2015 marked a milestone in the international agenda following the United Nations’ approval of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These guidelines set forth specific goals that can be achieved in the next 15 years. One of the established objectives is goal 6, which is to ensure access to water and sanitation for all. Although we have made great progress in the region, … [Read more...] about 5 Open Iniciatives for the Sustainable Management of Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste
5 Steps to Develop a Knowledge Dissemination Strategy
Leer versión en español If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound? Well, if there is no one there for the sound to reach, what difference does it make? In the same spirit, if your knowledge never reaches anyone else, how much of a difference can it make? To help your knowledge have an impact we share some recommendations to help you create a knowledge … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Develop a Knowledge Dissemination Strategy
The future of Massive Open Online Courses in Latin America and the Caribbean
When Harvard and MIT founded the online educational platform edX in 2012, one of the American universities’ primary motivations was to make their knowledge available on a massive scale. Four years later, edX has offered 700 open courses and educated 6 million people worldwide, including 750,000 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Now, this … [Read more...] about The future of Massive Open Online Courses in Latin America and the Caribbean
6 open source tools from UNICEF Innovation that promote development
Leer blogpost en español By UNICEF Innovation This blogpost was originally published in UNICEF Stories For us, innovation at UNICEF means doing something different that adds value. This also means that we need to be agile so we can adapt to the evolving challenges affecting all children. At UNICEF, we use innovation to create solutions that strengthen our work in child … [Read more...] about 6 open source tools from UNICEF Innovation that promote development
4 Datasets to explore in Numbers for Development
Since the launch of the open data portal, Numbers for Development, the number of unique datasets created and compiled by IDB specialists in the Specialized Dataset section has been growing. This post will highlight four datasets of interest that are available now for you to explore. Many of these datasets have visualizations already done, but we encourage you to go … [Read more...] about 4 Datasets to explore in Numbers for Development