March 30, 2017: Workshop in Bogota, Colombia

Colombia’s National Statistics Office (DANE), the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), and EO4SDG convened a workshop to bring together key agencies and stakeholders in Colombia that could benefit from the application of EO data to the SDGs.

Over 30 attendees participated in the workshop to report on successes, share techniques to incorporate EO, and identify areas of potential collaboration. Workshop participants identified several SDGs where EO-based methods could be applied, including SDG 6, Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities; and SDG 15, Life on Land. Further, the meeting organizers and participants exchanged thoughts on a collaborative work plan to expand ongoing efforts by DANE, which make use of Earth observations and statistical data to address aspects of SDG 11 (Indicators 11.3.1 and 11.7.1), and by IDEAM, which focus on forest cover change and land and soil degradation aspects of SDG 15 (Indicators 15.1.1, 15.2.1, 15.3.1, and 15.4.2), among others. Read more about the meeting and key outcomes here.

 

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