Colombia, Ghana, and Kenya have made clear commitments to continue their pioneering work in building inclusive data systems, including refining, developing, and scaling the innovative new tools and approaches developed through MIDN. 

Colombia: Refining and scaling the Citizen Data Framework

Since the final learning workshop in Ghana in August 2025, Colombia has been working through a phased implementation of its Citizen Data Framework, including finalizing the first version; holding workshops to validate this and the maturity model and working towards piloting the model with CSOs, as well as organizing technical consultations and evaluations for App Diversa and a communication strategy for the launch of the app.

In 2026, Colombia has committed to:

  • Publishing a second version of the Citizen Data Framework (Q2).
  • Creating implementation guides, checklists, and tools (Q3-Q4).
  • Exploring citizen science applications in Colombia.
  • Developing new App Diversa modules for gender-based violence and public services access.
  • Showcasing this work at the Global Data Festival in Kenya.

By 2026, Colombia will be known for making data a tool for dignity, justice, and social transformation, demonstrating that communities can produce valid knowledge and that their voice is indispensable in the information systems of the future."

— Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (C.N.O.A.), Colombia

Ghana: Improving data on FGM and advancing community data use 

Ghana aims to close data gaps on FGM in northern regions, addressing SDG indicator 5.3.2, with a focus on building the internal capacity, institutional processes, partnerships and long-term commitments required to keep MIDN projects going after the pilot phase.

Planned activities include:

  • Stakeholder scoping and project proposal development for FGM data collection.
  • Stakeholder engagement meetings with survivors, perpetrators, and communities.
  • Mixed-method pilot data collection, combining technology and traditional approaches.
  • Report preparation and publication.
  • Leveraging partnerships with CSOs, development organizations, and telecommunications providers to sustain and scale new tools and approaches.
  • Showcasing this work at global events and forums, including the Global Data Festival in Kenya in 2026.

In terms of policy, Ghana aims to use this new data and evidence to eliminate FGM in areas where the practice is still prevalent, develop social interventions to support survivors, enforce existing laws, and combat cross-border strategies through dialogue and collaboration.


Kenya: Institutionalizing citizen data validation approaches

Kenya is prioritizing institutional integration of inclusive data practices across five strategic areas, from sub-national systems to technology:

  • Sub-national data systems: Identifying data gaps through county-integrated development plans, enabling decision-making and social accountability at grassroots levels.
  • Citizen data producer expansion: Conducting a second inventory of citizen data producers (following the first in 2021) to expand collaboration networks, increase dataset availability, and improve indicator richness and timeliness.
  • Capacity building: Addressing skills gaps in data processing, analysis, and use with an emphasis on consistency (retaining personnel) and creating replicable training toolkits and an online repository for multiple cohorts.
  • Technical assistance: Finalizing gender statistics guidelines, developing guidelines for validating qualitative data through peer learning with the UK Office for National Statistics, and creating disability data standards.
  • Technology integration: Developing real-time inclusive data collection systems, learning from Ghana's mobile app experience while adapting to Kenya's institutional context.

Kenya is also working towards greater institutional sustainability for inclusive data, including continuing to embed inclusive data principles in the Kenya Strategy for Development of Statistics II (KSDS II) and strengthening coordination through statistics units in all ministries, departments, agencies, and countries.

Inspiring ongoing South-South collaboration 

Impact stories and lessons learned from Make Inclusive Data the Norm will be shared at Kenya's 2026 Data Festival to inspire other countries in Latin America and Africa to collaborate and build inclusive data practices.