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My School Today! Launch Event

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) invites you to the launch of My School Today!, a call to action to support students, teachers, and local communities to geo-reference their schools and education facilities as part of an effort to develop a timely dataset of school locations in Africa on July 20th, 9 am EDT.

SDGs Today of the SDSN is developing a dataset using OSM, WorldPop, and Esri products to provide an accessible product using open source data to share national population counts within various travel distances and times from recorded educational facilities. Our goal is to engage local students, communities, and other actors in the ongoing development of this dataset, and learn how we can support ministries of education and statistical offices to complement official data sources and progress on SDG 4. We are grateful for the support of Esri, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), and UNESCO IIEP, and other organizations in this effort.


Draft Agenda (1 hour)

9:00 Welcome and Introduction - Mr. Chief Nathaniel Ebo Nsarko, Executive Director, Millennium Promise Alliance

9:05 Keynote by Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education of Ghana

9:15 Announcement of My School Today! call to action, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, President, SDSN

9:25 Remarks by Dr. Radhika Iyengar, Director of Education, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University and Secretariat Member of Mission 4.7

9:35 Panel Discussion: Geospatial data and technologies for SDG 4

- Mr. Jason Sawle, Global Manager for Schools, Esri
- Ms. Monica Nthiga, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Hub, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- Ms. Annita Mwagiru, Deputy Project Lead for the SDGs Student Programme, SDSN Youth

9:50 Q&A with the Participants

10:00 Closing Remarks

Please reach out to sdgstoday@unsdsn.org for more information or assistance.

Jul 20, 2021 09:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)