Governance in the 21st<\/sup> Century: A View from Countries, Multilaterals, and Foundations\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 brought together Phetsamone Sone, Deputy Head of the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB); Gopi Krishna Khanal, Joint Secretary at Nepal\u2019s National Natural Resource and Fiscal Commission (NNRFC); Jake Porway, Founder and Executive Director of global non-profit DataKind; Haishan Fu, Director of the World Bank\u2019s Development Data Group; and Fernando Perini, Senior Programme Officer at Canada\u2019s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).<\/p>\n \u201cWe are here to share the challenges that we have faced and focus on plans for the next 10 years,\u201d said Phetsamone Sone, asserting that these challenges can only be met with support coming from governments and international partners. Meanwhile, Gopi Krishna Khanal focused on lessons drawn from mining and compiling data to address national challenges, including: Institutionalising data science for evidence-based policy decisions; using modern technology to build and develop data; and embracing data governance at the functional and strategic levels.<\/p>\n \u201cWe work with our partners to ensure seamless data exchange and sharing,\u201d noted Jake Porway, stressing that partnership and collaboration is essential in data science, particularly in DataKind\u2019s efforts to use data science and AI in the service of humanity.<\/p>\n For her part, Haishan Fu stressed the importance of proactively engaging with the private sector in an effort to create a culture of data and knowledge sharing and ensure the best use of data, before Fernando Perini concluded the presentations tackling the issue of abuse of data by authoritarian governments and other parties who use data to manipulate public opinions and influence elections. \u201cWe cannot think of things in isolation anymore,\u201d he said; \u201cwe need a more realistic approach to data governance.\u201d<\/p>\n A parallel session titled \u201cData Stewardship in Action: Making Data Collaboratives Systematic, Sustainable and Responsible\u201d<\/strong>, was moderated by Sarah Lucas of the Hewlett Foundation, and brought together Omar Seidu, Ghana Statistical Service; Chaya Nayak, Facebook; Claudia Juech, Cloudera Foundation; Kara Selke, Streetlight Data; Rami Hazime, DigitalGlobe; and Stefaan Verhulst, The Governance Lab at New York University.<\/p>\n The experts noted the great potential in combining privately held, non-traditional data sources to combine with traditional government data to solve developmental problems across a globe. While traditional government surveys can take years, privately held data can provide more regular metrics to inform policies. The challenge, they noted, is how to utilise this privately held data in an on-going, sustainable and responsible way.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important to have technical infrastructure, data infrastructure and human infrastructure in place for these data collaborations to work,\u201d Verhulst noted. \u201cWe need a community of data stewards to make data collaborations systematic, sustainable and responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n Cost, data privacy and trust are key issues that must also be considered to ensure these data collaborations are sustainable. Verhulst notes that we must also understand the risk of not sharing data. \u201cThere are risks involved for a corporation not to engage with the public sector around data, because ultimately, utilising this data collection could mean improving lives, and even saving lives,\u201d Verhulst explained.<\/p>\n The first day had opened with a session on \u201cHow Data Can Drive Happiness\u201d<\/strong>, led by Dr Mansoor Anwar Habib, Senior Director of Employee Wellness and Happiness at du. Leading with the message of UAE Founding Father the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who said \u201cPositivity is a way of happiness and happiness is a lifestyle,\u201d the session explored the various aspects and measures by which data can drive happiness.<\/p>\n \u201cEmotions are contagious,\u201d Dr Habib said, speaking of the correlation between the objectivity of data and subjectivity of happiness. To achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the \u201cHappy Wheel\u201d breaks down the 5 domains to focus on for the ultimate goal of world happiness: H<\/strong>ealth; A<\/strong>round Me (relationships); P<\/strong>ause (being present in the moment); P<\/strong>urpose; and Y<\/strong>ou (practicing gratitude), which together make up the acronym HAPPY.<\/p>\n The session ended with a Mindful Destressing Breathing Activity, engaging the audience and focussing on destress, group participation and engagement. \u201cIf we look at the 5 Domains of \u2018HAPPY\u2019 holistically and strive towards them, we will arrive at happiness \u2013 the GOAL,\u201d Dr Habib concluded.<\/p>\n The second UN World Data Forum will welcome more than 1,500 data experts, policy-makers, and representatives from academia, private companies and civil society organisations (CSOs) from around the world. The event follows the inaugural Forum, which took place in 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not here to just share best practice, but also challenges,\u201d said experts at the first session kicking off day one of the UN World Data Forum 2018, organised by the Federal Competitiveness & Statistics Authority (FCSA) at Dubai\u2019s Madinat Jumeirah on October 22-24, 2018. 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