Good practice at GIZ in India - Coimbatore SDG Dashboard
Community Systems Foundation is proud to share good news from our partners. The Coimbatore SDG dashboard, designed and developed by our technical partner Avalon Information Systems has been included as a good practice in GIZ projects in India under governance and SDGs.
The project developed an SDG framework and dashboard for tracking SDGs within a city. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme examined…
Making Localization Matter: The Power of Local Data Action
With 70% of the global population residing in urban areas by 2050, the battle for a sustainable future will be won or lost in cities.
Foreseen to be the second largest urban system in the world, India will be a major driver in this global effort, especially considering India will house nearly 60% of its population in cities by 2050.
In this regard, it is critical to strengthen local governments response to…
Creating a Resilient Health System in Ghana by Establishing Data Exchange Mechanisms
By strengthening national health systems between 2016-2020, 85,000 young lives can be saved in Ghana alone, according to a recent USAID report.[1]However, with limitations in health service delivery, limited accessibility for geographical reasons and poor readiness of health-care facilities, many of the poorest individuals are unable to receive basic health care.[2]
To overcome these…
UN INFO: A Data For All Adaptation Driving Global UN Reform
Community Systems Foundation has been a central contributor to a vision for UN reform laid out by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in A/72/684, “Repositioning the United Nations development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda: our promise for dignity, prosperity and peace on a healthy planet.”
Positioned on top of powerful results-based monitoring tools, the UN INFO…
Data Mapping: The Power of Policy Visualizations in the Fight to be Free & Equal
Globally, LGBTQ+ individuals face discrimination, stigma and violence due to dangerous national legislation. This is especially the case in at least 72 countries where discriminatory laws criminalize private, consensual same-sex relationships. These policies expose “millions of individuals to the risk of arrest, prosecution and imprisonment – and even, in five countries and several regions, the…
The Power of Data in Education Planning in Belize
With a continued commitment to capacity-building, the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture (MoEYSC),Belize is ready to use OpenEMIS tools to monitor education policy. Recent OpenEMIS training has positioned the MoEYCS to generate indicators, create visualizations, disseminate and undertake analysis of the data collected through OpenEMIS. As technical partners, Community Systems…