Telling stories with SDG data Hackathon
The Challenge
Effective communication is essential for maintaining the relevance of official statistics and maximising the value to society. Increasingly, users want answers to questions based on data. Statistical organisations can produce statistics that are more effective and can add value to products by putting the data in context and telling the broader stories.
The task
A hackathon is an intensive problem-solving event. In this case, the focus is on statistical content and effective communication. The teams will be challenged to “Create a user-oriented product that tells a story about the younger population”. During the Hackathon, fifteen teams from nine countries had 64.5 hours to create a product that tells a story about the younger population. The teams were multidisciplinary - with members from statistical offices and other government departments. The product created should be innovative, engaging, and targeted towards the general public (that is, not specialists). There was no limit on the form of the product, but the teams had to include a mandatory SDG indicator in the product.
The mandatory indicator was "Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training" SDG indicator (Indicator 8.6.1).
Four “winning” teams will be asked to present their product at relevant modernisation and SDG meetings (For example, the HLG MOS Workshop in November 2017 or the CES Plenary Session in June 2018). The "winning" teams will be announced on Friday 15 September. The “winning” teams will be chosen based on combination of scores from the Evaluation Panel and the popular vote.
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The Virtual Hackathon on Telling Stories with SDG data took place virtually on 5-7 September 2017.
Effective communication is essential for maintaining the relevance of official statistics and maximising the value to society. Increasingly, users want answers to questions based on data. Statistical organisations can produce statistics that are more effective and can add value to products by putting the data in context and telling the broader stories.
The task
A hackathon is an intensive problem-solving event. In this case, the focus is on statistical content and effective communication. Multidisciplinary teams will be challenged to “Create a user-oriented product that tells a story about the younger population” within the three day timeframe.
During the Hackathon, the teams will create a product that tells a story about the younger population. The product created should be innovative, engaging, and targeted towards the general public. It could take the form of interactive fact sheets, videos, infographics, or other innovative products – the sky is the limit!
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will drive the international development agenda in the coming years. National Statistical Institutions will play a key role in monitoring and reporting on the progress towards these goals. They will also need to communicate about the SDGs in a clear and captivating way. Therefore, we have chosen SDG data to be the focus of this Hackathon.
The following SDG Indicators relate to the younger population:
- 3.7.2 - Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group
- 4.1.1 - Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
- 4.3.1 - Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
- 4.4.1 - Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
- 5.3.1 - Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
- 8.6.1 - Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
Data for these indicators exist in the UN SDGs Indicators database(https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/).
It was mandatory to include the "Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training" indicator (Indicator 8.6.1) in the product created during the Hackathon.
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