DEVELOPMENT NEWS
A WEEK OF CHALLENGES
According to data from the World Poverty Clock (
worldpoverty.io), we are not yet on track to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Still, many young people remain hopeful for the future. In October, fifty-four young men and women from 13 Arab countries arrived in Beirut, Lebanon for Visualize 2030 – a five-day ‘data camp’ organized by the Arab Development Portal (ADP) to encourage youth from the region to use data and statistics to tell stories about and draw attention to topics of concern for their future. Sustainable living, youth employment, education and access to water were just a few of the issues on their minds.
TEAM: FIVE IN ONE
This team focused on the SDGs they considered most pressing in their country (SDG 1 on poverty, 3 on good health and wellbeing, 6 on clean water and sanitation, 7 on affordable and clean energy and 8 on decent work and economic growth). Despite the situation in Yemen, team Five In One used its platform to raise awareness about the importance of these goals for improving life in their country.
Ali Srour – a data scientist and co-founder of innovation services firm Data Aurora – introduced teams to the concept of real-time data analysis, and Farah Abdulsater from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) showed examples of how the IOM uses a ‘data- driven’ storyline. Lebanese actress and producer Betty Taoutel joined the visualizers for interactive socializing activities aimed at encouraging teams to integrate performance into their visuals.
DAY 1: LOGISTICS E
After months of preparing for the camp, youth from across the Arab world arrived in Beirut, Lebanon in their teams and were welcomed by the ADP team. This year’s data ‘hackathon’ was held in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development. For some, the journey was a long one: it was only after travelling for 26 hours that Ahmed from Yemen joined his team called ‘Five in one’.
TEAM: PEACE OF ART
This unique group from Lebanon focused on the importance of SDG 4 on education, particularly as it relates to using art and music to challenge crime and violence. Peace of Art highlighted how greater investments in education of this type have the potential to save at-risk youth from crime and drug abuse.
Watch the video at http://arabdevelopmentportal. com/content/peace-art
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SOURCE: Arab Development Portal
SOURCE: Arab Development Portal
PHOTO: Marwan Tahtah/ADP
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