Exploiting the Possibilities Offered by Big Data to Monitor the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Morocco

This project, supported by UNDO Morocco and the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance worked to improve official statistical measurements using Big Data in order to improve the timeliness and reliability of how progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is measured. Aditionally, this project contributed to strengthening the Moroccan digital ecosystem  by improving the design, implementation, and monitoring of fair public policies, and informing better investment decisions towards achieving g the SDGs. Our organization conducted a benchmark study and developed three pilot publications to monitor priority indicators for sustainable development in Morocco: mental health (target 3.4) using Google Trends data; water stress (indicator 6.4.2) using earth observation; and ICT skills (indicator 4.4.1) using data collected through an online survey in Facebook.