Data analysis tool for municipalities Savivaldos DataLab was presented
Today, the State Data Agency presented a new data analysis tool – the Savivaldos DataLab (eng. Municipality DataLab) application – to the representatives from various state municipalities. The data presented in the application can be used in addressing every-day municipal issues, planning strategic goals, and, if necessary, in the field of managing crises and emergency situations.
The aforementioned tool for municipalities is a priority task of the Agency since the beginning of the creation of the State Data Lake. The existing technological and related competence gap in smaller municipalities, compared to large or central government authorities, is enormous. On the basis of the most modern technologies, the Agency started to create the State Data Lake, in which, by 2026, it is planned to integrate several hundreds of state data resources managed by state or municipal authorities and bodies. Currently, our goal is to share data analysis opportunities provided by the Data Lake with municipalities, which would allow, without creating additional technological solutions, to move to a qualitatively new stage, i.e. data–based solutions.
“We have created the Savivaldos DataLab in order to ensure that, based on the data, all municipalities could properly assess the extent of the problems they face, their complexity, and find reasonable and objective answers. We are ready to train municipal specialists and show them how to use this new tool, all that is needed is their own initiative”, noted Dr Jūratė Petrauskienė, Director General of the State Data Agency.
At the moment, the Savivaldos DataLab provides an opportunity to analyze relevant issues, such as education, evacuation of the most vulnerable groups of society, and infrastructure. In the opinion of the Agency’s team, these are the most illustrative topics that can convince municipalities to overcome a kind of internal scepticism and start using the tool. In turn, the Agency is ready to help in every step: by organizing remote or live presentations, trainings, or, if necessary, internships for municipal analysts at the Agency.
Using the data on education prepared by the Savivaldos DataLab, it is already possible to observe how the atypical migration of students is taking place, and to analyze the indicators of student class attendance. The available data shows the number of atypical migrations, classes of migrating students, information about the primary and new schools. Separately presented attendance indicators allow to estimate the average number of missed and unexcused (unjustified) lessons, to find out what age students miss lessons most often.
Another issue being addressed is preparing for a larger–scale and broader crisis. Until now, lists of elderly people and persons with disabilities who would need assistance during evacuation have not been compiled. After reviewing distribution of people and their place of residence, information on the three nearest protection structures for the most vulnerable population has been prepared. The application also provides basic information about the person, such as age and gender, as well as additional data, such as whether there is a person living with them who can help them if needed.
The application Savivaldos DataLab makes possible the analysis of the state of buildings, i.e. energy performance. Using data on building characteristics and classes of their energy performance, buildings were assigned energy performance categories (high, medium, low). Average thermal energy consumption and average annual CO2 emissions per square meter in municipal streets are also predicted.
Nearly 300 people participated in the event. Among them were representatives of various municipalities, as well as representatives of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, the Ministry of the Interior and other institutions.
The project “Integration of State Information Resources into the Data Lake” is financed by the Economic Revitalization and Resilience Enhancement Plan “New Generation Lithuania” (RRF).