Join our Stairway to Medellín strategy!
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Known as the city of eternal spring, Medellín's unique sunshine bathes our streets and stairways in a warm, colorful glow. Our identity resonates through the historic Coltejer building, a symbol of our rich past and growth.
At the same time, our vision of progress shines through the modern, innovative Ruta N building, reflecting Medellín's commitment to the future.
About the strategy
The Stairway to Medellin strategy, conceived within the Fifth United Nations World Data Forum, is an initiative designed to foster inclusivity and collaboration among diverse stakeholders in the data ecosystem, such as institutions. citizens, experts and the community, favoring their engagement and involvement with the Forum and its core themes.
This strategy aims to establish a prominent platform for showcasing good practices and key learnings in data-driven sustainable development, by connecting events such as workshops, webinars, and conferences to the critical issues of the Fifth United Nations World Data Forum.
Its General objective is to promote a global and inclusive summit centered on the participation of data ecosystem stakeholders at local, national, regional and global levels. The previous, during the Fifth United Nations World Data Forum, as well as in its former discussions on data and statistics aligned to Forum's thematic agenda.
The "Stairway to Medellín" strategy transcends a local initiative, positioning itself as a global endeavor inviting worldwide participation in discussions on sustainable data and statistics aligned with the 2030 Agenda. This strategy aims to transcend national boundaries, creating an inclusive environment where citizens from all over the world can contribute innovative ideas, proposals, and participate in critical discussions within the expanding data and statistics community. By inviting experts, professionals and citizens from various countries, "Stairway to Medellín" promotes a global collaboration that enriches both, the dialogue and solutions developed. Thus, the strategy not only strengthens Medellín’s positioning on the international stage, but also encourages active participation from the international community in the foyer of the World Data Forum, creating a positive and sustainable impact both locally and globally.
The Stairway to Medellín corresponds to a series of events to be carried out prior to the World Data Forum, thus contributing to the interaction with new stakeholders
Specific objectives:
To foster the discussion around the issues to be addressed within the Fifth United Nations World Data Forum.
The positioning of the city of Medellín as a Science, Technology and Innovation district.
To promote collaboration and participation among diverse data ecosystem stakeholders at national and global levels to advance the identification of perspectives for inclusion in the global data action plan for sustainable development.
What is this strategy about?
The strategy's success hinges on four core principles.
Openness and Participation
Inclusion & Diversity
Collaboration
Data for Sustainable Development
We invite you to climb up the "Stairway to Medellín" to collaboratively build a participatory platform that contributes to gathering insights, perspectives, and best practices to guide the global data action plan towards sustainable development.
How to collaborate?
To include your event or initiative in the Strategy we invite you to share your proposal with us via the form below. Once your proposal has been received, it will undergo evaluation. The criteria for including your event on the Stairway to Medellín will be shared with you via your provided email address.
You can download the following contents below:
Do you have a proposal
or event you want to present?
We invite committed citizens and passionate professionals to submit their proposals for events, essays or other initiatives related to the data and analytics fields. Whether you have an innovative idea for a panel discussion, hands-on workshop, or reflective essay, we want to hear from you.
Send us your proposal
Open call from August 1st to October 31st. Participate in the prelude to the World Forum of Nations.
Submit your event proposal, essay, or other initiative.
