UN World Data Forum 2023

Hangzhou (China), 24-27 April 2023 - The fourth UN World Data Forum was held in Hangzhou, China from 24 to 27 April, hosted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province. The 2023 UNWDF addressed four main Thematic Areas (TAs), gathering data actors from government, civil society, private sector, international and regional agencies, and academia.

  • TA 1. Innovation and partnerships for better and more inclusive data;
  • TA 2. Maximizing the use and value of data for better decision-making;
  • TA 3. Building trust and ethics in data;
  • TA 4. Emerging trends and partnerships to develop the data ecosystem.
 

The CoE has participated in the UNWDF since 2021, as a regional knowledge hub on crime and criminal justice statistics in Asia and the Pacific. At the previous forum, the CoE organized a session and discussed emerging trends and innovations in data collection systems, especially in real-time crime data collection.

Following the previous engagement in the 2021 UNWDF, the CoE also attended the 2023 UNWDF and built insight into what challenges and practices that Member States and other data communities have been facing and enhanced knowledge and networks to elaborate on our support to the region. The following list is the relevant sessions to the CoE as a potential field to work on.

  • (TA2.40) Strengthening Violence against Women Data and Measurement for Evidence-based Policies: UN Women and WHO Joint Programme on Strengthening Methodologies and Measurement and Building National Capacities for Violence against Women Data was introduced with the Global Database on VAW including more than 161 countries data and practical experience on prevalence estimates and training program for the VAW survey. 
  • (TA2.08) Building the evidence to rebuild trust in governance systems: Various stakeholders presented new partnerships, different approaches, and innovations to address governance issues such as insufficient statistics for inclusive policy making and low level of trust in public institutions. A comprehensive register system connecting over 100 administrative data by Statistics Norway, research findings on the Canadian Legal Problems Survey and the Tunisia SDG 16 Survey initiative, and experience in utilizing the citizen-generated data for monitoring SDG 16.2.2 were introduced. 
  • (TA1.05) Adding value to survey data through enhanced interoperability and data integration: Different data experts shared their experience and case studies to obtain more timely and disaggregated data, particularly how to integrate household survey data with other sources such as censuses, administrative data, and mobile phone data.
  • (TA4.08) SDG 16: Measuring process and reporting challenges. Different approaches to the cooperation between the international and national level: UNODC and UNDP introduced methodological guidelines to implement dedicated surveys on corruption and victimization, and comprehensive survey modules for SDG 16 indicators. Italy and Mexico shared how they adopted these methodologies and matched the needs of both national priorities and global monitoring of SDG 16.

The CoE will continuously participate in the UN World Data Forum and contribute to the international data communities for achieving sustainable development goals, particularly in the area of crime and criminal justice. 

Further information on the CoE can be found here, Twitter @CoE_UNODC and Facebook @UNODC.KOSTAT.CoE.