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EmpoderaData: Data Skills for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America

Dates:16 October 2019
Times:11:30 - 16:30
What is it:Workshop
Organiser:Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
How much:Free
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EmpoderaData, from the Spanish word empoderar for “to empower”, builds upon the success of the Q-Step program. Q-Step, for “Quantitative Step-change”, was developed as a strategic response to the shortage of quantitatively-skilled social science graduates in the United Kingdom. The University of Manchester (UoM) is one of 15 centres that took part in a £19.5 million program designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training. One of the core pillars of the UoM Q-Step Centre was to train undergraduates to do data analysis by enabling them to practice their data skills in the workplace.

In this free workshop the University of Manchester (UoM) together with Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) will expand upon the project findings, exploring this model in the Global South through the “EmpoderaData Project”. Three pilot countries - Brasil, Colombia and Mexico, were included. The project aims to promote a virtuous cycle of social transformation by fostering data literacy skills applied to addressing our society’s most pressing issues through the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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11.30 Arrival of participants and registration; coffee

12:00 Welcome and Introductions:

   Professor Jackie Carter, Professor of Statistical Literacy, University of Manchester
   Professor Stephen Flint, Associate Vice-President for Internationalisation, University of Manchester
   Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou, School of Social Science Director for Social Responsibility, University of Manchester

12:30 EmpoderaData: overview and findings from Phase 1

   Julie Ricard, Deputy Director, Data-Pop Alliance
   Dr Vanessa Higgins, University of Manchester
   Valentina Casasbuenas, Data-Pop Alliance

13:30 Lunch

14:30 EmpoderaData Phase 2 Workshop: discuss ideas for future work, identify partners and funding opportunities

16.30 End of workshop

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