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Tag Archives: Policy Advice Blog

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Mexico Expands Data Use with Improved Governance and User Engagement

BlogBy Open Data Watch and TReNDS21 March 2023

This case study looks at how laws granting autonomy to the statistical office have helped significantly advance data use in Mexico through better management and active engagement with data users.

UK Identifies User Needs to Improve Data Use

BlogBy Open Data Watch and TReNDS16 February 2023

This case study looks at how data use of official statistics in the U.K. is promoted through a steadfast commitment to meeting users’ needs based on analysis of data use demands, data literacy training, and engagment with dedicated user and expert groups.

Farewell to ODW’s Visiting Statistician

BlogBy Open Data Watch1 February 2023

ODW’s first Visiting Statistician, Luis Gonzalez Morales, reflects on his sabbatical experience while at Open Data Watch and as he returns to the UN Statistics Division.

Philippines Centralizes Data Governance to Improve Data Use

BlogBy Open Data Watch and TReNDS25 January 2023

This case study looks at how the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) successfully centralized the data governance of major national statistical agencies to ensure that datasets are better tuned to user needs and can be efficiently used for policy and planning purposes.

Open Data Watch – Our Story in 2022

BlogBy Open Data Watch21 December 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, Open Data Watch (ODW) reflects on what has been achieved and what is left to be done to support open data for development, better data governance, fewer data gaps, and more impactful data use to improve people’s lives.worldwide — all eight billion of them.

Sharp Decline in Gender Data Funding Puts SDG 5 at Risk

BlogBy Open Data Watch and Data2x10 December 2022

Funding for gender data decreased by 55% in 2020 — nearly three times the drop in funding to data and statistics overall. But a four-part strategy to support data for SDG 5 could reverse this trend.

Colombia’s DANE Adopts Inclusive Data Approach

BlogBy Open Data Watch and TReNDS6 December 2022

This case study looks at how Colombia’s National Statistics Office (DANE) captures several new data dimensions to improve the visibility of minority groups in national statistics through inclusive, disaggregated data.

Meet ODW’s Visiting Statistician

BlogBy Open Data Watch29 September 2022

Open Data Watch is pleased to welcome our first Visiting Statistician, Luis Gonzalez Morales, who joins us from the United Nations Statistics Division.

Report: Overcoming Data Graveyards in Official Statistics

BlogBy Open Data Watch16 September 2022

Billions of gigabytes of data are produced daily, but valuable data often pass into “data graveyards” — lost when most needed for evidence-informed decisions on pandemics, climate change, and energy and food insecurity. This report finds best practices to improve data use and impact.

Open Data Roundtable Assesses Recent Progress and Future Risks for NSOs

BlogBy Open Data Watch13 July 2022

The push for Open Data has made phenomenal progress in the last five years, but are there risks ahead for National Statistical Offices, data users and partner groups?

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