International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
For Support Of The Demography Field’s Participation In The Data Revolution
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/5/2014
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
As a part of the post-2015 development agenda, the international community is working to facilitate a "Data Revolution" to improve the way data is collected and used to inform development; however, demography professionals are not yet part of the discussions. Through this grant, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population will work with its network of demographers to engage with and help to shape the Data Revolution. As experts in the collection and analysis of population data, demographers' knowledge is necessary to shape the discussion. This grant will support two meetings and at least one position paper on how demographers will use their specialized knowledge and skills to inform the Data Revolution .
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.iussp.org
Address
3-5 rue Nicolas, Paris, 75980 Cedex 20, France
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) promotes the scientific study of population, encourages exchange between researchers around the globe, and stimulates interest in population issues. The IUSSP aims to expand virtual activities to reach a broader audience of population experts and policymakers, increasingly engage early career researchers in IUSSP activities, and build its training activities in novel data use methodologies. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for support of a network to strengthen population sciences training programs in Francophone Africa
With Hewlett Foundation support, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population has completed two years of an initiative to train local scientists to analyze and evaluate development issues with cutting-edge demographic tools. The project has already trained sixty scientists from seventeen African countries, and seeks to broaden the impact of this work to a wider range of skills at still more Francophone institutions. The recommended renewal proposes a second phase in which the organization would continue its training work, but with an added focus on publishing policy-inspired research emphasizing the intersections between global development and population and the 2010 round of African censuses. The next phase also seeks to build capacity at Africa’s universities to manage modern data sets, which would give population scientists in the region the means to continue their research.
