Data governance council: Data governance is a sector-wide endeavour that is best overseen by a body that takes the same perspective. As various institutions may contribute to sector data and interact with the relevant database, a governance council comprised of senior representatives from the main stakeholders would provide suitable oversight.

The role of the council is to oversee the sector’s operational performance, to propose, evaluate and sign off on policy, and to coordinate the activities of sector members. In its role bearing ultimate responsibility for the sector’s data governance, it has the power to convene and the ability to determine solutions on contentious topics.

Senior council members would likely delegate representation to a mid-level staff member and reserve participation to occasional high-level meetings, at which periodic review and major policy directions would be discussed. A secretariat may be constituted to carry out its functions.

Source: A data governance framework for digital social protection systems of the Digital Convergence Initiative.


The council will typically include professionals of these ICT Profiles:

These professionals preferably have Civic participation skill level Civic participation at level 6 - Initiate/influence or Civic participation at level 7 - Set strategy/inspire/mobilise.

The council validates (mostly) management and technical deliverables from: