Collaboration Call: November 22, 2019

1. Technical Updates

UK team

• Bulk download zip file has been created, next step is to add a link to front-end
• Added an Updates page where we can share work we’ve been doing
• Began looking into requirements for CSV-W
  • CSV-W output is a higher priority than CSV-W input
• Beginning a second phase of user research
• For info, as part of UK role in UNECE Task Team for Data Transmission, will be contributing to knowledge sharing, case studies etc re work on SDMX, APIs

US team

No updates

CODE team

• Working towards stable release 1.0.0 of Open SDG
• Working on get translations into sdg-build, and related functionality

Country/subnational interest in cloning the NRP

UK notes:

• Myanmar (Burma) have chosen Open SDG as front-end and would like a workshop (haven’t chosen back-end yet – have an old system)
• Mike from data team has just came back from Rwanda trip as Inclusive Data Charter champion – attended Data for Now conference. Will be discussing priorities for further support eg establishing French version.
• Moldova – have platform up and running with a second language, have recently been in touch to see how they’re doing and if there’s anything we can help with.
• Will be discussing with UNSD a potential workshop for Open SDG users to share common experiences and improvements (came out of Data for Now conference – NISR have offered to host)

Next steps

• Release 0.10.0 of Open SDG and then plan for the next release afterwards to be 1.0.0.