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Title
Please provide a name for your action learning plan.
"How to effectively address the question of credible data for the government's approach towards the Agenda 2030?"
Challenge statement
Challenge type: If you are working on multiple challenges, please indicate if this is your "big bet" or "exploratory" challenge.
Please note: we ask you to only submit a maximum of 3 challenges - 1x Big Bet, 2x Exploratory. Each challenge must be submitted individually.
BIG BET
Challenge statement: What is your challenge? (Please answer in specific terms: "Our challenge is that...”.)
Our challenge is how to create better projections and budget planification for the country with luck of correct data and proper infrastructures ?
Background: What is the history of your challenge? What is causing or driving it? Who is involved? How does the current situation look like? What undesired effects does it produce?
The Guinean government, in its heightened commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, has initiated various endeavors. These include digitization, enhancing information systems, expanding fiber connectivity throughout the entire territory, among other initiatives. However, several challenges persist, notably in establishing and fortifying the statistical system, crucial for obtaining reliable and concrete data.
With this in mind, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) laboratory in Guinea seized a significant opportunity during the Global Data Forum in Hangzhou, China. The aim was to gather innovative solutions and crucial insights to guide efforts in facilitating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. With this wealth of new information, the UNDP, as a technical partner, aims to offer its expertise to further these shared objectives.
Among the actions already realized are the development of the National Digitization Strategy, the implementation of digitization in sectoral ministries such as Agriculture, the Ministry of Pre-University Education and Literacy, and others. Additionally, there are ongoing efforts to mobilize both public and private partners.
Quantitative evidence: What (official) data sources do you have on this challenge that better exemplifies the importance and urgency of this frontier challenge? You can add text, a link, or a picture.
we have met the director of the National Institute of Statistics, the Ministry in charge of télécommunication, son Internet services Providers. Less than 30 good statisticians available in whole country of Guinea. According to a 2020 reports by the Internet Society, only 10.7% of the Guinean population has access to the internet, compared to a global average of 57.6%.
Qualitative evidence: What weak signals have you recently spotted that characterizes its urgency? Please provide qualitative information that better exemplifies the importance and urgency of this frontier challenge. You can add text, a link, or a picture.
To propel Guinea towards sustainable development, establishing a genuine and lasting democracy is imperative. This requires transitioning from a phase of transition to a duly recognized and accepted regime by development partners. This entails instituting mechanisms such as organizing fair and democratic elections. However, Guinea's government faces a challenge due to the lack of reliable data regarding the general population census. To address this issue, the National Institute of Statistics is employing various means, notably field surveys.
Value proposition: What added value or unique value proposition is your Accelerator Lab bringing to solving this challenge? Why is it your Lab that needs to work on this challenge and not other actors within UNDP, other stakeholders in the country respectively? Why is it worth investing resources to this challenge?
"One major advantage is that we visited China and witnessed the full scope and seriousness dedicated to this initiative. We gathered all the adaptable solutions for our country's context and, even more importantly, locally sourced solutions. We are precisely positioned to pivot, facilitating support in strengthening the organizational capacity of the NGO and ensuring the event's credibility with technical partners. Particularly, we aim to encourage private partners for collaboration, considering they already possess significant technical advantages compared to Guinea."
Short “tweet” summary: We would like to tweet what you are working on, can you summarize your challenge in a maximum of 280 characters?
As part of UNDP's efforts to support the Guinean government in accelerating the implementation of its National Development Plan (PRI) towards achieving the 2030 Goals, and considering the challenges it faces regarding static data, robust infrastructure, etc., we are conducting this case study to foster convergence among stakeholders, encouraging the pooling and openness of data for a fairer Guinea.
Partners
Who are your top 5 partners for this challenge? Please submit from MOST to LEAST important and state Name, Sector and a brief description of the (intended) collaboration.
Please state the name of the partner:
Ministry of Télécommunication, INS (National Institut of Statistics), UNDP CDO, GN (NGO Guinée Numérique), MOUNA INTERNET (Internet Services Provider)
What sector does our partner belong to?
United Nations
Please provide a brief description of the collaboration.
"The National Institute of Statistics (INS) is the cornerstone of data-related matters in Guinea, responsible for guiding the government's policy based on statistics. This partnership will enable us to encompass all levels of our national statistical system.
The UNDP's Chief Data Office (CDO), as the pioneering unit within the UNDP on Data issues, will support us in analyzing challenges and serve as a foundation for providing the best contemporary approaches from around the world, specifically adaptable to Guinea's context.
GN, the organizer of the Guinean Data Forum, will benefit from our technical support in establishing this platform that converges all stakeholders in the DATA ecosystem. This will be our opportunity to network with partners from the private sector worldwide.
MOUNA INTERNET, an active Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Guinea's critical technology sector, will serve as a reference point for cross-referencing information collected from various sources related to internet coverage levels, accessibility rates, and more."
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
Learning questions
Learning question: What is your learning question for this challenge? What do you need to know or understand to work on your challenge statement?
How to effectively address the question of credible data for the government's approach towards the Agenda 2030?
To what stage(s) in the learning cycle does your learning question relate?
Sense, Explore
Usage of methods: Relating to your choice above, how will you use your methods & tools for this learning question? What value do these add in answering your learning question?
these are innovative methods applied to enhance work dynamic, each of them will be used according to the specific purpose to achieve.
Existing data gaps: Relating to your choice above, what existing gaps in data or information do these new sources of data addressing? What value do these add in answering your learning question?
The level of dysfunction between the investment ant the possibility to monitor the level of the real impact on the targeted population.
Closing
Early leads to grow: Think about the possible grow phase for this challenge - who might benefit from your work on this challenge or who might be the champions in your country that you should inform or collaborate with early on to help you grow this challenge?
the INS (National Institute of Statistics) !!!
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