We, the participants gathered here in Bern, Switzerland, for the United Nations World Data Forum the Forum , representing different data and statistical communities, government institutions, policy makers, planners and decisions takers, academia and professional associations, donor and philanthropic community, the private sector, the media and civil society, acknowledge the progress made in the last five years to establish the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data the CTGAP , launched at the first Forum in Cape Town and the Dubai declaration , launched at the second Forum in Dubai, on how to finance and implement the CTGAP.
Appreciate that achieving the Agenda for Sustainable Development Agenda and sustainable regional, national and local development require fit-for-purpose data with each data ecosystem stakeholder playing their part, whilst working in harmony towards a common goal: "A World with Data We Trust".
Acknowledge further that data and statistics need to be fully utilised in global, regional, national and local value chains to inform and deliver in a sustainable way on the services and resources people need. Recognise that quality, timely, relevant, open and disaggregated data are indispensable for effective evidence-based decision making to lead us towards a sustainable path for development and an inclusive society. Increasingly aware that data are critical in response to natural and man-made disasters, in all forms and regardless of their global or local reach, both to mitigate their effects and plan the recovery to build back better.
We appeal to the international community and national governments for all communities to work together in the data ecosystem to ensure:. The United Nations system and other international, regional and sub-regional organisations encourages common data practices through the development and promotion of international standards, provide support aligned to national and local priorities, encourage and facilitate cooperation and capacity development across the data ecosystem and promote data as a public good.
We all work together to provide a rapid response in times of uncertainty when timely data are needed the most. For accelerated action on the implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan, our shared vision is to do the following; TA1 Develop data capacity, where we strengthen national institutional capacity, continue to modernise national data systems to generate public data that are fit for purpose, open, interoperable and nationally coordinated, and empower policy-makers, planners and decision-takers to understand these data and use them effectively;.
