The Dominican Republic is joining Make Inclusive Data the Norm (MIDN), with the National Statistics Office (Oficina Nacional de Estadística, ONE) leading the country’s participation. The launch event brings together about 45 people from government, civil society, academia and data organizations in the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
MIDN helps countries produce and use data that reflects everyone, especially people who are often missing from official statistics. The initiative is led by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and funded by APC-Colombia. It connects national statistical offices, government institutions, civil society and technical partners in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal so they can learn from one another’s experience.
On the first day, participants will look at how Colombia uses nontraditional data sources and experimental statistics alongside official data. The sessions will cover Colombia’s Citizen Data Framework and Maturity Model and its work on subnational population estimates. The second day focuses on older people in the Dominican Republic. Participants will review what data exists, where the gaps are, and which priority topics and indicators ONE and its partners should pursue under MIDN.
