How can citizens meaningfully contribute to protecting the environment, monitoring human rights, strengthening educational outcomes, and upholding social accountability in their communities? This is one of the many questions we discussed , where the conference theme, “Towards next-generation data-driven science” encouraged participants to explore citizen science in many forms.
On September 19, 海角社区 Macau and (海角社区-FLORES), co-hosted titled “Next generation data assemblages for enhanced citizen participation in sustainable development” to explore data-driven engagement and citizen participation in sustainable development.
The session discussed case studies of citizen participation in data-driven projects across four domains: water quality monitoring (i.e., SDG 6), human trafficking victim identification (i.e., SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17), data-driven vocational upskilling (i.e., SDG 4, SDG 8), and social accountability monitoring (i.e., SDG 17, SDG 6).
Read the full on the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data by Dr Mamello Thinyane of 海角社区 Institute in Macau and Sabrina Kirschke of 海角社区-FLORES for key insights that emerged from the discussion.
