Mobilizing data for people + planet. The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. #Data4SDGs Stay in the loop 📰: bit.ly/data4sdgsnewsletter
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By 2050, infections that are resistant to antibiotics could cause 10m deaths per year.
🔎 This World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW2021, discover new insights on #AntimicrobialResistance generated through engaging communities across Kenya 🇰🇪: bit.ly/PeoplePower-Kenya
ALT Two mothers at a listening group in Kilifi County, Kenya to learn about antimicrobial resistance.
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Very excited to announce that @Google has joined the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. #Data4SDGs
"We may be a little late to the game, but we have 10 years to make up for lost time." -@rebeccatmoore, @googleearth #Data4Now
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"We are witnessing an inversion of the axiom 'what gets measured gets done.' We are not measuring the SDG indicators, and this is one of the crucial reasons we are not on track to achieving the SDG targets." -@FAO in @IISD_SDGs #Data4SDGs sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gues…
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We know data is valuable, so why won't the development sector invest in it? Shouldn’t governments and donors be using data to target interventions as effectively as Google targets advertising? New blog & report out: data4sdgs.org/news/what-do-w… #Data4SDGs
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We're launching the African Regional Data Cube & training users in Nairobi next week w/ @NASA, @GEOSEC2025, @CEOSdotORG, @StrathU, @awscloud & Gov of Kenya. Read up on this innovative solution & stay tuned for more: data4sdgs.org/news/brokering… #EO4SDGs
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Less than 24 hours till #Data4DevFest. Leaving no one behind, financing data for development, how to measure poverty, data for advocacy...just a few of the many #Data4SDGs topics we’re discussing.
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Still honoring @KofiAnnan, who among many things, was a #data champion. We will always remember his commitment to advocating for better data to reach the world's most vulnerable populations. #Data4SDGs
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What a day! 🚀We kicked off #FestivalDeDatos with an electric opening ceremony, 24 sessions and countless connections made. Here are some highlights 🤩
Let's do it all over again tomorrow! Join us 9am UYT for the youth takeover, in person or online: piped.video/watch?v=UNKgc8Ul…
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Our partner @oceanprotocol's @OceanDAO_ has surpassed $1M in grants & received over 130 proposals.
Round 9 is now open w/ $300K available for ideas that drive the growth of the open #DataEconomy.
🚨 Submit by Sept 7
bit.ly/3t8ft4r
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Tell a data story. Visualize a better world.
College/graduate students: enter @googlecloud, @WorldBank, @unfoundation, @Data4SDGs' #Visualize2030 data storytelling contest by Nov 16 to help world leaders achieve #SDGs (+ you can win amazing prizes!).
cloud.google.com/visualize-2…
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Our task is to make sure data is available for all people, and harnessed to implement the 2030 Agenda. -@AminaJMohammed #UNDataForum #Data4SDGs
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🎉 BIG NEWS — #FestivalDeDatos is coming to Uruguay in November 2023, and you're invited! 🇺🇾
Join us, @ine_uruguay @agesic + #Data4SDGs partners from around the world to chart the future of data for development.
Registration is open NOW: festivaldedatos.splashthat.c…
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Proud moment launching the Inclusive Data Charter today in New York, together w/ its founding champions @PSAgovph, @ONS, @Data2X, @HelpAge, @Sightsavers, @UNICEF, @UNFPA, @PresidencyGhana, @DANE_Colombia, & @devinitorg. #IDCdata4all See charter here: data4sdgs.org/sites/default/…
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The challenge is not technical, it’s cultural - need to create a culture of collaboration - @pthigo, Govt of #kenya #UNDataForum
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That's a wrap, thanks everybody for coming to #Data4DevFest and look forward to continuing collaboration with our partners #data4sdgs
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We've just launched Advancing Sustainability Together, our new report w/@okfn & @PublicDataLab on #citizengenerateddata & its relevance for the #SDGs. Organizations using/engaging w/ CDG should also check out the newly launched guide. bit.ly/2S6PvLg #Data4SDGs
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Today we are excited to be launching a program with @NBS_Somalia to increase availability, knowledge, and collaboration surrounding the use of earth observation data and technology for environmental monitoring in Somalia!
Exciting event updates to come. 👀
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And we're live! Visit our new website and tell us what you think data4sdgs.org/ many more blogs, projects & case studies coming soon #Data4SDGs
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A statistician's take on how to achieve the #2030Agenda → Read more from @IISD_SDGs: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gues…
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dLab noticed only 30% of women were working in data so they started a Women in Data Programme with customised training for eg half days so they can still look after their children in the afternoon #Data4DevFest #GenderData #GenderEquality
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BIG NEWS! Dates announced for #IODC20 International Open Data Conference, "Bridging Data Communities" Nairobi, Kenya 3 - 5 June 2020 #data4sdgs @pthigo @WilliamsRuto @singoei4kwanza #data4sdgs
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We're looking forward to the mapathon #map2endFGM this Friday, 9/28 with @hotosm, @Crowd2Map, @UNFPA, @UNFPATanzania & @youthmappers. Hope to see many #Data4SDGs friends there: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapathon-…
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The next @UNDataForum will be held in Col🇨🇴 in Nov 2024!
This will be a unique opportunity for data innovation, nurturing partnerships, mobilizing financial support for data, and more.
The call for program proposals is now OPEN! Apply by February 12 ➡️ bit.ly/3TZpb8q
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🎉🎊 We had a fantastic warm-up to the Festival with our Day Zero events today! Here is a peek at the day.
Beyond excited to welcome you to #FestivalDeDatos tomorrow. 🚀 Join us in person or online for the opening ceremony: piped.video/@globalpartnersh…
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Earth observation data can help us understand changes in land use, planning for disasters & forecasting climate change.
New blog on the @GEOSEC2025 -@awscloud Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme that is helping more countries do this better: bit.ly/2XD0rpG
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Register for #Data4DevFest 21-23 March, Bristol, UK. Hundreds of people who care about data and making a difference tinyurl.com/y8f5lo3r
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“Data doesn’t fall into our laps. We have to look for it, and at it, to extract the stories that it tells. And then we have to put that to use to make the decisions that can change the story.” - @clairemelamed speaking at #Geoweek2019 @GEOSEC2025
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Interested in how geospatial data and drones were used for water point detection in Malawi🇲🇼?
Read about this project and other data success stories here: data4sdgs.org/news/data-inno…
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Are you a journalist or statistician looking to improve your data communications skills to support women's economic empowerment?
Register for @ContactPARIS21 and @Unwomen's new course! bit.ly/30zsLcM
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Welcome @googleearth. Looking forward to using data to work towards a better world 🌎 #data4sdgs data4sdgs.org/news/united-na…
We are now an official partner of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (@Data4SDGs)! Geo For Good Director @rebeccatmoore has a few words about it: data4sdgs.org/partner/google 🌏🤝🌍
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📣 It's that time of year... @UNStats' #UN54SC is coming soon!
Wondering where you'll find the #Data4SDGs network? Check out our partners' + our events👇🗓️
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Another exhilarating day at #FestivalDeDatos! Here are the highlights 👇
We had a youth takeover to start the day, +25 sessions, a dance exhibition + lots more #Data4Dev conversations.
Don't miss our closing ceremony livestream tomorrow at 12:30pm UYT 📽️ piped.video/live/zPUcElINBpo…
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Data is the most important resource in the world, particularly in the field of development. -@statisticsRW Director General Yusuf Murangwa kicking off the #Data4Now workshop.
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#Geospatial data is valuable in understanding change over time to make informed decisions for optimizing agricultural yield. Learn how #Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics is working with @DEarthAfrica to tackle environmental obstacles: bit.ly/3autjob
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We're so pleased to support collaborative data innovation projects that are leveraging the #datarevolution to make real change. Learn about the 12 winners here: bit.ly/datainnov2 #Data4SDGs #LNOBdata
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A lovely welcome from @MarvinJRees: Bristol is a city where the world comes together & UK’s #1 smart city. But inequality is real in Bristol & around the world. Let’s make use of data to make sure no one is left behind. #Data4DevFest
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Building Data Partnerships in Support of the SDGs: we want to hear your best ideas! Join us for the #UNDataForum Twitter chat on 14 June at 10AM EST. #Data4SDGs
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What can YOU do for #Data4Now?
➡️Share your data. - @ShaidaBadiee
➡️Listen to Shaida! - Mahmoud Mohieldin
➡️Invest in national statistical offices. -@seidu_omar
➡️Engage w/ statisticians, we’re not boring or scary. -@ariunzaya_a
➡️Hype up & prioritize data. @IvanOjeda2010
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📣 @AndrewmitchMP, UK Minister of International Development, announces US$7.5 million funding package dedicated to unleashing the #PowerOfData for scaling up UK support for #NationalDataPartnerships and advancing the SDGs 🎉
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Data does not fall into our laps, we need to look for it and look at it to find patterns. However, this does not matter if we do not put data to use. — @clairemelamed keynote at #D4GX
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We need to get much better at measuring who is living in poverty - who are they, where do they live, what do they need? What you can’t measure, you can’t manage. This needs urgent attention. - @BatesLord
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What has #COVID19 taught us about how to build a better data system? #Data4SDGs CEO @clairemelamed shares 5 ways that can help us build a better post-COVID19 world.
@fp2p
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Follow #UNDataForum to join the digital conversation from Jan 15-18! Visit undataforum.org/ for more info about the programme
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Thank you to the #Data4SDGs Board for two intensive days of reflection, planning & mapping a shared vision to Leave No One Behind @AminaJMohammed @aeyakuze @mikeflannagan @ABAlbrectsen @GEOSEC2025 @UKStatsAuth @MBawumia @JeniT @alex_pentland @clairemelamed @FuHaishan @e_cousens
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This is about transforming our world, making data useful for people, the time is now, need a people-centered approach - initial thoughts from our opening panel. #Data4DevFest
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We’ve had a productive day with @statisticsRW, @sdsn_TReNDS, @WorldBank & @UNStats preparing for the #Data4Now workshop in beautiful Kigali.
We kick off tomorrow, watch this space for updates.
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🎨📈 We're looking for data visual artists to display their artwork in #FestivalDeDatos!
Installations, digital art, photography, painting, video art, drawing, sculpture, performance + more are welcome 🙌
More details + apply by September 4, 2023: bit.ly/3QAiEj2
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#UNDataForum livestream sessions begin tomorrow! Have you gotten your ticket? Join the conversation on how to produce #BetterData that can guide us towards achieving our #GlobalGoals and the #2030Agenda. Register now: bit.ly/UNWDFRegister
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Interesting new report from the UN Secretary-General detailing progress on national and global #SDG data hubs → Read more from @IISD_SDGs:
sdg.iisd.org/news/un-reports…
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With only 10 years left to achieve the SDGs, we can't wait 5 years to find out what is happening on the ground. We need timely data, and we need it now. #Data4SDGs #Data4Now bit.ly/datainRwanda
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📣Global Partnership CEO @clairemelamed announces 15 countries that are already part of the #PowerOfData coalition 🤝
#GlobalGoals
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We're looking for a consultant to support citizen-generated data research, analysis, and engagement. Deadline to apply is Nov 11. Details here: data4sdgs.org/vacancies-and-…
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Are you looking to improve your data skills + learn more about new data science tools?
@ONS @DataSciCampus is accepting applications for their international mentoring program in collaboration w/ @UNBigData 📊
Be a mentor or mentee + apply by August 28: bit.ly/43ZS4CU
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In May, the #DataValues Project launched a public consultation about:
💡 agency in data
💡 accountable data governance
💡 improving lives w/ #data4dev
After hundreds of contributions, final white paper is out now ➡️ bit.ly/3REYGBP
Highlights in this 🧵👇
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Citizen-generated data is an opportunity to fill data gaps for achieving the SDGs - must keep in mind data quality, management, governance. - Rachael Milicich, Statistics New Zealand #Data4SDGs #UN51SC
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Q5: How can we ensure new methods of data collection “leave no one behind” while protecting trust, confidentiality & privacy? #UNDataForum
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Data can give us answers but we have to ask the right questions. We are here today to speak up for better questions @clairemelamed #LNOBData
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Join #UNDataForum for a Twitter chat "How can we achieve better data for all?" on 11 Jan, 10AM EST/3PM UTC
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The #2030Agenda commits to leave no one behind, but we can't achieve this without disaggregated data. Don't miss @Data4SDGs Inclusive Data Charter Launch event on Tues, 17 July: bit.ly/inclusivedatalaunch #HLPF2018 #HLPF #IDCdata4all @Sightsavers @DFID_UK @DANE_Colombia @Data2X
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Sandra Moreno of @DANE_Colombia explains national Smart Data policy, which successfully uses Earth observation data to monitor 3 SDG indicators. #UNDataForum #Data4SDGs
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Women and girls’ needs are often invisible in the data used to make decisions, form policies, and monitor progress.
Without data equality, there is no gender equality.
We mark #IWD2020 with a thread from the Inclusive Data Charter on the importance of #genderdata #IDCdata4all
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Huge thanks to the #Data4SDGs Board of Directors for 2 days of rich & insightful discussions. @AminaJMohammed @ABAlbrectsen @clairemelamed @JeniT @helanigalpaya @aeyakuze @alex_pentland @mikeflannagan @SantaellaJulio @Steven_Ramage (full board list here: data4sdgs.org/Board)
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Official launch of 'Interoperability: A practitioner’s guide' at #UNDataForum happening now. See the guide here: data4sdgs.org/resources/inte…
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📢🇰🇪 Kenya will be the host country for Datafest 2025!
Alongside our partner @KNBStats, we will bring together the #Data4Dev community again!
To keep up to date with the news about Datafest 2025, sign up for the #Data4SDGs's newsletter: unfoundation.us13.list-manag…
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Data can be a powerful tool for achieving the #SDGs, but access to quality data is a barrier 📊🌐
Learn how #OpenSource + #DigitalPublicGoods can help remove impediments to data use for the public good #Data4PublicGood ➡️bit.ly/3F3qnzj
ALT Graphic with text "Exploring Data as and in Service of the Public Good: New community of practice report now live!" with logos of Digital Public Goods Alliance, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Jain Family Institute, and UN Global Pulse, UNICEF.
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When everyone is visible in the data, we can ensure no one is left behind in pursuit of the #SDGs.
RSVP today for 'Innovations in SDG Monitoring (and how to pay for it)' next Wed, July 17, 12:30-2:30PM. RSVP soon - space is limited! #HLPF2019 surveymonkey.com/r/QDH5WFJ
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Attending UN Stats Commission next week? Join us on March 3, 8:30AM, for a discussion on citizen-generated data for the SDGs.
Register here: surveymonkey.com/r/CP2829K #UN51SC #Data4SDGs
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This World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW2021, hear from Macknophear on her experiences with #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) in Kenya 🇰🇪 + journey to improve her son’s health 🎥
Explore the roots of AMR + how we can tackle it in the new interactive: bit.ly/PeoplePower-Kenya
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Join our kickoff call on The Data Values Project - a new policy advocacy consultation tackling how gvts, businesses & civil society use #data, to develop common policy positions on data ethics, rights & governance issues.
📅Apr 1 | 9am EDT/ 4pm EAT
RSVP👉bit.ly/DataValuesProjectbrie…
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Our partners at the @WorldBank are looking for a Program Manager for the #50X2030 Initiative - great opportunity to help use data to #endhunger.
Apply here: worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/… piped.video/watch?v=_IBxCgrq…
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"We are off track for the SDGs - global hunger is on the rise, greenhouse gas emissions increase, and no country is on track to achieve gender equality. We must respond here and now."
DSG @AminaJMohammed launches #Data4Now. More info here: data4sdgs.org/data4now
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STARTING SOON ➡️ our in-person launch of the #DataValues Campaign.
What does a fair data future look like to you?
If you aren’t able to join in person, we will be live tweeting updates from 8:30am 👀📢
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"Collecting numbers can be a radical act."
Our CEO @clairemelamed reflects on recent Black Lives Matter protests happening alongside other global shifts, and the role data should play in building a better world. medium.com/@Data4SDGs/data-j…
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#Data4DevFest attendees - can you find your data point on the interactive map? Data Fest 2018 Report includes map + much more, recapping an amazingly productive, fun, whirlwind 3 days in Bristol: bit.ly/datafestreport
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Join @GEOSEC2025 for a week-long series of interactive webinars and virtual discussions for the #EarthObservations community. Find the agenda and registration here: bit.ly/3dTNMno #EO4impact
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Official statistics have underpinned success to the SDGs, but citizen-generated data provides crucial insights in #data4dev.
Our latest #Data4SDGs guide shares learnings on producing quality CGD that bolsters traditional statistics sources 👉 bit.ly/CGD-Kenya
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The World Bank's 2021 World Development Report will focus on data & we want YOU to help shape the content.
Join our consultation webinar on Wed, June 3. TWO time slots available to accommodate time zones. Details & info here: bit.ly/3d5XyCu #Data4SDGs
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When we register the birth of a child, complete a customs form, use medical services, we are generating administrative information. Buried in these records is data that improve citizens' education, health, and life chances. - @jslotin on #AdminData4SDGs data4sdgs.org/news/ordinary-…
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#Data4SDGs people - who else is heading to snowy #Davos for #WEF2019? We're hosting a conversation on real-time data for the SDGs, we hope you'll join us!
RSVP here: eventbrite.com/e/real-time-d…
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The #Data4SDGs/@worldbankdata Collaborative Data Innovation Fund supports data production, use, & dissemination projects that create local-level, scalable impact. Deadline to submit your application is next Wednesday, 15 August! data4sdgs.org/news/applicati…
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The @GEOSEC2025 Virtual Symposium 2020 begins tomorrow - register here to join the discussions with the #EarthObservations community: bit.ly/3dTNMno #EO4impact
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👏Thank you to our fantastic moderator @FemiOke, all our speakers, and attendees who joined us for the #PowerOfData launch today! It was a full house @UN in NY🌍
It’s time to unlock the data dividend 💪
Get involved: data4sdgs.org/initiatives/po…
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Great discussions during the #Data4SDGs country partners meeting ahead of #UNDataForum- sharing knowledge, lessons, challenges & successes around admin data, #EO4SDGs, CRVS & more.
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The latest #Data4SDGs newsletter is out now ➡️ bit.ly/3sc3By9
Check out this month's #data4dev jobs bulletin in this 🧵👇
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Such an honor for @Data4SDGS to be named among @OmidyarNetwork's #FutureofData Challenge winners during @sxsw. ⚡️
We're proud to join in fighting for a fair data future with fellow winners @AdaLovelaceInst @thedatasphere @derechosdigital @eticas_tech @OpenEnviroData + more! 📈
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#COVID19 is impacting all aspects of life & the functioning of national statistical systems is no exception.
Join @UNStats @OpenDataWatch and @Data4SDGs TOMORROW at 9AM ET to discuss via Twitter. #CovidDataChat covid-19-response.unstatshub…
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Very excited to be back in Nairobi with our partners for the Africa Regional Data Cube official launch and training workshops. Follow #AfDataCube for news and updates.
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Are you coming to #Data4DevFest? Love #dataviz? Join the #BristolDataDive - we'll be focusing on cities, transportation, & the #SDGs as we play with data, share knowledge, & build solutions for a better future: data4sdgs.org/news/bristol-d…
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We’re looking forward to #UN52SC!
Join our #Data4SDGs events:
➡️2/15 Admin Data Collaborative event w/ @UNStats
➡️2/16 #Data4Now event w/ @UNStats @WorldBank @UNSDSN
➡️2/16 & 2/22 #IDCdata4all events on Covid & using disaggregated data to support marginalized groups
Details👇
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It’s time for #GenerationEquality.
There is no gender equality without data equality.
There can be no data equality without intersectionality - in data collection, analysis, & use.
On #IWD2021 we #ChoosetoChallenge data inequalities.
#IDCdata4all🧵
bit.ly/intersectionalityinda…
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Great session w/ data for good giants @jakeporway @artate @tkb on sustained capacity- discussing how cross-pollination between sectors can up capacity across the board. Every tech company is having a ‘social moment’ while the social sector learns to deliver tech at scale. #SDGs
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In Peru, the application process for newborn nutrition support was reduced from 2 months to 72 hours, and the # of beneficiaries reached in 1st month increased from 36% to 72%.
How? Integrated #CRVS & ID.
@AnaMariaLebada/@IISD_SDGs sdg.iisd.org/news/peru-shows…
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Bob Chen of @ciesin explains POPGRID, which brings together the international community working w/ georeferenced data on population, human settlements and infrastructure: sites.google.com/ciesin.colu… #UNDataForum
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If we cannot ‘see’ vulnerable groups in our data, how can we effectively include them in development plans and give them the attention they deserve? -@NataliaBaal of @JIPS_profiling on the need for statistical capacity building on forced displacement.
bit.ly/2KtXxep
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We're working with @ECA_Official & other partners to strengthen Africa’s data ecosystems in the face of #COVID19. Now more than ever, we need better data to save lives, and we need it fast.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/y9zwwtmf #Data4Africa #Data4Covid19
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.@clairemelamed’s top Qs on partnerships
1. Use — who is it for?
2. Access — who can access it?
3. Capacity — are users equipped?
4. Political buy-in — is there wider support?
5. Governance —frameworks, policies in place?
6. Sustainability — long-term thinking & funding #D4GX
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