Building A Data Culture in the Ministry of Finance

The book is prepared as a general guide for stakeholders in the Ministry of Finance, especially the leaders, on how to lead their organization to be data-driven. In the Ministry of Finance, the volume of data grows massively. The data grow so rapidly that the Minister of Finance illustrates the condition by stating that “We, at the Ministry of Finance, are actually sitting on a large pile of data. This is a new type of mine. In digital era, the mine refers to the mine of data. However, of course they have to be the data we process and understand.” Ideally, the availability of data will encourage better formulation of policies and decision making. However, such effort is not an easy task, it is a challenging one instead. One of the main challenges in data utilization is that data culture has not been developed yet. The opportunity to optimize data utilization gets fresh air as awareness and understanding of data start to grow in some internal areas of the Ministry of Finance. Starting from the background, the book is compiled to become a guide for leaders and employees of the Ministry of Finance in building data culture in the Ministry of Finance. The book introduces cultural approach to develop and utilize data analytics skills in the Ministry of Finance. Hopefully, the book will keep being renewed in accordance with the development of science, technology, needs, and public discussion.