The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

🌱🩺 Over the past decade, our work at the intersection of climate and health has evolved from crisis response to operational early warning and continent-wide capacity building.

Take a look at some of our collaborative achievements so far: buff.ly/ujFNyYs

🎬 Ghana’s Vice President on why data matters for real decisions and why the 2026 global gathering in Nairobi is the moment to act 👇

This video from our recent pre-Global Data Festival meeting in Accra.

Learn more about the upcoming festival: www.data4sdgs.org/global-data-...

🎉 Meet our #DataValues Advocate, Lydia Furaha Hesketh.

Lydia is a community builder, design coach, and facilitator whose work is grounded in the realities of grassroots change.

✨ Find out more and meet our other advocates here buff.ly/DbyJnlv

🤖 From using machine learning to predict crop yields in Senegal to building multi-stakeholder coalitions around the UN’s Global Digital Compact, we are charting pathways for responsible uses of AI technology 👩‍💻

Take a look at some of our highlights 🔗 buff.ly/FPb7Kob

🎉 Meet Avani Airan, a 2025 #DataValues Advocate.

Avani works at the intersection of policy, research, and community collaboration to develop models of data governance that reflect the needs of people it affects.

✨ Find out more and meet our other advocates here buff.ly/DbyJnlv

🎉 Over the past 10 years, our network has grown to nearly 800 partners. Together we've strengthened data systems in 58 countries, trained 2,400 data professionals, and helped over 300 organizations improve their capacities and skills.

Stay tuned for more highlights, and learn more: buff.ly/aZD0qgl

🎉 Meet our #DataValues Advocate, Riana Bucceri.

Riana, a data professional at the Open Government Partnership, is driven by a passion to use data to foster participation, transparency, accountability, and inclusion.

✨ Find out more and meet our other advocates here buff.ly/DbyJnlv

📐 Data isn't just for measuring development, it's a foundation for progress. 🧱

As we continue to celebrate 10 years of the Global Partnership, take a moment to read this blog by Jenna on how we help transform political will to real-world impact, and what comes next 🚀

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🌾 🛰️ From using satellite data to predict crop yields, to demystifying international frameworks for better coordination.

🥣 Better data is giving national and global actors the insights needed for more effective and targeted policies to tackle food insecurity.

Read more at buff.ly/TwWVT90

Last week, our #Data4SDGs Board of Directors gathered in New York. This year's meeting was a chance to reflect on the incredible growth and impact achieved over the past decade, and chart the path for the next era of the Global Partnership.

Highlights from our decade of impact 👉 buff.ly/7XEub9q

🚀 The Global Partnership was officially launched 10 years ago, at the UN General Assembly in September 2015.

🥳 This week, we're celebrating a decade of the Global Partnership, a decade of data partnerships, a decade of impact!

Learn more about our work at buff.ly/aZD0qgl

🚀 Secure political leadership 🤝 Collaborate where data meets decisions 💡 Crowdsource expertise and evidence.

These three priorities have shaped what the Global Partnership has become over the past 10 years, and remain central to our approach into the future!

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The 2025 UN General Assembly High-Level Week officially opens today.

Stepping into the role of interim CEO, Jenna Slotin is joining several events focused on making sure the future of data and technology is fair, inclusive, and well-governed.

Read more: buff.ly/dtRU8FM

🎉 Meet Lydia Furaha Hesketh, a 2025 #DataValues Advocate.

Based in Kilifi County, Kenya, Furaha is a community builder, design coach, and facilitator whose work is grounded in the realities of grassroots change.

🔗 Find out more and meet our other advocates here buff.ly/DbyJnlv

Last week, we joined partners in Colombia to spotlight how inclusive data and responsible AI can drive better decisions for people and the planet to celebrate South-South Cooperation Day.

Read the recap: www.data4sdgs.org/news/colombi...

#InclusiveData #SouthSouthCooperation #AI #Data4South

This week, we say farewell to Claire Melamed, our visionary CEO of nearly a decade.

In her latest blog, she reflects on the defining decisions that got us here, and her aspirations for the future of data for development.

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Data is more than just numbers or visually appealing graphics; it should paint a true picture of our experiences. No group, no matter how small, should be overlooked in data intended to inform policy.

Read the Significance Magazine article about the power of citizen data at: buff.ly/5kqfMkX

🎉 Meet Mirado Rafenomahenintsoa, one of our 2025 #DataValues Advocates.

Mirado is a Senior Analytics Engineer, lecturer, and founder of Databridge Madagascar, an initiative dedicated to bridging the data skills gap.

Find out more and meet our other advocates here buff.ly/DbyJnlv

"Which number should I give my president?” Food security data remains a fragmented puzzle, leaving statisticians struggling to come up with clear numbers in a maze of competing indicators and datasets.

Read more in the new article for Significance Magazine: buff.ly/EKz2GK6

🌐How can we build a fairer digital future — one that puts people and communities at the center of the data economy?

🤝 Join us in New York on September 16th during UN Week to find out.

🔗 Spaces are limited, save your seat now: buff.ly/wJZ4eJl

📢 The new #Data4SDGs newsletter is out!

Get to know our new #DataValues Advocates, explore highlights from our recent events in Ghana, and more! 🤩

Visit the archive to read more, and sign up to get these updates direct to your inbox 📥
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🚀 This year, we're excited to be scaling our #DataValues Advocates program!

The 2025 cohort of young changemakers from across the globe brings together grassroots activists and institutional advocates.

Find out more and get to know them 👇
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Experts Advocate Citizen-Driven Data to Strengthen Policies Against FGM | The High Street Journal Victor Boateng Owusu, Senior Statistician and Statistical Data Literacy Advocate, is urging government and development partners to harness citizen-generated

"Through CGD, local communities generate timely, culturally informed, and localized data, giving policymakers the insights needed to design targeted programs, strengthen law enforcement, and allocate resources efficiently" Victor Boateng Owusu of Ghana Statistical Service. More: buff.ly/gooIPlT

👩‍💻 In Ghana, a commitment to inclusive data is helping to guide more equitable policymaking.

During the recent MIDN peer exchange between Ghana, Colombia, and Kenya, Ghana shared insights from its experience in leveraging data science and citizen data.

Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/4MvKS5k

#Data4South

Meet our 2025 #DataValues Advocates! 🌟

📍 Located in Zimbabwe, Mexico, Kenya, Madagascar, India, and the USA, they're leading local initiatives to promote a fairer data future for all.

Learn more about their journey 🔗 www.data4sdgs.org/blog/data-va...

From learners to changemakers: How CAN is growing a continent-wide data movement What comes to mind when you hear “Africa Climate and Health Data Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) - Data Science for Climate and Health Training”? A long, dry seminar full of jargon and rote…

Data training that delivers change—not just a certificate.

250+ learners joined the 13-week CAN training. And beyond the new technical skills they gained, they also learned to think critically about how data is gathered and used, and how to engage with decision-makers.

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Ghana charts bold path on data, innovation and South-South collaboration ahead of the 2026 Global Data Festival Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

🤩 Accra set the tone for Nairobi 2026!

At our Pre-Global Data Festival event this week, leaders from government, international institutions, civil society, academia, and private sector gathered to discuss the future of data-driven governance across Africa and beyond.

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🌱 Why focus on climate and health data?

Adam Oxford from OpenUp, who partnered with us to deliver the Capacity Accelerator Network training explains the challenges, commitment, and impact of CAN’s training program in this new video.

Learn more about CAN and how to participate: buff.ly/hSu6cnW.

Make Inclusive Data the Norm peer learning exchange Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

📸 Today, in Accra | Make Inclusive Data the Norm (MIDN) peer learning exchange between Colombia, Ghana, and Kenya.

🤝 Government, civil society, and partners from the three countries compared progress on the MIDN initiative.

More details and link to the recording here ➡️

Pre Global Data Festival: Ghana high level meeting Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

📺 Watch LIVE ▶️ Pre Global Data Festival: Ghana high-level meeting — live today in Accra!

Ghana is bringing leaders together to turn data into action for policy, innovation, and South-South collaboration.

📆 26 August
🕘 9:00 am to 1:00 pm GMT

Details and link to livestream: