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Summary:

"7 November 2017: The UN World Data Forum called for proposals around the six thematic areas of its second meeting, including on the use of non-traditional sources of data, and increasing data literacy among the general public. Meanwhile, the UN and partners have held several meetings that addressed open data principles and practices, and considered the need to balance privacy and security concerns with openness. The Second UN World Data Forum will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), from 22-24 October 2018, hosted by the UAE’s Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority. The WDF is organized around six themes: supporting broad data ecosystems in countries; bringing data sources together and creating an enabling environment for the integration of and use of non-traditional data sources; generating and leveraging data and statistics to ensure visibility and voice for everyone; making data and statistics relevant and usable for all, increasing data and statistical literacy and data communication, and strengthening the use of data in journalism; applying data principles and governance to new and existing data sources and implementing open data principles and practices; and implementing the Cape Town Global Action Plan that came out of the First UN World Data Forum, held in South Africa in January 2017. Session proposals relevant to these themes may be submitted by the end of January 2018."

Link:

http://sdg.iisd.org/news/un-and-partners-prepare-for-second-world-data-forum-promote-open-data/

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Date tagged:

11/11/2017, 14:46

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11/11/2017, 09:46