Advanced Data Lab Training for SDG Integration in Rwanda
Project Description
To enhance the use of data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), CSF partnered with UNICEF Rwanda and the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) to strengthen the RwandaInfo platform — the country’s national data dissemination system.
Originally developed to provide quick access to statistical data and monitor progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), RwandaInfo (a DevInfo-based platform) continues to play a central role in tracking the Agenda 2030 framework and Rwanda’s national development targets.
In 2017, CSF conducted an advanced data lab training for NISR data managers. The training focused on database updates, tagging existing indicators to SDGs, restructuring data frameworks, integrating new geographical levels of data visualization, and introducing the latest innovations within the Data For All (DFA) suite.
This capacity-building effort enabled NISR to modernize RwandaInfo, improve interoperability with national databases, and strengthen the country’s ability to use data for evidence-based policymaking and reporting on SDG progress.
- Supported NISR in modernizing RwandaInfo to align with the Agenda 2030 framework.
- Conducted advanced lab training for national data managers on DFA tools.
- Tagged existing national indicators to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Enhanced database structure and data visualization capacity for multi-level reporting.
- Strengthened institutional capacity in managing, updating, and disseminating data.
- Enhanced national data dissemination system (RwandaInfo).
- Integration of SDG indicators within national datasets.
- Updated database and mapping functions for subnational analysis.
- Training on the Data For All (DFA) suite and dashboard tools.
