[Medin_dacwg] Opportunity to assess the value of marine data.

[Postlethwaite, Clare]

Dear MEDIN Data Archive Centres (DACs),

Would you like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to carry out an independent survey of the socio-economic value of your marine data?

As you know, recent independent analysis found that the benefit to cost ratio of MEDIN's services is approximately 8, indicating that "the benefits far outweigh the cost of providing the service". This is an important step for understanding the value of marine data management and dissemination but doesn't capture the value of the data itself to our users. MEDIN Data Archive Centres have the opportunity over the next 6 months to be involved in an international project looking to quantify the value of marine data. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS, IOC-UNESCO) are working together on developing a pragmatic research programme focussed on valuing ocean observations, as to inform practitioners and policy-makers with original evidence-based analysis on the links between marine data and society.

The attached document describes the process that MEDIN/OECD/GOOS envisage. MEDIN will be the main contact point for your involvement in the project. Please let me know by 12th February whether your DAC is interested in participating in this exciting opportunity.

It would also be really useful to know if you have carried out any surveys of your data users over the past 2 years (see question in red in attachment).

If you have any questions about this, drop me an email.

Best wishes,

Clare Postlethwaite


Dr Clare Postlethwaite | MEDIN Co-ordinator
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