Using Data to Help Save the Lives of Mothers, Adolescents and Newborns: The Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool
Through this video, CSF’s Health Advisor, Shahrouh Sharif introduces UNICEF’s Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool (EQUIST) and highlights its use and impact in several contexts. In 2010, UNICEF with support from CSF began the development of EQUIST to address the gap present in health investment planning, immunization…
Humanizing Cycle Rickshaw Stories through Data
From Urban Imperative by Edward Glaeser & Abha Joshi-Ghani, cities can best be understood as a ‘triad of forces’. While commonly seen as physical entities, such as streets, buildings, and subways, and viewed from the lens of the public sector, which defines the borders of the city and has the responsibility for providing clean water and public safety, Glaeser and Joshi-Ghani note that cities have a third, equally important, element…
Community Systems Foundation joins the #LearningPlanet Community!
We’re excited to announce our association with #LearningPlanet!#Launched by the Learning Planet Institute and UNESCO on the 24th of January 2020 on the occasion of the International Day of Education, #LearningPlanet is an open alliance with a cause, dedicated to learning stakeholders and communities.
It is a long-term initiative with a mission to gather players from around the world in order to identify,…
Using Data for Action and Impact in Accelerating the Abandonment of FGM
UN officers from Djibouti, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen are aiming to do more with data to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). UNFPA’s Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) and UNICEF’s Middle East and Northern Africa Regional Office (MENARO), collaborated closely with Community Systems Foundation, to conduct a Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-based Planning and Advocacy…
Strengthening the capacity of Togo Statistics through DFA
In early October, 2023, the Community Systems Foundation (CSF) team arrived in Lomé, Togo to deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the Togo Data Platform.
With support from UNICEF, participants from National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) and UNICEF Togo joined the week-long Training of Trainers workshop for an in-depth understanding of the Data For All (DFA) tools…
Leveraging Blockchain to Ensure Safe Vaccination Delivery in India
In India, only 65% of children obtain full immunization during their first year of life, resulting in the deaths of over a million children each year. However, significant strides have been made to achieve full immunization coverage. In order to reach the goal, the government of India recognizes the need to expand data access and the involvement of key state partners to improve vaccination programmes nationwide. [1]…
In a First for the Country, The City of Coimbatore, India is Rolling Out an Open SDG Data Platform
In the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the city government of Coimbatore is currently engaged in its most direct and transparent effort to monitor and report progress on the urban development to its 1.6 million citizens.
With support from domestic and international stakeholders, the city has proudly rolled out the Coimbatore Open Data Portal and Dashboard.
Community…
A Solution to Monitor and Report on Progress against the Arab Regional Multidimensional Poverty Strategy
Community Systems Foundation (CSF) is partnering with the League of Arab States (LAS) to monitor regional and national progress against the Arab Regional Multidimensional Poverty Strategy.
CSF was invited by LAS, to present at the “Multidimensional Poverty in the Arab region” workshop, 16 - 18 April, in Amman, Jordan.
The workshop, hosted by the Ministry of Social…
DFA in Zanzibar: Leveraging Multiple Data For All Applications to Monitor Development Progress.
In 2019, Community Systems Foundation began its assistance to the government of Zanzibar in monitoring progress towards achieving national development targets and socio-economic goals through ZanzibarInfo, a platform that strengthens transparency and accountability to key development information. Having seen the results of our work in deploying Data For All tools in Tanzania, the…
UNFPA-UNICEF Regional FGM Workshop
Community Systems Foundation Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-Based Planning and Advocacy on FGM. This 2018 CSF report to UNFPA-UNICEF outlines the objectives, highlights and key observations from the Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-Based Planning and Advocacy on FGM.
In partnership with CSF technical partners, focal points from Djibouti, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen…