WHAT
Mobilizing Data-Driven Partnerships: The Potential for Evidence-Informed Policymaking Across Africa
WHERE
Online
WHEN
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
About the Event
Side Event for the Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
The past several years have brought forth a series of unprecedented crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to ongoing climate change challenges. These crises have been especially acute across the African region, resulting in the compounded impacts of increased floods, droughts, economic slowdowns, and decreasing food security among populations across the continent. As such, fostering greater evidence and data-informed decision-making to respond to these crises is more critical than ever before. Effective use of data can help governments create legitimacy, build trust, and improve efficiency, effectiveness and transparency, overall enabling better policies for citizens.
Against this backdrop, during this year’s ninth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (SDSN TReNDS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will host a side event that showcases innovative multi-stakeholder data partnerships across countries in Africa, including Rwanda and Ghana, that have used new data sources and approaches to advance evidence-informed policymaking for sustainable development within local communities as well as led to more responsive government institutions and citizen awareness. Panelists will discuss their successes and challenges in developing multi-stakeholder data partnerships, as well as best practices and pathways forward for accelerating data-driven decision-making in Africa and ultimately contributing to the achievement of Agendas 2030 and 2063. Insights from the session will also inform a “data for policy playbook” that is being developed by the UNDP and GIZ to highlight use cases, methodologies and best practices for evidence-informed policymaking worldwide.
Speakers:
Alyson Marks, Head of Communications and Partnerships, SDSN TReNDS (Moderator)
Gayan Peiris, Head of Data and Technology, UN Development Programme
Sarah Weller, Senior Outreach Manager, International Coastal Cleanup
Angelique Kabeza, Executive Secretary, Rwanda Civil Society Platform
Geeti Patwal, Junior Advisor, GIZ (Discussant)
Charles Ogolla, Statistician, Intergovernmental Authority on Development