Best-known for its futuristic themes, engaging content, and top-level attendees, Geospatial World Forum will be back in Amsterdam this coming 7-9 April 2020. With the theme ‘Transforming Economies in 5G Era – The Geospatial Way’, the 12th edition of the conference will continue to initiate thought-provoking discussions and advocate for technology innovation and practices in…
With just ten years to go, an ambitious global effort is underway to deliver Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On 08 April, PARIS21 and the OECD are convening a webinar on “Unlocking the SDGs as a shared results framework: from ambition to action” to deep dive in the issue of SDG alignment…
Join PARIS21 and a special convened Task Force to engage and support NSO partners across the globe, with the aim to mitigate the effect of the evolving global crisis on their daily operations, their medium-term activities and their long-term development As COVID-19 continues to spread, National Statistical Offices (NSOs) find themselves facing unprecedented challenges. In…
While the immediate impacts of COVID-19 are already apparent, some have yet to surface, and many of them will have different effects for different genders. Health systems, schools, and entire economies will continue to present gender-differential consequences for months and years to come as a result of this ongoing crisis. By applying a gender lens…
Join Data2X for a conversation with Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, the authors of the recently published Data Feminism. Data Feminism offers strategies for data scientists seeking to learn how feminism can help them work toward justice, and for feminists who want to focus their efforts on the growing field of data science. But…
The purpose of this webinar is to share best practices and success stories in support of national statistical offices to mainstream data disaggregation in their program. Filling gender data gaps and producing more and better disaggregated data presents a unique set of challenges that often falls on national statistical offices, particularly on the gender data…
The COVID-19 outbreak has uncovered pressure points impacting women and girls across an array of key issues including increased cases of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, capacity to earn a living and obtaining financial independence, and reduced access to sexual and reproductive health services. On May 12, 2020, Devex and Facebook are launching a series…
With 10 years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it is essential to understand where people are located, what conditions they are facing, what infrastructure is available and what basic services they can access. New approaches to population data could hold the key to meeting these vital global targets. Gridded population maps distribute data…
As with all activities, data collection by National Statistical Offices (NSO) was disrupted by the quarantine measures undertaken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact was particularly felt in those activities that rely on face-to-face interviews, such as household surveys and censuses. The abruptness of the quarantine measures meant that changes in data…
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2020 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 7 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020, including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 14 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020. The theme will be…
The Programme of the UN World Data Forum is organized around six main thematic areas covering a wide range of topics and developed through an open call for session proposals.The forum is designed to bring together representatives, users, and producers, from various sectors working with data to support the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the…
The 6th edition of IODC will be hosted by the Government of Kenya with support from the OD4D Network, IDRC, and the World Bank. The conference programme will be co-created with the community via an open call for proposals to ensure a diverse agenda of interactive sessions, workshops, and ancillary events. A special focus will…
