. Today\ , this self-determined decision-making power has largely been lost\, both in the case of private and “open” data. There are several models for d ata access from the model of private\, closed data to freely available\, o pen data in the sense of “open (government) data”\, “open source”\ , “open access” or similar. But both models have their limitations\, t hey are not suitable for all cases. Data Commons offer a third way of deal ing with data that can balance out the power disequilibrium between data s ubjects and those who own and use the data. Data Commons goes beyond open data. The aim is to maximize the benefit to society as a whole\, rather th an maximizing the volume and intensity of data use. The potential of the d ata for innovative solutions can thus be fully tapped.\n\nIn the wake of t his recognition\, there are a number of initiatives\, nationally and regio nally\, shifting the discourse from a negative obligation of governments t o protect privacy and data protection to a positive vision of data empower ing individuals and communities to take back control over the data they pr oduce\, the way and to what purpose they share data and how it is used for the common good.  Pooling data and developing data commons from which in dividual and societal added-value can be produced is based on a holistic u nderstanding of the importance of data for human rights\, human security a nd human development. Pooling data and harnessing the potential of data co mmons necessitates a data governance framework that is based on and suppor ts the realization of individual and collective rights\, including the rig ht to a clean\, healthy and sustainable environment.\n\nAll these initiati ves\, with a myriad of different approaches\, taxonomies and terminologies \, even if well suitable for their context\, lack coherence and interopera bility for global applicability conducive to promoting innovation for the global public good\, in particular contributing to sustainable development \, such as health\, climate change\, economic growth and jobs\, as well as social justice\, among nations and communities.\n\nThe time has come to r eflect on common principles and rules that aim at creating public value fo r the common good\, for sustainable development\, nationally\, regionally and globally. These rules would govern the availability\, usability\, inte grity and security of the data\, on a national and global scale with the v iew to achieving the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development\n\nObjectives of the meeting:\n\n\nExchange on recent initiatives who have a broader und erstanding of data governance and sharing of good practices\, in particula r on data commons and data spaces.\nLaunch of a dialogue on general princi ples and norms on data governance that boost the achievement of the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development\, nationally\, regionally and globally.\n \n<\;p>\;Data drives our societies\, economies\, information ecosystem s and is the backbone of our democratic and rule of law institutions. The ability to access and commercialise vast amounts of data offers great comp etitive advantage in the digital economy. Data informs all decision-making processes\, nationally or globally. The way that data is governed across the world will shape power relations\, the course and dynamics of sustaina ble development\, international trade and foreign policy in the decades to come.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;At the same time\, as the datafication of our societies and economies accelerate\, there is less the sense of democ ratic self-determination of communities and individuals as to the use of t he date they produce.&\;nbsp\; The prevailing technological determinism contradicts the vision of the use of data based on human rights and self- determination as conceived in the concept of a Digital Humanism. &\;nbs p\;As an alternative to the currently prevailing models<\;em>\;\, “d ata commons”<\;/em>\; is an approach that permits communities and in dividuals to be empowered on how they use and share their data. Today\, th is self-determined decision-making power has largely been lost\, both in t he case of private and “open” data. There are several models for data access from the model of private\, closed data to freely available\, open data in the sense of “open (government) data”\, “open source”\, “open access” or similar. But both models have their limitations\, the y are not suitable for all cases. <\;em>\;Data Commons<\;/em>\; of fer a third way of dealing with data that can balance out the power disequ ilibrium between data subjects and those who own and use the data. Data Co mmons goes beyond open data. The aim is to maximize the benefit to society as a whole\, rather than maximizing the volume and intensity of data use. The potential of the data for innovative solutions can thus be fully tapp ed.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;In the wake of this recognition\, there are a number of initiatives\, nationally and regionally\, shifting the discour se from a negative obligation of governments to protect privacy and data p rotection to a positive vision of data empowering individuals and communit ies to take back control over the data they produce\, the way and to what purpose they share data and how it is used for the common good.&\;nbsp\ ; Pooling data and developing <\;em>\;data commons<\;/em>\; from w hich individual and societal added-value can be produced is based on a hol istic understanding of the importance of data for human rights\, human sec urity and human development. Pooling data and harnessing the potential of data commons necessitates a data governance framework that is based on and supports the realization of individual and collective rights\, including the right to a clean\, healthy and sustainable environment.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;All these initiatives\, with a myriad of different approaches\ , taxonomies and terminologies\, even if well suitable for their context\, lack coherence and interoperability for global applicability conducive to promoting innovation for the global public good\, in particular contribut ing to sustainable development\, such as health\, climate change\, economi c growth and jobs\, as well as social justice\, among nations and communit ies.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The time has come to reflect on common prin ciples and rules that aim at creating public value for the common good\, f or sustainable development\, nationally\, regionally and globally. These r ules would govern the availability\, usability\, integrity and security of the data\, on a national and global scale with the view to achieving the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;u> \;Objectives of the meeting:<\;/u>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\ ;li>\;Exchange on recent initiatives who have a broader understanding of data governance and sharing of good practices\, in particular on data com mons and data spaces.<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Launch of a dialogue on ge neral principles and norms on data governance that boost the achievement o f the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development\, nationally\, regionally and globally.<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nht tps://unctad.org/meeting/26th-cstd-side-event-data-protection-data-empower ment-good-practices-around-world-data DTSTAMP:20260710T221421Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR