31 January 2018 global: Submission deadline for Second UN World Data Forum

[Daniel-Mietchen]

As per https://github.com/Daniel-Mietchen/events/issues/226 and https://twitter.com/GChenais/status/945995578307117056 .

[Daniel-Mietchen]

Possible submissions:

• Wikidata and
  • SDGs
  • emergency management

[Daniel-Mietchen]

The call for proposals page sits at https://undataforum.org/WorldDataForum/call-for-session-proposals-for-united-nations-world-data-forum-2018/ , and the submission form at https://goo.gl/forms/gPZy3O2tCt4xiuUv2 .

[Daniel-Mietchen]

Re emergency management/ disaster response, my WikidataCon talk on the topic might be a good starting point: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Submissions/The_role_of_Wikidata_in_emergency_response .

Re SDGs, there is a Wikimania talk: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimedia_and_the_UN%27s_Sustainable_Development_Goals

[Daniel-Mietchen]

According to https://undataforum.org/WorldDataForum/programme/, there are 6 thematic areas:

• TA 1. New approaches to capacity development for better data: Supporting broad data ecosystems in countries
• TA 2. Innovations and synergies across data ecosystems: Bringing data sources together and creating an enabling environment for the integration and use of non-traditional data sources
• TA 3. Leaving no one behind: Generating and leveraging data and statistics to ensure visibility and voice for everyone
• TA 4. Understanding the world through data: Making data and statistics relevant and usable to all users; increasing data and statistical literacy and data communication; strengthening the use of data in journalism
• TA 5. Building trust in data and statistics: Applying data principles and governance to new and existing data sources and implementing open data principles and practices
• TA 6. How far have we come? A look at the implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan; Addressing emerging challenges of fully harnessing the power of data to improve people’s lives

Seems like 2-5 would all be good fits for Wikidata.

[Daniel-Mietchen]

An additional topic could be Wikidata as a FAIR data platform, as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Submissions/Using_Wikidata_to_make_research_data_FAIR .

[Daniel-Mietchen]

My submission sits at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/UNWDF-2018 .