Data Revolution, Innovation and SDGs

Rastislav Vrbensky Istanbul Regional Hub Manager

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- NO BUSINESS AS USUAL - DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

- DIFFERENCE THROUGH SOCIAL INNOVATION

- EXAMPLES (DATA, INNOVATION, FINANCING)

OPEN DATA INITIATIVE

Photos from the hackathon in Belgrade, 4-6.12.2015

• Ministry of Data• Hacathons

• In Ukraine, we are seeing an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability at the local level - an open budget tool with up to 15 municipalities this year and 25 more municipalities have expressed interest in

World Wide Internet Penetration, John Matherly

World Wide Internet Penetration, John Matherly

BIG DATA

World Wide Internet Penetration, John Matherly

•We’re seeing a trend of democratization of data production• Democratization of data

production brings with it risks and opportunities

World Wide Internet Penetration, John Matherly

Individual citizens, hybrid organizations, new types of data-oriented start ups i) mobile phone usage ii) wearable technologiesiii) data from social networks (both geolocation

networks like Google Maps or Foursquare to Facebook, twitter, instagram, Waze, Uber and Movit)

iv) sharing economy data (AirBnB)v) credit cards usagevi) remote sensing data (satellites)

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My Elva – SMS communication platform - weekly communicaton to monitor how the security situation on the ground changed relative to various factors

Knowledge and Innovation service linesDelivery of new policy solutions that use novel ways to tackle old problems (innovation labs, behavioral insights, big/new data)

Build up of next generation skills for development and policy making by experimenting with new methods and approaches (open policy making, human centered design, rapid prototype design and real time monitoring)

Identification of cutting edge thinking via R&D (horizon scanning, market intelligence, social media analytics)

INNOVATIVE FINANCING

SDGs will require $3.9 trillion per year (UNCTAD, World Investment Report)

• World Bank estimates that crowd-funding will grow to $ 100 billion by 2025

• Impact investment market is expected to grow to $3 trillion in the coming years 

• Reducing current price of transferring remittances (7.72%) by 5% would amount to roughly $16 billion a year

Partnership

• Teaming up with the best – UNICEF, UK Government’s Behavioral Insights Team, Waag Society, Institute for the Future, Edgeryders, FutureGov, the Governance Lab at NYU, the MindLab, Nesta, Cognitive Edge and Indiegogo, among others.

Many thanks!