Geneva's _Contributions to open data solutions

This presentation outlines the contributions of the United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database in Geneva to advancing open data solutions. It defines open data through principles such as completeness, timeliness, accessibility, machine processability, non-proprietary formats, licence-free use and non-discrimination, and highlights benefits including transparency, participation, innovation and new knowledge. The document explains how open data are transformed into assessments using spatial and mathematical modelling, distributed computing, statistics, mapping and web services.