The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data on Monday, July 18, announces a new multi-million-dollar funding initiative to support collaborative data innovations for sustainable development. As part of the Collaborative…
Accurate and open data are a catalyst for action. Data gaps limit the ability to harness such impact. Many have their origin in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems that fail to record births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
19/07/2017 – 20/07/2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Organized by the World Bank Group and Bank Negara Malaysia, the symposium with the theme “Challenges and Opportunities for DFIs in a Changing World” is intended to provide an avenue for various stakeholders of DFIs, which include government officials, regulators, DFIs, academia and researchers; to share, learn as well as exchanging of ideas on the global trends, current and future outlook, best practices & regulations, innovations and contemporary issues surrounding the development finance ecosystem…more
18/07/2017, New York, USA
This event will showcase outstanding recent efforts to identify who is being left behind and why; improve data and accountability; and build broader engagement; to implement a universal agenda…more
17/07/2017 – 21/07/2017, Accra, Ghana
Organized by the Government of Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, National Information Technology Agency, Ghana Open Data Initiative, Open Data Institute, Development Gateway, Open Knowledge International, GODAN, and Talk Africa, the 2017 Africa Open Data Conference is set to attract over 600 delegates drawn from all over Africa and the world at large. This auspicious event will push the leadership role of the private sector in supplying, using, and demanding open data; bring together brilliant innovators and visionaries to grow their networks, hone their success, and connect with sources of support; and introduce investors and donors to an expanding sector that seeks and supplies open data to achieve development goals in Africa and across the globe…more
17/07/2017 – 21/07/2017, Lisbon, Portugal
The 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) will be hosted by the University of Lisbon, jointly by the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), the Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Management (CSG) and the Institute for Social Sciences (ICS)…more
16/07/2017 – 21/07/2017, Marrakech, Morocco
Hosted by the International Statistical Institute and Morocco’s High Commission for Planning, the 61st World Statistics Conference will feature a rich scientific program focusing on the latest knowledge and innovation in Statistics. It will also be an excellent opportunity to benefit from additional scientific activities such as satellite meetings and short courses…more
As we approach the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in July, significant attention is being placed on eliminating the gender gap in data, using available data to measure…
14/07/2017, New York, USA Hosted by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, PARIS 21, and UN Statistics Division, this panel discussion will look at the role of data in…
In the first quarter of 2016, while discussions about the data revolution touched on its implications across different sectors and different countries, much of the focus remained on the challenges…