TReNDS member Philipp Schönrock is the Director of Cepei, an independent think tank that he founded in 2003. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the Programme Committee of the UN World Data Forum.
Read MoreTReNDS co-chair Shaida Badiee is the Managing Director for Open Data Watch. She brings several decades of experience in managing global development statistics as the long-time Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group.
Read MoreThe August 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on a new working group to develop new hazard definitions and classifications, the value of administrative data, and more.
Read MoreThe City of Los Angeles, a Local Data Action Solutions Initiative grantee, has presented its Voluntary Local Review at the July 2019 High-level Political Forum. Learn more about their work on localizing the SDGs here.
Read MoreTReNDS member Molly Jahn is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she holds appointments in the Department of Agronomy, the Global Health Institute and the Nelson Institute, having served as the 12th Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Director of the Wisconsin Experiment Station.
Read MoreThe July 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on guidelines for assessing the human impact of disasters, the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments and Analysis Report 2019, and more.
Read MoreSDSN TReNDS is seeking a Communications Manager. Read more about the role and learn how to apply here.
Read MoreBristol, England is the latest city to produce a Voluntary Local Review, just in time for the July 2019 High-level Political Forum and the presentation of the United Kingdom’s Voluntary National Review.
Read MoreSDSN TReNDS is launching a preview of the upcoming report Counting on the World to Act (September 2019), which details the radical transformations needed in modern statistical systems in order to support the world’s greatest needs.
Read MoreTReNDS member Bram Govaerts is Director, Innovative Business Strategies & Representative Americas at Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT). Since 2007, Govaerts has led the Latin America Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification strategy at CIMMYT.
Read MoreThe June 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on a call to raise the ambition of the Sendai Framework, investments in ecosystem-based solutions for disaster prevention, and more.
Read MoreTReNDS co-chair Robert Chen is Director of CIESIN, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, a research unit of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. He manages the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), part of NASA’s network of Earth science data centers and a regular member of the World Data System of the International Science Council.
Read MoreTReNDS member Jeanne Holm is Deputy CIO and Senior Tech Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles, and a Distinguished Instructor at UCLA. As a leader in open data, education, and civic innovation, she empowers people to discover new knowledge and collaborate to improve life on Earth and beyond.
Read MoreTReNDS co-chair Laveesh Bhandari is an Indian data scientist and economist, author, columnist, and entrepreneur. He is currently the Director of Indicus Foundation where he is spearheading a range of activities on the environment.
Read MoreThe May 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on WHO’s first guidelines on digital health interventions, data science competitions, the United States’ National Volcano Warning System, and more.
Read MoreThe April 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on free open data to aid in tackling El Niño, strengthening Mozambique’s resilience to natural disaster, and more.
Read MoreA new research brief, written by Open Data Watch for TReNDS, addresses the complementary–and at times contradicting–pillars of openness and privacy in the realm of data sharing.
Read MoreThe March 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes information on the 50th UN Statistical Commission, news on Indonesia’s efforts to integrate flood forecasting into its meteorological early warning system, and more.
Read MoreTReNDS is seeking a dynamic and talented mid-career professional to manage a series of strategic research programs relating to data science and new methodological approaches for monitoring sustainable development. Learn more about the role and how to apply here.
Read MoreTReNDS releases a new report on the return on investment for women and girls when resources are put towards civil registration and vital statistics systems, part of “Why CRVS systems matter for women and girls” from the International Development Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems.
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