Data Blog

In line with the recommendations of the UN Secretary-General's Report of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, as well as the Secretary-General's Data Strategy PDF, this blog aims to foster a multi-disciplinary exchange of ideas on the topic of data. In this space, data experts and data champions will share their experiences and perspectives on topics such as data strategy, literacy, policy, governance, open data, privacy, ethics, AI, and more. Through this exchange of ideas, OICT ultimately hopes to contribute to a diverse and inclusive data culture.

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Recent Blog Posts

Data Literacy
  • Data Blog
  • Data Science
  • Data Strategy
  • 2020

Data Literacy – The Human Element in Data

25 November 2020 A Q&A with Jordan Morrow, Head of Data, Design, and Management Skills, Pluralsight In this Q&A, Jordan Morrow, Head of Data, Design, and Management Skills, Pluralsight, shares insights on what can help drive data and analytics success in an organization, and how curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking play key roles in this process. Based on your experience working with numerous organizations over the years, how would you…
Digital Coop Banner
  • Data Blog
  • Data Governance
  • Data Strategy
  • 2020

Digital Cooperation at the UN

14 October 2020 By Yu Ping Chan, Senior Programme Officer/Team Leader, Digital Cooperation, Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General As we continue the conversation on how the international community should engage with data, we must also consider the broader context: the need for global steerage on digital technologies. Today, more than ever before, the international community must carefully examine and confront the world of digital…
Data Maturity banner
  • Data Blog
  • Data Governance
  • Data Sharing
  • 2020

How to Achieve Data Management Maturity

8 September 2020 A Q&A with Melanie A. Mecca, Chief Executive Officer, DataWise The scope of information that the UN defines, produces and uses is vast and complex. In June, the UN published the Secretary-General’s "Data Strategy for Action by Everyone, Everywhere" – a roadmap for data-driven change in the Organization. In this Q&A, Melanie A. Mecca, CEO of DataWise, explores fundamental best practices for designing and implementing a mature data…
Semantic data
  • Data Blog
  • Data Science
  • Data Sharing
  • Technology
  • 2020

Semantic Knowledge for Better Data

4 August 2020 By Lambert Hogenhout, Chief of Data Analytics and Innovation, OICT Databases have been around a long time, since the 1960s. Times when the world was less complicated and less inter-connected, at least in a data sense. Traditional databases focused on "things" with properties, like employees with birthdates and addresses and salaries. Even though they are called relational databases, the relationships were secondary. Today, however…
Escwa
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  • Data Science
  • Data Sharing
  • Technology
  • 2020

Evidence-based Public Policymaking in the Arab Region

8 July 2020 By Wafa Aboul Hosn, Chief of Economic Statistics, and Juraj Riecan, Director of Statistics, Information Society and Technology Cluster, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Data and statistics are no longer the purview of researchers and academics. This has become most evident with the COVID-19 pandemic, as people worldwide are following daily statistics on confirmed cases, deaths, and PCR (polymerase chain reaction)…