1. Connecting to the Global Data Ecosystem
UN Innovation Lab
Connecting to the Global Data Ecosystem
Jenna Slotin
Senior Director for Policy and Strategy
January 2017 1

2. The Global Partnership has nearly 200 Data Champions

3. 3 Core Goals
Keeping data high on the political agenda and encouraging support for investments and innovations in data production and use.
Supporting multi-stakeholder collaboration to align demand and supply at the country and sector level, bringing the collective skills and resources of our partners to bear on critical issues where better data can improve people’s lives, and encouraging collaboration across sectors and regions.
Build trust by developing both norms and practical tools for collaboration and innovation that cut across sectoral, institutional and professional boundaries, creating a more robust data ecosystem for all.

4. Collaboration – How? Country engagement Online collaboration
Collaboratives

5. Data Roadmaps for Sustainable Development
Support countries at national and sub-national levels to develop and implement whole of government and multi-stakeholder data roadmaps for harnessing the data revolution for sustainable development, with particular emphasis on the SDGs and local priorities articulated in national plans.

6. What are Data Roadmaps in the context of the data revolution for sustainable development?
It’s an action plan or a process with short and long-term goals for addressing specific data needs and priorities in regards to SDG implementation.
A data roadmap is ideally developed by governments at local, subnational or national levels according to local context and priorities:
Multi-stakeholder involvement
Situation assessment and understanding what’s going on; what other planning documents are in place?
Priority Mapping
Data/technology gaps assessment
Requirements analysis
Commitments to Action
A data roadmap is part of an iterative and adaptive planning process.

7. Country Led Approaches
The Data Roadmaps for Sustainable Development approach is iterative, based on experiences and implementation models from partner countries
Colombia
Tanzania
Philippines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
USA
Kenya
SDG Goals and Targets
National Plans and Priorities
Localized Framework

8. Data for Action
Official Data for Planning and Monitoring
Geospatial Data
Citizen Generated Data
Privately Held Data
Open Data
More informed and data driven decision making
The last point I want to make is that the data roadmaps focus on both data for monitoring and data for action, and aim to bring together different stakeholders and data sources to address both elements.
Fill data gaps more efficiently, frequently and cost effectively
Real-time, dynamic, disaggregated data
Official and non-official data
Use innovative approaches and range of stakeholder to solve problems

9. A Toolbox to Support Subnational and National Stakeholders
Multi-stakeholder
Situation Assessment
Priority Mapping
Gaps Assessment
Requirements Analysis
Governance and Leadership
Capacity and Resources
Principles and Standards
Technology, Innovation and Analysis
Roadmap Development Process
Operational Considerations
Many processes are already in place.
Tools and methods have been developed or are being developed.
A data roadmap process acknowledges good practice, lessons learned, and tools applied from peers to inform its development.
So how does a toolbox fit within the roadmap development process and the operational factors it needs to consider? A toolbox is meant to support subnational and national stakeholders by taking into account process already underway and tools that have already been developed and brings them together in one place.
The Toolbox brings together these processes, tools and methods into separate modules that are contributed by different actors or groups of actors. Users can mix and match the modules drawing on the parts that are most useful for their needs.

10. Online Collaboration
Empowering you to connect with partners, share resources and find solutions for your sustainable development data needs.

11. Partners 110+ partner pages included in the marketplace
Across all sectors
Include key areas of expertise relevant to the SDGs
Where work is being conducted
Products and services
Collaboration needs 11

12. Resources 60+ resources available in the marketplace Open data
Data gaps assessment
Platforms
Methodologies
Big data
Citizen Generated Data
Data literacy
Case studies
Standards
Data science 12

13. Data Collaboratives
A data collaborative is: Last year: Mapped data collaboratives to understand what’s out there, experience and common challenges This year: Focus on a few sectors or themes where a substantial number of partners have an interest and there is a clear rationale to engage and agreement among other stakeholders that the GPSDD can bring something new

14. Thank you