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Check out our latest Quarterly Update (Q1 2025) to explore the projects we’ve been working on at Data-Pop Alliance over the past few months, along with our most recent news and highlights, including: At RightsCon 2025 in Taiwan, we led...

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Karachi, Pakistan — From December 9th to December 13th, 2024, Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) facilitated the Gender Data Training for Inclusive and Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan in collaboration with UN Women Pakistan. This initiative aimed to equip government and...

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Check out our latest Quarterly Update (Q2 2024) to explore the projects we’ve been working on at Data-Pop Alliance over the past few months, with events and initiatives such as: DPA at the UN World Data Forum 2024 #Commit2Data Pledge...

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From November 12 to 16, Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) proudly participated in the UN World Data Forum 2024 in Medellín, Colombia. Our Managing Director, Natalie Grover, and Co-Founder, Emmanuel Letouzé, represented DPA, joining global leaders and data experts to explore transformative...

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Check out our latest Quarterly Update (Q3 2024) to discover recent news, impactful projects, and latest publications, including: OPAL for Humanitarian Action (OPAL4HA) Equatorial Guinea’s 2024 Voluntary National Review DPA’s Latest Annual Report Discussion Piece: “Unveiling Local Realities Through Data:...

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Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is proud to announce a new $350,000 USD grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to accelerate the development of OPAL for Humanitarian Action (OPAL4HA) to improve response to flooding in Senegal and beyond. This is...

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New York — On September 17 and 23, 2024, Emmanuel Letouzé, Director of Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), participated in two events during the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79). The discussions focused on the CLIMB Project and the future of AI, alongside prominent...

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Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is pleased to announce Nicolas de Cordes as our new Director of Operations and Marketing. Nicolas brings extensive experience in leveraging data for development and driving positive social impact. With deep expertise in the telecom industry, data...

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The world of 2024 should be much safer, fairer, more empathetic, sustainable, and hospitable than it currently is. AI’s contribution to this vision should also be much more positive than the trajectory we see today. Anger and frustration can either...

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Check out our latest Quarterly Update (Q2 2024) to explore the projects we’ve been working on at Data-Pop Alliance over the past few months, with initiatives such as: Ghana’s National Data Strategy (Validation Workshop) ‘Counting Feminicide with Catherine D’Ignazio’ (Book...

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Barcelona recently hosted the CHANGE Annual Summit (June 10-12), an event that gathered representatives from various municipalities around the world dedicated to advancing gender equity in urban settings. Among the attendees were Emmanuel Letouzé, DPA Director and Co-Founder, Anna Spinardi,...

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“I hope that this strategy and its inclusive development modalities can serve as models for other countries in the region and beyond, to fully leverage the power of data as a ‘New Oxygen’ and catalyst for socio-economic transformation towards the...

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Talla Ndiaye, Director of DPA’s Just Digital Transformations Program, recently attended the “High Level Forum on Artificial Intelligence: A Lever for Development in Africa“. This innovative and timely event, held from June 3-5, 2024 in Rabat, Morocco, was organized by...

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On May 8th, 2024, DPA Managing Director Natalie Grover spoke at the ninth Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) at the UN Headquarters in New York. In an effort to harness...

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“Country policies on data need to be aligned with regional and continental policies. It’s a joint effort – I cannot stress that enough.” Talla Ndiaye, speaking at CAS 2024 ​ Tweet Data-Pop Alliance’s (DPA) Just Digital Transformations Program Director Talla...

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DPA’s Geographies of Inequalities Program Lead Agustina Perez (picture below) attended a regional workshop in Dakar, Senegal, from April 23rd to 25th, 2024. Hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) Inclusive Growth team, the...

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Check out our latest Quarterly Update (Q1 2024) to explore the projects we’ve been working on at Data-Pop Alliance over the past few months, with initiatives such as: OPAL for Humanitarian Action (O4HA) ‘Technology Through Feminist Lenses’ Book and Movie...

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The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation (MoCD) through the Data Protection Commission – Ghana is developing Ghana’s National Data Strategy with financial assistance and support from the Data Economy Program at GIZ, technical assistance from Smart Africa, and technical support...

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Colegas de DPA participan en evento de IA del Tec de Monterrey

On Monday, January 15, 2024, Data-Pop Alliance’s (DPA) Director Emmanuel Letouzé participated in a panel discussion titled, “AI for Humanitarian and Development Applications” at AI House Davos during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland....
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DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé Participates in AI Panel at AI House Davos

On Monday, January 15, 2024, Data-Pop Alliance’s (DPA) Director Emmanuel Letouzé participated in a panel discussion titled, “AI for Humanitarian and Development Applications” at AI House Davos during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland....
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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Provides a $400,000 Grant to Data-Pop Alliance​

We at Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) are happy and honored to announce the continuation of our partnership with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) through a $400,000 grant. Over the next twelve months, this continued support from PJMF (following a $300,000...

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Download the “Overview and Outlook 2022-2024” Report 10 Year Anniversary Edition Finding appropriate metrics to summarize a decade of work by and at Data-Pop Alliance is not easy. It could be the number of projects completed (over 100), of our...

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On July 29th, DPA Just Digital Transformations Director Talla Ndiaye and Resilient Livelihoods and Ecosystems Director Nigora Isamiddinova presented our project, OPAL for Humanitarian Action, at the World Food Program (WFP) Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator Pitch Event in Luxembourg. This event,...

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DPA Research Director of Data Science Zinnya del Villar gave a presentation titled, “The Racial Justice Data Project: Pursuing Racial Justice through Data in Europe and Latin America”, on July 7th at RightsCon Costa Rica. Zinnya’s travel and participation in...

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Read our most recent Quarterly Update (Q1:2023) to learn more about the work we have done during the past few months at Data-Pop Alliance. In it, we feature many recent news and projects, including: Updates on our latest exciting partnerships...

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SDSN and their Mission The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is a global network of experts and organizations that aims to promote sustainable development solutions to work towards meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established in 2012 by the...

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DPA tiene 2 vacantes para estudiantes en Comunicación y UX-UI para el 1o semestre de 2023, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta...

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DPA tiene 2 vacantes para estudiantes en ciencias sociales, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”, para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta en...

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DPA tiene 1 vacante para estudiantes en Comunicación para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta en el estudiante una conciencia de solidaridad con...

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DPA tiene 1 vacante para estudiantes en ciencias computacionales / programación, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”, para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y...

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We at Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) are pleased to announce our partnership with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF). PJMF has awarded DPA’s Data Feminism Program a twelve-month, $300,000 grant to support our work advancing intersectional, data-driven research, training and advocacy...

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ADE and Data-Pop Alliance have joined forces to create WIND-MEAL (Whole-of-Institution Data-enabled Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning), a portfolio of tools and services aimed at changing the M&E paradigm and practices of institutions and organizations. Despite improvements over the last...

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Presentación Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), con el apoyo y patrocinio de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) a través del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, (CFSCZ), ha creado el taller en...

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Read our most recent Quarterly Update (Q4 – 2022) to learn more about the work we have done during the past few months at Data-Pop Alliance. In it, we feature many recent news and projects, including: A revamped Geographies section...

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DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé and Data Scientists Yasmine Hamdar and Enrique Bonilla attended the HumMingBird Project’s expert workshop titled, “Making the Most of Mobile Phone Data to Map Migration”, held on November 17th and 18th in Istanbul, Turkey. HumMingBird, whose...

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Read our most recent Quarterly Update (Q3 – 2022) to learn more about the work we have done during the past few months at Data-Pop Alliance. In it, we feature many recent news and projects, including: The launch of our...

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English and French versions available. Representatives from NCS, NIS, UNDP-Tunisia and DPA DPA contributed to the technical support provided by the United Nations System in Tunisia to the National Council for Statistics, National Institute of Statistics and Ministry of Economy...

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Links We Like has reached its 40th edition! To celebrate this milestone, we have complied all 40 editions into a downloadable PDF publication. We are proud of the hard work that has gone into creating this valuable resource, which is...

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Presentación Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), con el apoyo y patrocinio de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) a través del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, (CFSCZ), ha creado el taller en...

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Read our most recent Quarterly Update (Q2 – 2022) to learn more about the work we have done during the past few months at Data-Pop Alliance. In it, we feature many recent projects, including: Our “Overview and Outlook 2021-2013” (Annual...

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DPA Computational Social Scientist Yasmine Hamdar spoke at the regional workshop on “Using Technology to Prevent and Combat Corruption”, organized by UNDP. The in-person conference took place in Amman, Jordan on the 15th and 16th of June and was attended...

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PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce its partnership with The African Futures Action Lab. Together, we will co-develop a “Global Racial Inequality Dashboard” that will provide a transcontinental view of racial inequality and injustice through the collection of...

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Presentación Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), con el apoyo y patrocinio de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) a través del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, (CFSCZ), ha creado el taller en...

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DPA's 2021-2023 "Overview and Outlook" (Annual Report) is now available for download....
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DPA's Director Emmanuel Letouzé participated the SDG Learncast, produced by UN:SDG Learn....
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Data Day(s) es un evento organizado por Software Guru que se ha realizado exitosamente de forma presencial desde 2015 hasta 2019, y de forma virtual desde el 2020. El evento reúne a todo tipo de participantes involucrados en el análisis,...

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El pasado 24 de Febrero, Data-Pop Alliance, con el apoyo del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (una rama regional de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) tuvo el...

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Presentación Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), con el apoyo y patrocinio de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID ) a través del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, (CFSCZ), ha creado el taller...

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DPA's Mateo Rojas and Anna Spinardi gave a lecture on Intersectional Feminist Data at U.C. Berkeley....
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Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva as our new Chief Economist....