Jonathan Glennie reflects on institutional innovation in an interview with the UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority’s Malik Al Madani.
Read MoreTReNDS releases a new report on the return on investment for women and girls when resources are put towards civil registration and vital statistics systems, part of “Why CRVS systems matter for women and girls” from the International Development Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems.
Read MoreTReNDS member Dilek Fraisl works for the Center for Earth Observation and Citizen Science at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), while at the same time pursuing her PhD in Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna.
Read MoreIs real-time data for the SDGs possible in our time? Join TReNDS and the Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data in identifying indicators with the most timely data for sustainable development.
Read MoreThe February 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes a call for contributions for TReNDS’ Contracts for Data Collaboration project, how to derive value from geospatial information, and more.
Read MoreData are the new currency of the glamorous World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. TReNDS Director Jessica Espey reflects on this and other revelations from the 2019 event.
Read MoreSteven Ramage of the Group on Earth Observations reflects on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 and the Blockchain + AI + Human Summit.
Read MoreTReNDS member Virginia Murray is the Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction for Public Health England, as well as a co-chair or member of various disaster risk management committees and research networks.
Read MoreTReNDS, the GovLab at New York University, University of Washington’s Information Risk Research Initiative, and the World Economic Forum are joining forces to create an online library of data sharing agreements.
Read MoreTReNDS member Tom Moultrie is an academic demographer whose recent work has focused on assessing and enhancing the quality of public data - particularly censuses - in developing countries to improve the evidence base for measuring and monitoring progress towards meeting the SDGs.
Read MoreTReNDS member Samantha Custer leads AidData’s efforts to produce rigorous analysis of official finance investments worldwide, conduct performance assessments of the development cooperation activities of governments and international organizations, and more.
Read MoreAt the close of 2018, we look back at successes from the past year and ahead to the adventures of 2019.
Read MoreJonathan Glennie discusses how local data can fill gaps, encourage context-specific policies, and inspire local activism.
Read MoreThe December 2018/January 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter covers big data strategies to address social need, the World Bank Open Data Toolkit, and more.
Read MoreTReNDS member Jonathan Glennie is a writer and researcher on poverty and human rights, looking at the changing nature of development cooperation as global paradigms and relationships evolve.
Read MoreA recap of TReNDS’ activities at the UN World Data Forum 2018 and its own biannual meeting.
Read MoreTReNDS signs memorandum of understanding with the UAE’s Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority during the UN World Data Forum 2018.
Read MoreLocal Data Action grantee project SDG in Action hosted a workshop in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on October 8.
Read MoreFor the 2018-2019 LDA-SI microgrant program, the City of Los Angeles is partnering with local academic institutions to strategically incorporate the SDGs into its plans, projects, partnerships, and budgets
Read MoreAt Data Day 2018, TReNDS shed light on the gap between local and national SDG monitoring efforts.
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