EVERYONE COUNTS
Launch of the Inclusive Data Charter
a side event at the High-Level Political Forum
 
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
 
7am – 9am
 
Breakfast served from 7am. Program begins promptly at 7.30am
 
This event will have sign language interpretation and is wheelchair accessible.
 
Millennium Hilton Hotel, One United Nations Plaza, New York
 

The Inclusive Data Charter aims to mobilize political support to improve the quality, quantity, availability, and financing of disaggregated data to support the 2030 Agenda’s ambition of leaving no one behind.  Between now and 2030, the charter will act as a mechanism to spur countries and organizations to accelerate action on data disaggregation and encourage others to do the same.

Speakers:
 
Keynote by H.E. Professor George Gyan-Baffour, Minister of Planning, Ghana
 
Claire Melamed, CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, UK
Candido Astrologo, Assistant National Statistician, Philippine Statistical Authority
Mark Hereward, Associate Director for Data and Analytics, UNICEF
Eleanor Carey, Technical Manager, Data2X
Angela Kageni, Head of Africa Office, Development Initiatives
Verity McGivern, Agenda 2030 Advocacy Manager, HelpAge
Dominic Haslam, Director of Policy and Programme Strategy, Sightsavers
Salimata Bocoum, Country Director, Sightsavers Senegal
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Agenda, World Bank Group
Dr. Grace Bediako, Head of the National Planning Commission, Ghana
Carlos Felipe Prada Lombo, Deputy Director, DANE
Rachel Snow, Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
 

The event will:

  • Introduce the Inclusive Data Charter and showcase the champions’ action plans for implementing its five principles;
  • Foster discussion around the charter’s vision of more and better disaggregated data, and how governments, international organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector can leverage its principles to strengthen the data required to leave no one behind.

Learn more about the Inclusive Data Charter here and/or find quick info in the Inclusive Data Charter FAQs here.