InDepth: Data driven

CONNECTING decision makers with data, information and knowledge is the aim of a new initiative of the Pacific Community SPC, the Pacific Data Hub. The hub responds to the fact that across SPC, and within the region, there have been many data portals and websites disseminating data, as well as enormous quantities of data sitting on office hard-drives. This data is sometimes inconsistently managed, doesn’t always adhere to metadata standards, and most of all is hard to find. Sioeli Tonga is the Lead Solutions Architect/Acting Program Manager for the Pacific Data Hub. He sat down with Islands Business in Noumea to explain why we need the hub, and how it might improve the lives of Pacific peoples.