Fwd: UN Global Pulse Update - January 2016

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Big data, UN

Dr. Michael D. McDonald

Coordinator
Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance

Chairman
Global Resilience Systems, Inc.

President
Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.

Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com
202-468-7899

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> Date: January 13, 2016 at 10:15:41 AM EST
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> Subject: UN Global Pulse Update - January 2016
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> News and updates on big data for development & humanitarian action
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> “The Data Revolution is giving the world powerful tools that help usher in a more sustainable future."
> - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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> Dear colleagues, friends and supporters,
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> 2015 was a significant year for the global community, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, and a historic international agreement on climate change. It was also a year which saw growing momentum around the importance of a data revolution, and the embrace of finding ways to integrate big data and data science into development and humanitarian practice by governments, the UN system, and civil society.
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> Together with a growing community of partners, the Global Pulse initiative is committed to continuing to serve as an innovation driver and ecosystem catalyst to accelerate the responsible use of big data for the Sustainable Development Goals, humanitarian action and climate action in 2016.
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> Wishing all a happy, peaceful and successful New Year!
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> The Global Pulse Team
> Big Data for Development in Action: 20 Case Studies
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> In July 2015, Global Pulse published a collection of 20 case studies of big data innovation projects covering global issues ranging from public health to climate change, food security to employment. Each case study demonstrates how new sources of aggregated digital data derived from mobile phone usage, social media, or online search could support sustainable development and inform targeting of humanitarian response efforts.
> Data Revolution at the UN General Assembly
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> Global Pulse worked with several partners to ensure that the Data Revolution was top of mind during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in September upon the adoption of the new SDGs. Key events included an event on “A Big Data Revolution for Humanitarian Response”, the launch of the new Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data, and opportunities for hands-on interaction at the “Data Playground,” co-hosted with the UN Millennium Campaign and Microsoft.
> Watch Highlights from We The Peoples Hub
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> Watch highlight video from "Big Data for Measuring and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" presentation held at the We The Peoples Hub during UNGA 70
> Data Privacy Advisory Group Meeting
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> In October, the Global Pulse Data Privacy Advisory Group convened for a two-day meeting in The Hague. The international group of experts debated critical topics related to data protection and privacy with the objective of unearthing precedents, frameworks and good practices for ensuring that privacy protected analysis of big data can contribute to sustainable development and humanitarian action.
> "Data for Climate Action" at COP21
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> The Data for Climate Action campaign gained momentum at the international climate conference, COP21 in December. At a session within the Caring for Climate Business Forum, leaders from private sector made data philanthropy commitments to spur innovation, and representatives from government outlined approaches for integrating data into decision-making for addressing climate change.
> Pulse Labs: Learning by Doing
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> #HackGov Seminar and Hackathon in Indonesia: In November, Pulse Lab Jakarta and the Ministry of National Planning and Development brought together more than 250 people for the #HackGov: Empowering Indonesia seminar and 24-hour hackathon to build awareness of data-driven innovations for frontline public service delivery and measuring development impact.
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> Data Science workshops in East Africa & beyond: In 2015, Pulse Lab Kampala supported several events and seminars in the region, including a Data Science in Africa Workshop with university collaborators, a workshop on the potential of mobile phone data for real-time poverty monitoring, and a Mobile Monday event on mobile data and statistics.
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> Learning by Doing: Big Data Explorations with UNDP in Eurasia & Arab States Throughout 2015, Global Pulse has been providing technical advisory support to six UNDP country offices eager to try out hands-on data science projects and prototypes.
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