Latest IDR News and Developments
April 07, 2015 | PARIS21 IDR seminar - Participants support data compact while calling for more definition
Participants in a PARIS21 seminar in New York supported the idea of a data compact in which countries agree to basic principles and receive financial and technical assistance in return for progress. The one caveat,...
January 14, 2015 | Have your say on the Road Map for a data revolution!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Road Map. We received numerous thoughful...
December 01, 2014 | London seminar to discuss IDR findings
The Royal Statistical Society and PARIS21 hosted an afternoon seminar in London on December 1 to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the...
November 17, 2014 | IDR Seminar "From Ideas to Action: Making the data revolution work for those who need it most"
Data for development community agrees that solutions lie at national level at PARIS21 seminar in Washington, DC. Change at the national level will be essential to ensuring that...
November 06, 2014 | Expert group delivers report to UN Secretary General on data revolution
<p>The <a href="http://www.undatarevolution.org/">group of experts</a> commissioned by UN Secretary-General...
October 10, 2014 | IDR project issues call for innovations
IDR is compiling an inventory of innovative technologies and organizational approaches to make the data revolution happen. As part of this project, the team has launched a ...
September 29, 2014 | IDR holds national consultation in Kinshasa, DRC
The IDR workshop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was held in Kinshasa from 29-30 September and hosted by the Institut National de la Statistique (INS). Over 60 participants...
September 25, 2014 | IDR national consultation workshop held in Bujumbura
The IDR team held a national consultation workshop in Bujumbura, which was hosted by l'Institut de Statistiques et d'Etudes Economiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU). Over 30 participants came from producers and...
September 25, 2014 | Paris21 Manager Johannes Jutting participates in UN Secretary General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on data revolution for development meeting in New York
Jutting presented the IDR project to the expert panel and participated in discussions on the groups’ final report, open data and accountability, measuring the SDGs and the challenges and opportunities of big data and...
