Jackie Carter|Rafael Alberto Méndez-Romero|P. Mansell Jones|Vanessa Higgins|André Luiz Silva Samartini
EmpoderaData: Sharing a successful work-placement data skills training model within Latin America, to develop capacity to deliver the SDGs
University of Manchester|Universidad del Rosario|University of Manchester|University of Manchester|Fundação Getulio Vargas
empoderadata spanish word empoderar empower partnership research project university manchester uk fundao getulio vargas brazil universidad del rosario colombia datapop alliance us france project builds upon successful datadriven researchled paid internship programme uk qstep enables undergraduate social science students practise data skills immersion workplace twohundred fifty students benefited qstep programme six years many graduating analytical careers civic society industry empoderadata aims build experiential learning initiative developing data fellowship programme order foster develop data literacy skills latin america led need address societys pressing issues using framework sustainable development goals sdgs empoderadata phase 1 explored whether internship model would relevance usefulness within context three latin american case study countries brazil colombia mexico team set establish baseline state data literacy existing training programs brazil colombia mexico part big data common good event workshop held paulo thirty participants representing data literacy advocacy policy formation drawn civil society academia private public sector main conclusions first phase 1 requested data literacy training need basic skills including introductory statistics foundation data analysis methodological skills 2 paid data fellowship models acknowledged useful intervention 3 notion hybrid professional build data literacy capacities social science purposes provides practical way forward empoderadata phase 2 project focus colombia explore challenges opportunities developing pilot data fellowship model engaging national regional international capacity development efforts highlighted demand partnerships universities organisations working social challenges represented sdgs partnerships ensure incountry data literacy pipeline strengthened homegrown selfsustaining way producing steady flow data literate graduates institutions sectors critical data skills needed report empoderadata project exploring working students studying science technology engineering mathematics stem degrees universidad del rosario improve application statistical methods social sciences aim strengthen stem skills develop youth empowerment across colombia urban rural areas improve quality statistical education national level support skills needed deliver sdgs parallel fundao getulio vargas fgv business school paulo agreed trial workplacement programme undergraduate business public policy degrees programme entitled fgv qstep center improve quantitative skills undergraduate business students twoyearlong funded study enable us explore transferability internship model uk brazil paper discuss programme established following lessons learned empoderadata explain model implemented fgv especially paying attention curriculum develop support impact programme monitored knowledge exchange generated study complement research conducted empoderadata project paper cover progress empoderadata project fgvqstep center date explore developing initiatives challenges faced partnership working developing capacity building statistical data skills training