Ruud van Rossem, General Programme Manager DiS / Policy Coordinator Geo-information, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs, The Netherlands, speaks about ensuring the easy availability of reliable, accessible, and interoperable data to boost sustainability goals. Detailed insight into the living environment is needed to accelerate the approach to the Netherlands’ major social challenges and improve public services. Geo-data is the ‘raw material’ for the data-driven work that is crucial here. “A certain information made for a particular organization may have value outside of it. We are trying to build bridges to get that information shared across the value chain, creating a far bigger foundation,” he says.
