UN Secretary-General’s Data Strategy

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The Secretary General’s “Data Strategy for Action by Everyone, Everywhere” is our agenda for the data-driven transformation. </p> <p class="lead">Data permeates all aspects of our work, and its power—harnessed responsibly—is critical to the global agendas we serve. The UN family’s footprint, expertise and connectedness create unique opportunities to advance global “data action” with insight, impact and integrity. To help unlock more potential, 50 UN entities jointly designed this Strategy as a comprehensive playbook for data-driven change based on global best practice.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="//www.un.org/webcast/1362235914001/B1J3DDQJf_default/index.html?videoId=6164612394001" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xl-12"> <div style="position: relative; margin-bottom: -60px; margin-top:20px;" class="ohidden" data-height-xl="380" data-height-lg="380" data-height-md="380" data-height-sm="430" data-height-xs="740">  <div class ="col-md-12" data-animate="fadeInUp" data-delay="100"> <div class="row" style="border: 3px solid #009edb; padding: 15px;"> <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-3 col-sm-4" style="margin:auto;"> <img src="images/SG-headshot.jpg" alt="António Guterres, Secretary-General" class="img-responsive" style="border-radius: 50%;"> </div> <div class="col-lg-10 col-md-9 col-sm-8" style="margin-top: 15px;"> <blockquote> <p style="font-size:1.25em;">At the core of our Strategy is a simple idea: <br/>We start with data action that adds immediate value for our organization and the people we serve.</p> <footer>António Guterres, Secretary-General</footer> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section parallax dark nobottommargin notopmargin" style="background-image: url('images/vision-statement.jpg'); padding: 100px 0;" data-bottom-top="background-position:0px 300px;" data-top-bottom="background-position:0px -300px;"> <div class="accessible-image"><img src="images/vision-statement.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. UN Photo: Flickr " /></div> <div class="heading-block center"> <h2>Our vision</h2> </div> <div class="fslider testimonial testimonial-full" data-animation="fade" data-arrows="false"> <div class="flexslider"> <div class="slider-wrap"> <div class="slide">  <div class="testi-content"> <p>Building a whole-of-UN ecosystem that unlocks our full data potential: For better decisions and stronger support to people and planet—in the moments that matter most. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section notopmargin nobottommargin"> <div class="container clear-bottommargin clearfix"> <div class="heading-block topmargin-lg bottommargin-lg center"> <h2>PRIORITIES FOR DATA ACTION</h2> <span class="divcenter">Our ambition is to unlock the data potential of the UN family to better support people and planet. We want to focus data action on what matters most.</span> </div> <div class="row topmargin-sm clearfix"> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-line2-globe inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 1</span> <h4>DECADE OF ACTION</h4> </div> <p>At the heart of the 2030 Agenda are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For the Decade of Action, we will leverage the UN family’s data potential everywhere we can and aim to mobilize governments, civil society and businesses.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-thermometer-three-quarters inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 2</span> <h4>CLIMATE ACTION</h4> </div> <p>Climate change is already affecting every country on every continent, impacting lives and disrupting economies, both now and in the future. We will put emphasis on employing data and analytics for urgent climate action.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-venus-mars inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 3</span> <h4>GENDER EQUALITY</h4> </div> <p>25 years after the historic Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, where the Beijing Platform for Action was agreed upon, full gender equality around the world is still not a reality. Together with global partners, we will build better gender data and analytics capabilities.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-users inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 4</span> <h4>HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW</h4> </div> <p>Powered by the SG’s Call to Action on Human Rights, we will form global coalitions for human rights-based approaches to data, fight hate speech online while upholding freedoms and strengthen human rights monitoring.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-dove inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 5</span> <h4>PEACE AND SECURITY</h4> </div> <p>We will leverage data and analytics for the prevention, mediation and resolution of conflicts: for stronger analysis and recommendations, to deploy peacekeepers faster to where they are needed most, and to protect civilians and UN personnel.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-gavel inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 6</span> <h4>GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS FOR THE FUTURE</h4> </div> <p>In support of stronger global digital cooperation, we will help foster dialogue, the collaborative design and the implementation of data policies that advance the responsible human-rights-based use of data and drive innovation for people and planet.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-line-map inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 7</span> <h4>UN REFORM</h4> </div> <p>To accelerate UN reform, we will foster centres of excellence that catalyze stronger data and analytics capabilities, help account for reform benefits, foster transparency, raise performance, and build resilient supply chains. </p> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 bottommargin"> <i class="i-plain color i-large icon-line-lock inline-block" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></i> <div class="heading-block nobottomborder" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span class="before-heading">Priority 8</span> <h4>DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY</h4> </div> <p>Building on our Data Protection and Privacy Principles, our ambition is to strengthen dialogue with public and private stakeholders, and champion data protection and privacy capacity in the UN family.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container clearfix"> <div class="heading-block topmargin-lg center"> <h2>OUR STRATEGY</h2> <span class="divcenter">Our strategy pursues a simple idea: we focus not on process, but on learning, iteratively, to deliver data use cases that add value for stakeholders based on our vision, outcomes and principles. Use cases – purposes for which data is used – already permeate our organization. We will systematically identify and deliver them through dedicated data action portfolios. While new capabilities will in part emerge through “learning by doing”, we will also strengthen organizational enablers to deliver on our vision, including shifts in people and culture, partnerships, data governance and technology.</span> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px !important;"> <img src="images/Data Strategy Model Image.png" alt="United Nations Data Strategy" style="width: 100%;"> </div> </div> <div class="commitments-full"> <div class="container heading-block topmargin-lg center"> <h2>CAPABILITIES </h2> <span class="divcenter">We will nurture the abilities we need to unlock our full data potential</span> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-1"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image" style="background: url('images/data-analytics.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/data-analytics.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>ANALYTICS</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Challenging everyone in the UN family to use data to understand “what happened”, “why it happened”, “what may happen next” – and respond with insight, impact and integrity</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-2"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image for-mobile" style="background: url('images/data-management.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/data-management.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="" /></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>DATA MANAGEMENT</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Enabling everyone to discover, access and share data they need across the full spectrum of data types, so we can meet the data needs of the organization, people and planet</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image non-mobile" style="background: url('images/data-management.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/data-management.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="" /></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="commitments-full"> <div class="container heading-block topmargin-lg center"> <h2>ENABLERS</h2> <span class="divcenter">We will foster key enablers to accelerate the transformation</span> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-1"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image" style="background: url('images/people-and-culture.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/people-and-culture.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="people and culture" /><div class="feature-photo-copyright"><p>© Photo/Emmanuel Hungrecker</p></div></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>PEOPLE AND CULTURE</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Building the skill, talent, teams and culture so that everyone in the UN family can support colleagues, people and planet with data insight, impact and integrity</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-2"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image for-mobile" style="background: url('images/data-governance.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/data-governance.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres (standing, centre) chairs a meeting on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, as it relates to UN staff members as well as to coordinate the UN message in regards to the outbreak. Standing at left is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and at right is Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications." /><div class="feature-photo-copyright"><p>© UN Photo/Mark Garten</p></div></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>DATA GOVERNANCE</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Governing data at the right levels and with the right approaches everywhere, so that everyone in the UN family can leverage data as a strategic asset</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image non-mobile" style="background: url('images/data-governance.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/data-governance.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres (standing, centre) chairs a meeting on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, as it relates to UN staff members as well as to coordinate the UN message in regards to the outbreak. Standing at left is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and at right is Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications." /><div class="feature-photo-copyright"><p>© UN Photo/Mark Garten</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-3"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image" style="background: url('images/partnerships.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/partnerships.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="handshake" /><div class="feature-photo-copyright"><p>© Photo/Cytonn Photography from Pexels</p></div></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>PARTNERSHIPS</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Building sustainable data partnerships across ecosystems so that we can jointly tackle the toughest challenges and deliver solutions for people and planet</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row clearfix common-height" id="commitment-4"> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image for-mobile" style="background: url('images/technology.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/technology.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="Students at the Ajira Digital Training Centre, a resource centre in the Kamukunji Constituency in Nairobi, Kenya. Secretary-General António Guterres visited the centre and spoke with students." /><div class="feature-photo-copyright"><p>© UN Photo/Duncan Moore</p></div></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div> <div class="heading-block"> <h3>TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT</h3> </div> <p class="lead bottommargin">Making sure that our technology tools and processes are aligned to empower everyone, everywhere in using data optimally</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 center col-padding bg-image non-mobile" style="background: url('images/technology.jpg') center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"> <div><img src="images/technology.jpg" class="sr-only" alt="Students at the Ajira Digital Training Centre, a resource centre in the Kamukunji Constituency in Nairobi, Kenya. 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