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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on people’s lives is growing rapidly. AI is already leading to significant developments from healthcare to education, which can contribute to the efficient monitoring and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a call to action to address the world’s greatest challenges. AI is also raising concerns because, if not addressed carefully, its risks may outweigh its benefits.

This report analyses existing VNR processes and discusses the opportunity and options to introduce the concept of “data-driven VNRs” as a more intentional approach to engage NSOs and the wider NSS in the VNR process, enrich SDG reporting, and strengthen the enabling environment for evidence-informed policy making and programming for the SDGs and beyond.

This country profile for Senegal explores the country's strengths and weaknesses with regards its production and use of climate change data. The profile reveals the foundations for climate change data production including legislations; data supply, demand and gaps; and highlights of Senegal's plans to put into place a stronger climate change data ecosystem.

This country profile for Senegal explores the country's strengths and weaknesses with regards its production and use of climate change data. The profile reveals the foundations for climate change data production including legislations; data supply, demand and gaps; and highlights of Senegal's plans to put into place a stronger climate change data ecosystem.

This 2023 Progress Report is a testament to how far PARIS21 has come since its foundation in 1999. In 2023, PARIS21 made significant strides to mobilise evidence and knowledge to support national governments and partners in their efforts to strengthen statistical systems and improve data use for policymaking.

This paper provides an in-depth review of existing indicators on gender data capacity and use. Based on the results of the review, the paper puts forward a comprehensive new framework for understanding gender data capacity, which aims to provide a tool for assessing the maturity of statistical systems in terms of how they produce, use and disseminate gender data, and how these data are taken up outside national statistical systems.

Supporting the rights of children (people under the age of 18) via official statistics is a significant obligation, opportunity, and challenge for a wide range of stakeholders. No one body is responsible for mainstreaming Child Rights into statistical system planning. Official statisticians, UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, government, NGOs, bilateral partners, international and regional organisations need to work together.

This toolkit supports stakeholders throughout the planning process and informs how to best to make the business case for investing resources.

PARIS21 has developed the Mobilising Climate Change Data Ecosystems Framework (CCDE) for national or international actors working on climate change data and who wish to strategically strengthen data for climate action. The Framework guides the data community through a four-step process to identify data gaps, prioritise crucial data and capacities for climate action, and mobilise resources and actors to facilitate evidence-based decision making. The framework also contains a set of tools to implement the four steps.

PARIS21 a élaboré ce Cadre de mobilisation des écosystèmes de données sur le changement climatique (CCDE) afin de soutenir le travail des acteurs nationaux et internationaux pour renforcer les données au service de la lutte contre le changement climatique, et mobiliser les ressources et les acteurs pour faciliter la prise de décisions fondées sur les données probantes. Le cadre contient également un ensemble d'outils pour mettre en oeuvre les quatres étapes.

This report analyses the existing challenges and opportunities in reinforcing data communication within national statistics offices and agricultural statistics units across Africa. Understanding that empowering societies to make informed decisions based on statistical information requires an intricate and complex process between many actors, this report explores the need for development of statistical skills within communication offices, the enhancement of communication skills among statisticians and the promotion of data literacy among stakeholders. Recognising that funding plays a critical role, this report also delves into the opportunities that can be implemented with available resources.