EO4SDG Session at UN World Data Forum
The second UN World Data Forum will be hosted by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority of the United Arab Emirates from 22 to 24 October 2018 in Dubai. On October 23, EO4SDG will host a session on Earth Observation Applications for the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities for Scaling Successful Methods as part of the UN World Data Forum. This session is co-organized by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), and will enable the sharing of sound Earth observation (EO) methods, tools, and technologies, as well as national use cases of effective integration of EO and geospatial data products with traditional and other relevant information sources in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targets, and indicators, and for informed decision-making.
Further, it will help address several questions around the monitoring and delivery of the SDGs, including: Where is the data that is needed to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? What are examples of successful methods adopted by countries for monitoring and reporting on the SDGs, and how can these be scaled up to enable their widespread, sustained use by countries? What are examples of existing, and forthcoming, initiatives, tools, and technologies, aimed to enable greater use of EO and geospatial data for sustainable development? What capabilities do country-relevant stakeholders (national statistical offices, ministries) need to develop to be able to produce SDG indicators based on geospatial information and Earth observations?
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