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Enrique Bonilla has worked as a data scientist for 7 years, including over a year with Data-Pop Alliance. He was recently interviewed by Dr Martine J Barons of Warwick University about the rewards and challenges of his career and factors...

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The 2021 Geo for Good Summit, hosted by Google Earth Outreach, will take place from November 16-19th. This virtual conference brings together non-profits, scientists, and government officials to discuss the ability of mapping tools and technology to create positive impacts...

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DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé delivered the keynote address at the virtual event Milwaukee Data Day on October 20, hosted by Data You Can Use, titled “Data as a Language, Lens and Lever for Social Change”. His address, building on the work...

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Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce Professor Fouad Mrad as our new Director for the MENA Region. In this role, he will lead the team’s efforts to harness data and technologies in support of the effective and adequate implementation of...

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Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce that our director Emmanuel Letouzé will be the keynote and first international speaker in the 7th edition of the Data Day to be held on October 20, 2021. This virtual event is hosted by...

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Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is pleased to announce the publication of the Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) for Liberia. This project and report was commissioned by UN Women Liberia, the African Development Bank, the European Union, and the government of Sweden....

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During the last decade the importance of digital data has risen immensely due to its many applications and potential to be a tool for addressing the world’s most pressing issues ethically and efficiently. To understand this scenario and the different...

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The Technology We Need seeks to put women at the front of problem-solving at the local level around the world. A cohort of international organizations, of which Data-Pop Alliance is a proud member, is supporting this initiative which this month...

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Join DPA at RightsCon 2021 to Talk About Violence against Women and Feminicide in Latin America and the Caribbean

This year, RightsCon 2021, will take place online from Monday, June 7 to Friday, June 11, spanning multiple time zones and offering a robust program of over 400 sessions, including both live and asynchronous content. As the world’s leading summit...

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Download “Overview and Outlook 2021 – 2023” 2020 Overview Even for the most optimistic, any hopes that 2021 and the first half of 2022 would constitute a decisive upward inflection from recent and old trends should, by now, unfortunately have...

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Desde su inicio en 2016, Data Day(s) ha sido un evento que reúne a expertos en la gestión y análisis de datos a gran escala para compartir de sus experiencias y conocimientos con otros. Cada año, la agenda del evento...

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Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is glad to share the main outputs of a year-long collaboration with four UNDP Country Offices in sub-Saharan Africa in the form of four reports titled Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 in Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, South Sudan...

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A Data-Pop Alliance e a rede Unidas têm o prazer de extender o convite para o workshop Políticas Públicas Inteligentes: O Uso de Dados no Enfrentamento da Violência contra as Mulheres. Durante este espaço apresentaremos o projeto que estamos realizando...

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Data-Pop Alliance y la red Unidas se complacen en extender la invitación del taller: Capacidades Multidimensionales de Registrar y Reportar Violencia Doméstica contra la Mujer. Durante este espacio presentaremos el proyecto que hemos estado realizando en Bogotá a lo largo...

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Digital technology and data insights are essential to fight COVID-19, but they should be applied in ways that reflect and promote equity, efficiency, and sustainability. The COVID-19 pandemic has become an unprecedented global health crisis in 2020 – and it...

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https://vimeo.com/483595387 The GIZ Data Lab and GIZ Mexico partnered our team at Data-Pop Alliance, the government and civil society to use various sources of traditional and non-traditional data in order to identify high-risk areas of domestic violence against women and...

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Director and Co-Founder of Data-Pop Alliance, Emmanuel Letouzé, was the guest on the 413th episode of the Super Data Science Podcast, titled “Changing the World With Data”. The podcast is hosted by Kirill Eremeko, a Data Science coach and lifestyle...

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NUEVA ALIANZA Data-Pop Alliance se complace en anunciar su nueva alianza con la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), la cual tiene el objetivo de apoyar la inclusión de fuentes de Big Data en proyectos de Desarrollo...

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PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce its partnership with GIZ Data Lab, signed in June 2020, as well as the partnership with the Unidas network, signed in August 2020. Both partnerships emerge from the need to understand more...

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Read our most recent Quarterly Update (QU3, 2020) to learn more about the work we have been developing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including: The COVID-19 socio-economic impact assessments we’re developing in four African countries: Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Togo...

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DPA at the International Policy Workshop for the World Development Report 2021

On June 9–10, 2020, our Director Emmanuel Letouzé will participate in the International Policy Workshop titled “Data for Better Lives: Enablers and Safeguards”, organized by the World Bank and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The...

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CEGA + World Bank’s DIME Present the 6th Annual Measuring Development Conference

On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020, the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) will partner with the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group and Innovations in Big Data Analytics to host the 6th annual “Measuring Development” Conference in Washington, D.C....

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Big Data Paris 2020: A Gathering of Innovation / Big Data Paris 2020 : Un Rendez-Vous d’Innovation

[ENGLISH VERSION] Important Update: Originally scheduled for March 9–10, the event has been rescheduled to May 27–28 due to precautions related to the coronavirus outbreak. Radical innovations, breakthrough technologies, 360° creativity—Big Data Paris 2020 promises to be bigger than ever....

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Seminar on “Household Surveys in the Changing Data Landscape: Challenges, Opportunities and an Agenda for the Future”

As the data ecosystem continues to evolve, the role of traditional household surveys is being re-examined. Are household surveys still relevant in this shifting landscape? If so, what new roles can they play beyond the value they already provide? How...

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Paper “Sharing is Caring: Four Key Requirements for Sustainable Private Data Sharing and Use for Public Good”

How can data be used for the benefit of society without violating privacy? A paper by Data-Pop Alliance and Vodafone Institute describes four requirements....

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Taller “Big data, desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático” en Bogotá

Se abordarán términos claves, herramientas necesarias y desafíos en el panorama de Big Data y desarrollo sostenible, centrándose en la aplicabilidad de estas fuentes de información en proyectos relacionados con la adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático. Este taller presencial...

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II Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Artificial Alicante 2019

Este II Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Artificial estará articulado en torno a charlas magistrales y paneles de discusión en los que intervendrán expertos en tecnología de diversos sectores empresariales y representantes de instituciones como la Comisión Europea o Naciones Unidas...

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Festival TOTVS de impacto social 2019

Totvs labs, área de inovação Totvs, organizou o Festival Totvs de impacto social 2019 para os funcionários da empresa. Será realizado em São Paulo, de 4 a 8 de novembro. *Silvia Rodrigues, Project officer para Data-Pop Alliance, participará da mesa...

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Upcoming Workshop: Web Data Collection and Analysis for IBGE Staff in Rio

From November 25–27, Data-Pop Alliance will lead a hands-on workshop on “Web Data Collection and Analysis: Web Scraping and API Interaction” at the offices of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This three-day...

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Innovations in Data Collection: DPA to Join IUSSP Expert Group Meeting

In recent years, data collection and analysis have undergone rapid transformation. While attention often focuses on Big Data sources—such as social media, credit card transactions, and mobile records—significant innovation has also taken place in more traditional, structured approaches, particularly through...

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Save the Date: AI Latin America SumMIT

The Artificial Intelligence Latin America SumMIT brings together leaders from government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector across Latin America and the Caribbean to explore the opportunities and challenges their countries face as they advance in adopting AI technologies. The...

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Join the Regional Forum on AI and the 2030 Agenda, Featuring DPA’s Director

The upcoming Regional Forum on Artificial Intelligence and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will convene leaders and experts to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that AI and related technologies pose for societies, governments, organizations, and citizens. Organized in partnership...

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UN SDG: Learn’s Steering Group

This first meeting could cover the following topics: 1. Substantive objectives of UN SDG:Learn: Platform, Partnership and Programme 2. Governance for UN SDG:Learn 3. Roll-out milestones in 2020 *Our director and co-founder, Emmanuel Letouzé will be participating in this meeting....

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Big Data, Big Impact? The Future of Gender-Sensitive Data Systems

With only ten years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, there is an increased demand for inclusive, high-quality data to drive progress. Data2X invites you to attend a daylong convening which will address two questions: How can big data...

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Webinar: Use of Mobile Technologies to Address Data Gaps

Addressing the challenges to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires up-to-date and timely data to measure progress and make decisions to improve people’s lives. However, there are gaps in existing data, and too many people are missing from...

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Partnership Announcement:Data-Pop Alliance and RutaN Data-Pop Alliance se complace en anunciar su nueva alianza con RutaN, el centro de innovación y negocios de Medellín, firmada en Octubre 2019. Con el fin de convertir a ésta en la “ciudad de los...

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DPA Opens its Latin American Office in Mexico City

We are excited to announce the opening of our Latin American Office based in Mexico City. Since its first steps, DPA has maintained and expanded its in-country presence in the region. Currently, we have team-cells in Colombia, Brazil, and Chile,...

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EmpoderaData Workshop: Data Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America

EmpoderaData, from the Spanish word empoderar for “to empower”, builds upon the success of the Q-Step program. Q-Step, for “Quantitative Step-change”, was developed as a strategic response to the shortage of quantitatively-skilled social science graduates in the United Kingdom. The...

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Partnership Announcement:Data-Pop Alliance and CIAT The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the world’s leading research consortium in agri-food systems, nutrition security, and the reduction of poverty, has partnered with...

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Partnership Announcement:Data-Pop Alliance and UN-ESCWA Data-Pop Alliance is pleased to announce its partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), signed on May 2019. This agreement will allow cooperation between both entities for the design...

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EmpoderaData: Empowerment Through Data in Latin America

On May 16-17 in São Paulo, Data-Pop Alliance, University of Manchester, and FGV EAESP jointly organized a workshop on Data Literacy and SDGs in Latin America. The workshop followed an open seminar on “Big Data for Social Good” which gathered...

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TALLER DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL Big Data, Economía Digital y Desarrollo Sostenible 7 – 9 de mayo de 2019 Bogotá, Colombia Ubicación DANE CAN

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Data-Pop Alliance, CEPAL, y la ONE organizan primer taller en la República Dominicana sobre Big Data, Economía Digital y Desarrollo Sostenible

Santo Domingo, 09 de abril de 2019.- La Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), como país coordinador del grupo de trabajo sobre medición de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas, en conjunto...

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Taller “Big data, desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático” en Bogotá

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Big data para o bem comum

Big Data para o Bem Comum 16-17 de Maio 2019 São Paulo SP Durante a última década, vivemos uma “revolução de dados”. A maioria de nossas ações e interações como seres humanos e sociedades são mediadas ou capturadas por dispositivos...

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Taller de capacitación en República Dominicana con CEPAL

TALLER DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL Big Data, Economía Digital y Desarrollo Sostenible 9-11 de abril de 2019 Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Acerca del taller Agenda Newsfeed Acerca del taller Nos complace anunciar nuestro próximo taller de capacitación en colaboración con La...

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Atelier de formation “Mobiliser le Big Data pour le Développement Durable” à Tunis

Atelier de formation“Mobiliser le Big Data pour le Développement Durable” à Tunis 22-24 avril 2019 A propos du cours Agenda Intervenant-es Équipe de facilitation Nous contacter Notre prochain atelier de formation “Mobiliser le Big Data pour le Développement Durable” (entièrement...