ESCAP and Statistics Korea promote big data for sustainable development
The Forum on Innovative Data Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place from 31 May to 2 June in Incheon to explore the latest innovative data methods and find ways to use big data to monitor the SDGs, particularly on disaster management (SDGs 1, 11, and 13), education (SDG 4), and transportation (SDGs 9 and 11). Government officials and experts at the Forum, co-organized by ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office and Statistics Korea, agreed to further their cooperation in the research and application of big data and other modern data tools for sustainable development. Elements of a regional platform for sharing and scaling up innovations in big data and analytics, dubbed the SDG Data Science Lab, were also featured at the Forum.
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