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The UNDP Ecuador Accelerator Lab, along with GIZ Ecuador, the GIZ Data Lab, and the University of Manchester, conducted a Data Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) pilot in 2020–21 to learn about local, effective, and desirable cattle ranching practices in two cantons of the Ecuadorian Amazon: Joya de los Sachas and Sucúa. Our goal was to generate evidence of local solutions to inform the PROAmazonia programme that aims to reduce CO2 emissions through the mitigation of deforestation and the promotion of sustainable land use.

Artificial intelligence is currently filling the headlines. This raises the question of how we can use the benefits of these tools without causing harm and leaving no one behind.

A year of change for the GIZ Data Lab: the GIZ Data Lab 2.0. and its members . What a year it has been… again!

Amid geopolitical turmoil and the global impacts of climate change, leaders around the world are increasingly turning to the circular economy as a conceptual framework to align human activities with planetary boundaries. 

In the second Data Feminism event, the GIZ Data Lab and the Data Pop Alliance welcomed Papa Alioune Seck, Chief of Research and Data at UN Women, who delivered a keynote on Gender Data, the gaps in Gender Data and why they matter for our work. 

“Data feminism begins with a belief in gender equality, and a recognition that achieving equality for folks of all genders (and all races, and all sexual orientations, and all locations in the world) requires a commitment to examining the root cause of the inequalities that certain individuals and groups face today” – Catherine D’Ignazio, Lauren Klein: Data Feminism

Together with the GIZ Sector Network Rural Development Asia and the Pacific and the Sector Network Rural Development Africa, we are running a Masterclass on the Data Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) method.

Visiting Fair Forward in Kigali, Rwanda 456

tl;dr: we were able to demonstrate the viability of the method and will continue to work on the widespread adoption of DPPD. If you want you to get involved, reach out at mail[at]datapoweredpd.org

Zooming in: A field inquiry to learn about differentiated practices for sustainable livestock farming in Ecuador