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ANNEXURE - XI

PDI Bern Data Compact for the Decade of Action on

the Sustainable Development Goals

Announced during the UN World Data Forum 2021 in Bern at the closing session on Wednesday, 6 October 2021.

I. Preamble
Appreciate that achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 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".

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:

 high-quality, timely, open, reliable and disaggregated data for evidence-based decision making and for every
individual to be represented;

 integrating a variety of innovative data sources:

 Civil society and individuals bring more data to the attention of the public hereby holding authorities to account:

 The geospatial community works with other data producers to maximize the value of geocoded data and
information;

 Academic and professional associations apply their independent advice and expertise to further illuminate
available data, provide further insights and feedback;

 We all work together to provide a rapid response in times of uncertainty when timely data are needed the most.

II. Call for action

our shared vision is to do the following;

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;

Establish data partnerships, where we continue to engage in public-public and public-private cooperation for the use of
administrative records and new and innovative data sources by removing barriers to these sources, while ensuring full
respect for privacy and confidentiality;

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