 In March 2020, the land portfolio and the open data charter joined efforts to co-organize a workshop to identify core data types that should be considered for an effective land governance data framework. Following that, the process to design the first open up guide and land governance data was kicked off, and the first draft of the guide has been now produced with the financial support from GADZ. This work builds on past experiences from both organizations, such as the open up field guides from the open data charter or the land portfolio state of land information research pilots. So the guide builds on the strengths of both organizations and is a result of a win-win cooperation.