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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
30/03/2017 – 31/03/2017, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The International Conference on Official Statistics; Challenges, Opportunities and Future directions (ICOS2017) is a joint initiative by the School of Economics and Business of the University of Sarajevo and the Institute for Statistics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina that aims to bring together academics, practitioners and data users to present their research, share their best practices, and discuss avenues for development of official statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and globally…more
29/03/2017 – 31/03/2017, Bangkok, Thailand
Hosted by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), governments and other stakeholders will convene at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD 2017) on the theme of “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing Asia-Pacific.” As an inclusive regional intergovernmental forum, APFSD 2017 will engage member States, United Nations and other institutions, and major groups and other stakeholders in dialogue on (1) Regional perspectives on the implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including in depth review of the theme and SDGs: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9 and 14 and 17, the cluster of goals to be discussed by the High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) in 2017; and (2) Strengthening implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific, including the consideration of a draft regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, with a view to strengthening implementation efforts…more
28/03/2017 – 31/03/2017, Ottawa, Canada
Hosted by Statistics Canada, the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) meeting will follow the same format as the 4th IAEG-SDG meeting, with a Members meeting taking place during the first two days and a Plenary Session taking place during the second two days. During the plenary session, all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders are invited to attend…more