WORKSHOPS
Designed for policy makers, development practitioners and statistical teams wanting to understand and learn how to leverage big data as they work towards achieving a more sustainable world.
About
Designed for professionals interested in taking a more active role in defining how data can help drive social progress. Covering both technical and public policy perspectives, these workshops aim at helping individuals and institutions become agents of positive social change using data in ways that reflect and promote core ethical principles of equity and empowerment.
Through our capacity-building workshops, participants will understand the main opportunities and challenges related to the use of Big Data; how it can support evidence/based policy making; and how to advocate for its use in development interventions. Finally, technical-background participants will be introduced to data science methods and tools required to work with non-traditional sources of information, such as satellite images, call detail records (CDRs), bank transactional data, or web derived data.
Our Training Offer
+ Workshops
Countries
K+ Participants
Languages
(English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French)
Introductory Workshops
Aimed at professionals working in sustainable development related areas, with little to no experience with Big Data, this workshop will better equip attendees with an understanding of the field, methods, opportunities and challenges of Big Data.
Technical Workshops
Aimed at professionals who have a role in defining how data can drive social progress from a technical perspective, these workshops will introduce attendees to the skills needed to work with non-traditional sources of information and to the main challenges they present.
Past Workshops
Karachi, Pakistan,
December 2024
Gender Data Training for Inclusive and Responsive Planning and Budgeting – UN Women Pakistan, Rozan, Embassy for the Federal Republic of Germany Islamabad
Accra, Ghana,
June 2024
Ghana’s National Data Strategy Validation Workshop – Smart Africa, Ministry of Communication and Digitalization through the Data Protection Commission of Ghana, Data Economy Program of the GIZ
Dakar, Senegal,
Apr 2024
Regional Validation Workshop “New Poverty & Inequality Metrics: Integrated Local MPIs for More Inclusive Local Development Policies and Programs in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia” – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) Inclusive Growth Team (funder), UNDP Country Offices in Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Accra, Ghana,
Feb 2024
Ghana’s National Data Strategy Technical Workshop – Smart Africa, Ministry of Communication and Digitalization through the Data Protection Commission of Ghana, Data Economy Program of the GIZ
Accra, Ghana,
Dec 2023
Ghana’s National Data Strategy National Peer Learning Workshop – Smart Africa, Ministry of Communication and Digitalization through the Data Protection Commission of Ghana, Data Economy Program of the GIZ
Rabat, Morocco,
Nov 2023
High-Level Workshop for the “Exploitation of the Possibilities Offered by Big Data to Monitor the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Morocco” Project – UNDP Morocco, Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance
Online,
Nov 2023
Webinar “Data Feminism in the AI Era: A Conversation with Catherine D’Ignazio” – Data Feminism Network (DFN)
Bangkok, Thailand
Nov 2023
Advanced Training on “Big Data for Gender Responsive SDG Monitoring” – UN Women
Nouakchott, Mauritania,
Sep 2023
Strategy and Legal Framework Workshop for the “Enhancing Data Interoperability and Open Data in Mauritania” Project – Ministère de la Transformation Numérique, de l’Innovation et de la Modernisation de l’Administration, World Bank
Dakar, Senegal,
July 2023
Presentation Ceremony of Senegal’s National Data Strategy – Ministère de la Communication, des Télécommunications et de l’Economie Numérique du Sénégal, Smart Africa, GIZ on behalf of BMZ
Guildford, United Kingdom,
Mar 2023
Data and Algorithms to Measure and Prevent Gender Based Violence in the UK – University of Surrey, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Online,
Feb - Mar 2023
Big Data and Security and Violence Analysis for Sustainable Development – AECID, Formation Center of the Spanish Cooperation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Online
Oline,
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
GIZ Data Feminism Series – GIZ Data Lab
Istanbul, Turkey,
Nov 2022
Making the Most of Mobile Phone Data to Map Migration – HumMingBird Project, Turkcell and Malmo University
Online,
Oct - Nov 2022
Big Data and Health Analysis for Sustainable Development – AECID, Formation Center of the Spanish Cooperation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Online
Tunis, Tunisia,
Sep 2022
Technical Support for the “National Seminar to Launch Tunisia’s National Strategy fot the Development of Statistics” – United Nations System in Tunisia, National Council for Statistics, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Economy and Planning
Online,
July - Aug 2022
Big Data and Poverty Analysis for Sustainable Development – AECID, Formation Center of the Spanish Cooperation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Online
Mexico City,
June - July 2022
Capacity Building Workshop on the Analysis and Application of Quantitative and Qualitative Data – Equis Justicia para las Mujeres
Online,
Apr - May 2022
Introduction to Big Data for Sustainable Development – AECID, Formation Center of the Spanish Cooperation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Online
Western Sahel and Lake Chad Basin,
June - Dec 2021
Policy Workshops on “The Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 and the Role of Disaster Risk Governance in Western Sahel and Lake
Chad Basin” – ADE, UN System Organizations and
National Governments
The Workshop Series
a) "Leveraging Big Data for Sustainable Development"
With the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Carried on in partnership with UNSSC, this series of courses aimed to help practitioners and policy-makers to develop and implement Big Data innovation projects, policies, and partnerships in support of sustainable development objectives. The workshops were delivered in Cambridge at MIT (June 2016), Bogotá (December 2016) and Nairobi (June 2017), Dakar (March 2018), Bangkok (March 2018) and the MIT Media Lab (October 2018).
b) "Big Data and the Digital Economy"
With the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
In partnership with UNECLAC, we offered a series of workshops more squarely focused on Big Data and the Digital Economy in the Latin American and the Caribbean region for UN and governmental staff and civil society members. Five editions were delivered in: Santiago de Chile (March 2016), São Paulo (September 2017), Mexico City (October 2017), Santo Domingo (April 2019), and Bogotá (May 2019).