| Overview : Deadline extended up to 13th July, 2015. In August 2014 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon established an Independent Expert Advisory Group to make concrete recommendations on bringing about a data revolution in sustainable development. The group presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 06 the report “A World That Counts: Mobilising The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development” http://www.undatarevolution.org. The report also makes specific recommendations on how to address these challenges, calling for a UN-led effort to mobilise the data revolution for sustainable development: - Fostering and promoting innovation to fill data gaps;
- Mobilizing resources to overcome inequalities between developed and developing countries and between data-poor and data-rich people and
- Leadership and coordination to enable the data revolution to play its full role in the realization of sustainable development.
Global Pulse (http://www.unglobalpulse.org/about-new) is an innovation initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Big Data. Its vision is a future in which big data is harnessed safely and responsibly as a public good. Its mission is to accelerate discovery, development and scaled adoption of big data innovation for sustainable development and humanitarian action. Global Pulse is building a catalytic network of in-country innovation centers, which will test new tools, data and analysis, share what lessons with the global community, mainstream successful approaches for real-time impact monitoring into policymaking. The first Lab has been established in New York (Pulse Lab New York) followed by Jakarta, Indonesia and Kampala, Uganda. Pulse Lab Kampala (http://www.unglobalpulse.org/kampala) is established as an inter-agency initiative of the United Nations under the Office of the Resident Coordinator in Uganda. The first of its kind in Africa, it supports the United Nations Country Team by bringing together researchers from Government, the UN, non-governmental organizations and private sector to collaboratively develop new approaches on data innovation for sustainable development. The Lab was officially launched by H.E the Prime Minister in January 2015. A data revolution is underway in Uganda and in Africa. There is more data now than ever. New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and protecting the environment. There is more data produced in the last 2 years than in all of human history. There is a tremendous potential in new technology; indeed, this is the forefront of the data revolution already well underway in in the private sector. The new SDGs agenda will have increased demands – and opportunities- for the use of data. Under the guidance of the of the Pulse Lab Manager and in consultation with the Communications Specialist, at the Resident Coordinator Officer, the consultant will support Pulse Lab Kampala to disseminate the recommendations of the report A World That Counts: Mobilising The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development” among UN system and partners in Uganda. Note: Please upload your application in one single PDF Document on our jobs website (link is shown here below) - where the Vacancy annoucment has also been listed - Make sure that you submit a copy your updated CV, Technical Proposal Understanding and Financial Proposal. Also refer to Terms of Reference for other submission requirements. https://jobs.undp.org/ Ref. ID 57510. | 
