Session
Organizer 1: ROBERT YOUNG, Global Affairs Canada
Organizer 2: Alastair Tempest, Ecommerce Forum of Africa
Organizer 3: Ilham akbar Habibie, National ICT Council, Indonesia
Organizer 4: Sophie Tomlinson, Datasphere Initiative
Organizer 5: Carolina Rossini, Rossini (Brazil)
Speaker 1: ROBERT YOUNG, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 2: Souhila Amazouz, Intergovernmental Organization, African Group
Speaker 3: Alastair Tempest, Civil Society, African Group
Speaker 4: Simon Lange, Private Sector, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 5: Ilham akbar Habibie, Intergovernmental Organization, Asia-Pacific Group
Carolina Rossini, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Carolina Rossini, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Sophie Tomlinson, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Round Table - U-shape - 90 Min
Why do we need to understand the value data?
What are the current efforts to measure it and the challenges?
Are we fully leveraging the value of data to meet the SDGs? and if not, why?
What data governance good practices and standards could help promote a more equitable and inclusive digital society?
Connection with previous Messages: This workshop directly relates to various of the Katowice IGF Messages compiled, especially within the issue areas of Economic and social inclusion and human rights; Emerging regulation: market structure, content, data, and consumer rights and protection; Inclusive Internet governance ecosystems and digital cooperation; and Trust, security, stability.
For instance, achieving inclusive data governance reinforces the message that “Stakeholders have a joint responsibility in ensuring that digital transformation processes are diverse, inclusive, democratic and sustainable.” Additionally, by establishing a multistakeholder network of trusted actors, we can quickly ignite the actors and their expertise to develop agile and innovative frameworks to tackle regional problems via innovative data governance tools.
13. Climate Action
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14. Life Below Water
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15. Life on Land
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Targets: To fully implement and monitor progress on the SDGs, decision-makers need data and statistics that are accurate, timely, sufficiently disaggregated, relevant, accessible and easy to use. Data innovation projects are being implemented by a broad range of public and private actors in many parts of the world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Results are promising. For instance, crowdsourcing exercises are being employed for the collection and analysis of data for disaster risk management and data on climate change. Beyond statistical data being a core element to assess and track the SDGs as explained above, data is also a core element to enable sectoral innovation and knowledge sharing to achieve the SDGs. From allowing innovation in the sciences and other industries, supporting Goals 9, 13, 14, and 15 clearly, to enabling sustainable and inclusively designed smart cities within Goal 11, quality data is a core enabler.
Description:
Title: What is the value of data? Towards a more equitable and inclusive digital society
Data is certainly not the oil, but rather the backbone of societies and economies. As referenced in the UN SG Common Agenda Report, data analysis, and communications capabilities will enable society to turn information more easily into insight and transform our decision-making. However, understanding data’s value and how to leverage it for the benefit of all is often opaque and overlooked when designing effective data governance policies and frameworks. The workshop “What is the value of data” will bring together stakeholders from government, private sector, academia, and civil society, especially from the Global South, in a conversation on how to measure and leverage the value of data, especially in developing countries where data poverty and infrastructure challenges pose barriers to equitable and inclusive digital transformation. Participants will be invited to join the discussion and share their own best practices on how to design effective data governance approaches that benefit all.
A report with impressions and initiatives shared in the workshop by both speakers and workshop participants, during the workshop
A community of partners and practitioners to be hosted within the Datasphere Initiative Network.
Learnings will also serve as input to the Datasphere Initiative regional Dialogues.
Hybrid Format: Our aim is to make participation inclusive and interactive for participants and speakers, regardless if they attend in person or online.
The moderator´s role will be to ensure onsite and online speakers keep a fluent communication.
To ensure interaction, participants will be invited to join the discussion and share their perspectives on how to design effective data governance approaches that benefit all. In addition, moderators will encourage participants (both on site and online) to use the chat function to raise questions to the panelists and exchange impressions with other attendees. The chat will be managed by an online moderator.
Onsite and online moderators will set up a private channel of communication to ensure smooth communication.
Finally, the team will organize prep calls with all speakers to organize the dynamics of the session and explain the strategy to provide an engaging experience.
Participants, joining onsite or online, will have the opportunity to join the discussion and share best practices by raising their hands in Zoom, or using the chat function. The moderator of the workshop will give the floor to participants by the order they raised the hand, to avoid giving preference to those who are attending on site. Chat messages will be addressed by order, and onsite participants are encouraged to use the chat as well.
The Datasphere Initiative team will be posting live news on social media using the official hashtags to invite stakeholders to join the conversation.
When communicating the session, participants who travel to Ethiopia to attend the session will be asked to travel with their own devices to take advantage of the interactive functionalities Zoom offers.
Besides using a chat function, having a breakout section of 30 minutes length with different stakeholder groups at the end of the session, where the Datasphere Initiative team members can act as “breakout room leaders” supporting the small group discussions.
Usage of IGF Official Tool.