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- Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Peru
- January 2020 - March 2023
- AI and Statistics for the SDGs
- Partner(s): Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (Funder), Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia
This project developed with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), strengthened the technical capacities of government officials in Latin America and the Caribbean to take advantage of Big Data for sustainable development and official statistics. During the first phase of the project, through an exploratory study (see Publication below), we analyzed the current state of the infrastructure, institutional framework, regulatory framework, capacities and use cases of Big Data for the generation of public policies in 5 LAC countries: Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru.
The second phase focused on developing four capacity building workshops between June 2022 and March 2023.
- Introduction to Big Data for Sustainable Development
- Big Data and Poverty Analysis for Sustainable Development
- Big Data and Health Analysis for Sustainable Development
- Big Data, Security and Violence for Sustainable Development
This training itinerary provided participants with a comprehensive knowledge of the key concepts, the necessary tools and the main challenges of Big Data for sustainable development, with a special emphasis on the applicability of these data sources for statistical purposes.
