Data and Data Warehousing for Management of Small Region – from the Czech Republic Point of View

Abstract: The term Public Administration is understood as administration of public affairs demonstrating the executive authorities of government and self-government that are applied within the framework of the valid legislation. Recently, the administration of region has become significantly connected with the problem of creation of efficient information environment supporting this administration, whether the region is meant in the dimensions of a district or other territory. The acquisition of outputs for support of decision-making requires either specialists in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) or a suitably prepared information environment. However, in a current municipality the information environment is oriented to expeditious data, i.e. it involves transactional information systems based on database and/or geographical systems. Recruitment of ICT specialists represents a difficult problem for most municipalities because most of them are rather small in the Czech Republic – 59 % of Czech municipalities have up to 499 inhabitants, and 80 % of municipalities fall within the category of municipalities having up to 999 inhabitants. In addition to it, the existing database is scattered because there is no coordination among institutions of public administration. This problem can be dealt with by applying the technology of data warehousing. Regional data warehouse can be realized on different levels of elaboration and efficiency. The selection of a suitable variant of data warehouse architecture must reflect current needs and possibilities of regional institutions. Key-words: data sources, regional data warehouses, geographic information systems enquiry, regional managemen