The purpose of data is to inform and catalyze action. The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) assesses the coverage and openness of official statistics in 125 countries and 20 data categories. The ODIN scores allow for a multitude of applications that can generate insights in many topical and regional areas of interest.
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24/04/2017, Washington, D.C., USA
Hosted by AidData and Development Gateway, this event discusses the findings and the implications of the report, Avoiding Data Graveyards: Insights from Data Producers and Users in Three Countries. This event will also have a panel discussion with leaders that fund, produce, promote, and use development data in their work. Together, we’ll look for ways to avoid data graveyards and ensure that calls for a data revolution have a greater likelihood of improving people’s lives…more
24/04/2017 – 28/04/2017, Rome, Italy
The 156th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be held in Rome, Italy, from April 24 to April 27, 2017…more
The recently released 2015 Open Data Inventory (ODIN) assessed the openness and coverage of official statistics for 125 countries in 20 data categories. Only 7% of the categories got full points for data coverage, and no category in any country got full points for data openness. But there are ways National Statistical Offices (NSOs) can readily improve this.
“Making Data Portals work for SDGs: A view on deployment, design and technology,” finds that while there have been many good intentions to make these portals available to countries, when…
05/04/2017 – 06/04/2017, Accra, Ghana
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the SDGs Implementation Coordination Committee and with support from the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and UNDP, and with guidance from the UN Data Group, hosted a National Data Roadmap Forum. The aim was to determine how to move forward regarding the production of and access to relevant user-friendly data, as well as to enable the achievement and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Forum marked the beginning of Ghana’s data roadmap process which will run in parallel over the lifetime of the SDGs…more
04/04/2017 – 05/04/2017, Paris, France
PARIS21 is pleased to announce our 2017 Annual Meetings: Revisiting Capacity Building to deliver on the SDGs. This year’s meetings will take place 5–6 April 2017* at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France…more