Data Governance Toolkit: Navigating Data in the Digital Age (2025)

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UNESCO’s Data Governance programme supports rights-based and inclusive approaches to data in the digital age. It is one of the co-chaired initiatives of the Broadband Commission Working Group on Data Governance, together with UNDP, ITU and the African Union Commission. The Working Group’s Data Governance Toolkit: Navigating Data in the Digital Age (July 2025) offers practical guidance for policymakers, and it was previewed at the UNESCO Conference on Capacity Building for AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector in June 2025. The Toolkit is available in open access.

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Staff Meeting

260000 Supported the ADG during the Q&A session of the UNESCO Networks Cluster Meeting

Programme

261103 Building African Data Ecosystems for Value Creation and Responsible AI

261020 Governing Data for AI-Ready Public Sectors 

260707 UNFCCC COP 31 (ITU)

260715 Saint Kitts and Nevis' GCF focal point

261007-261009 ABRELATAM / CONDATOS (Guatemala City)

261118-261120 Data Governance(CLAD)

260812-260814 Harare, Zimbabwe

260720-260722 National Workshop on Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence for Public Sector Transformation

260702 Data Governance App

260700 UNESCO-UNDP Data Governance Training

Research

Partnerships

261105 SPARK Alliance Plenary Meeting

Communications

260000 Prepared presentation slides introducing the work of the Communication and Information Sector’s Digital Policies and Digital Transformation (CI DPT) Section for the visit of the Korean COSS Bio-Health delegation

260000 Drafted data governance promotional messaging for publication on the ADG's LinkedIn