1. UN World Data Forum The Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data – Bridging the data to policy chasm
Selwyn Willoughby

2. UN World Data Forum 15 – 18 Jan 2017
- Harnessing the power of data for sustainable development -
UNWDF was organised by the Statistical Division of the United Nations and hosted by Statistics South Africa.
Who attended the UNWDF?
Who new about the forum?
Cross section of all sectors and preoffesions

3. UN World Data Forum 15 – 18 Jan 2017
The aim of the Forum was to identify how data can be used to achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

4. UN World Data Forum 15 – 18 Jan 2017 Thematic Areas
New approaches to capacity development for better data
Innovation and synergies across different data platforms
Leaving no one behind
Understanding the world through data
Need based and not donor driven CB
Work with the private sector = also need investment in IS
Ensure that everyone is counted
Ensuring data is understandable to all
Effective governance
Roadmap
Data principles and governance
The way forward: A Global Action Plan for Data

5. UN World Data Forum 15 – 18 Jan 2017
Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
Strategic Area 1: Coordination and strategic leadership on data for sustainable development,
Strategic Area 2: Innovation and modernization of national statistical systems,
Strategic Area 3: Strengthening of basic statistical activities and programmes, with particular focus on addressing the monitoring needs of the Agenda,
Strategic Area 4: Dissemination and use of sustainable development data,
Strategic Area 5: Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development data, and
Strategic Area 6: Mobilize resources and coordinate efforts for statistical capacity building.

6. UN World Data Forum 15 – 18 Jan 2017
UNWDF & Cape Town GAPfSDD
significant as it recognised the importance of data
Policy development
Decision
making
Transparency
Accountability
Inclusion

7. Data to Policy
Some key insights

8. Data to Policy
17 SDGs
169 Targets
244 Indicators

9. Data to Policy
Evidence based
Data Driven

10. Data to Policy
Data only forms a part of the policy development or decision making process
Private
sector
Public
Pressure
Personal
beliefs
Political
context
Data
NGO
Policy development

11. Data collection, analysis and presentation
Data to Policy
Reverse engineering / deconstruct / analyse
indicators
Targets 2
indicators
Goal 1
indicators
Targets 2
indicators
Why, what, when, how
Data collection, analysis and presentation

12. Data to Policy What role do you play? Data Value Chain Data collection
Data aggregation
Analysis / Science
Policy Advice
Policy
Dev
Policy
Impl
Monitoring
Data Value Chain

13. Capacity Capacity Capacity Data to Policy Individual Institutional
Inst Cap:
Tech
Infrastructure
Content
Partnership – links with private sector, - also other sectors such as health
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity

14. Data to Policy
Do you have a single version of the truth?

15. Data to Policy How do you visualise your data? African Elephant Range
Known range
Doubtful range
Possible range
Protected Areas 1:

16. Thank you

17. Reference & master data
Data to Policy
How do you govern your data?
Architecture
Policies
Data quality
Reference & master data
Meta-data
Security
Data storage
Legislative Compliance
PAI Act
POPI Act
Copyright Act ..
CYBERCRIMES AND
CYBERSECURITY BILL

18. Data to Policy
Take home message?
Data to support policy development and decision making is no longer an optional extra.
Greater coordination between data professionals, scientists and policy makers to proactively design the knowledge products we need.