1. Cabinet Office Funding – Release of data
Birmingham data and skills hub

2. Release of data - Goals #brumdata
Accelerate release new data sets – focus on housing
Automate the data extraction process – enable regular updates with minimal effort
Support communities to better understand the value of data
Social media surgeries
Skills gaps and training programme
Widen accessibility around use of data – create a level playing field

3. Successes & Lessons Learnt
Successes - Data extraction
Requires effort and sometimes direct costs for development work
Created a process to publish data sustainability direct to databases (effort vs sustainability)
Built knowledge to support data publication process
Automated the extraction process from proprietary system Northgate
Developed an authorisation process and documentation allowing IG Officers to brief Head of Service
Lessons Learnt
Stronger and clearer internal processes
Simpler authorisation process
Embed open data initiatives within external outsourced service providers

4. Skills sessions - Lesson’s Learnt “the greatest assets are the people that use data to achieve their aims”
Marcus Belben : “interested in road accidents following an accident involving my son and then more interested in how communties can support each other”
Emma Woolf - Birmingham Open Space Forum: “we wanted to understand how to collect information from parks with friends groups about income generated “

5. Improving access to data – visualisation tools
Joe Tibbetts - Boilerhouse