@erasmusplusUK project developing undergraduate data skills for development sector careers - @Gazi_Universite, @uniofglos, @UMmalta & @UNED partnership
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We're wrapping up our @Erasmus_Project @erasmusplusUK @EUErasmusPlus Development Counts: Data Skills for International Development Careers project activities...🧵
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
19 Oct 2022
This course of @uniofglos provides an introduction to #data and data skills for global #development.
Check it out: unsdglearn.org/courses/openi…
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
14 Jun 2022
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Fantastic to see our @erasmusplusUK Opening the Appetite: Data Skills for Global Development training programme on @UNSDGLearn! This partnership will enable more individuals & organisations interested in data for development to discover our programme: unsdglearn.org/courses/openi…
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
19 May 2022
If 👏 data 👏 isn't 👏 inclusive 👏 our 👏 policies 👏 won't 👏 be 👏 either 👏 !
19 May 2022
To achieve a gender-just #COVID19 recovery we need changes to *what, *why, and *how we measure. B/c if data isn’t inclusive our policies won’t be either. @Data4SDGs @StatsClaudie @InclusiveData @RachaelBeaven1 @jdoviedoa @jslotin @ShaidaBadiee @data2x @Equal2030 @Women7official
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
17 May 2022
Everyone deserves to be visible, counted & included in #data, especially #LGBTIQA folks who have been (and often continue) to be overlooked.
#InclsuiveData that reflects the rich diversity of all lives is powerful and essential for safety and inclusion 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️#IDAHOBIT2022
ALT Rainbow coloured text reads "Gaps in available data fail to capture the lived realities of LGBTQIA people." There are five flags at the bottom - the rainbow flag with a brown and black strip, the bi flag, the trans flag, the non-binary flag and the intersex flag.
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
12 May 2022
There’s growing global awareness that data/tech can address or exacerbate inequity. That’s why we launched the #DataValues Project.
In this year's #Data4SDGs survey, partners emphasized the need for a common vision for data ethics, rights, governance. What they had to say 👇🧵
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
8 May 2022
Data is almost always political. Very few people bother with data unless they’re on a mission to prove some point.
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
6 May 2022
Citizens demanding better buildings/services in #Kenya: a #data story
- 83% of problems w. infrastructure/projects solved w. citizen monitoring
- High, continued citizen engagement throughout
- Female monitors became more confident to participate & lead
👉express.adobe.com/page/GOCZj…
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
5 May 2022
☕️ Stats Cafe: Unlocking the value of data for all
Join #Data4SDGs' @MartinaBarbero1 and experts from @UNESCAP, @IDinsight, @a_Infonomics, @Geostat100 to discuss #DataValues next week 👇
📅 bit.ly/3LSCO2C
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
4 May 2022
📝 "In some parts of the world, investment in data collection and analysis is abysmally low. Four in 10 of the world’s deaths are unregistered." - Larry Elliott, @guardian Economics editor
theguardian.com/business/202…
@guardianopinion
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
4 May 2022
Our Afro feminist Data futures project sought to understand how feminist movements in sub-Saharan Africa can be empowered through the production, sharing and use of gender data.
Explore the findings from the project👉pollicy.org/projects/afro-fe…
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We're wrapping up our @Erasmus_Project @erasmusplusUK @EUErasmusPlus Development Counts: Data Skills for International Development Careers project activities...🧵
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Here's a final video from our @Gazi_Universite @uniofglos @UMmalta @UNED students to encourage you to give it a go:
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We hope you are tempted! If you'd like any advice on using the programme or have questions on the project please contact Rachel Bennett (rbennett3@glos.ac.uk) 📨📨 We'd love to hear from you!
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
25 Apr 2022
Opening the Appetite: Data Skills for Global Development Student Training Programme Instructor Handbook [ENGLISH EDITION] (also available in SPANISH & TURKISH) @RachelBennett99 @LynchKenny @UoGStudents @UoGresearch European Union Erasmus funded
eprints.glos.ac.uk/cgi/users…
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
11 Apr 2022
On the path to digitalisation, NSOs in developing nations face a shortage of skilled statisticians, amongst other challenges.
@Data4SDGs' Data Science Fellowship provides a solution through accessible trainings & partnership in Africa
Learn more: bit.ly/3Jk3J5b
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
4 Apr 2022
📈 The insufficient #data in Global South countries makes hard to quantify the effects of the pandemic on #women in aspects related to the labor market, time use, inactivity and poverty.
👉 bit.ly/3AYteF8
By @core_woman @infoCEPEI #CovidDataCentre 🤝
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Development Counts: Data Skills for Development retweeted
31 Mar 2022
As part of the Data Values Project, @a_Infonomics and @Data4SDGs produced a policy brief to examine ways in which Data for Development initiatives can be strengthened. Click on the link below to learn more. #DataValues #DataForDevelopment
data4sdgs.org/resources/embe…
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