<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-8592" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news_30032022.png" alt="" width="427" height="374" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; float: right; display: inline;">The Development Counts: Data Skills for International Development Careers project is an ERASMUS+ funded project seeking to support the next generation of development professionals to harness the power of data for global social good. The project is led by the University of Gloucestershire in the UK, in collaboration with Gazi Üniversitesi (Turkey), L-Università ta’ Malta (Malta) and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spain).</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The project has launched new open access data skills for global development training materials in English, Spanish and Turkish. The design of the training programme was informed by in-depth interviews with development professionals in Malta, Spain, Turkey and the UK about data skills requirements in the sector. The interviews highlighted that technical data skills alone are not enough: to successfully use data for good in global development, graduates must be able to critically evaluate data and its quality, navigate the politics of data, and collaborate with and influence a range of stakeholders. A full analysis of the interviews has been published in Open Access format in the Journal of International Development: </span><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.3642" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Bringing about the data revolution in development: What data skills do aspiring development professionals need?</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Based on insights from the interviews, the training programme was designed to co-develop technical skills in data handling with transferable skills such as international and intercultural collaboration and digital communication.  One of the interviewees encouraged the team to ‘open the appetite’ of future professionals to the possibilities of data for global development – mastering some basics and developing confidence to deepen and expand their skills in the future, as what’s possible to achieve with data evolves. In a rapidly changing data landscape and against a backdrop of lack of confidence in this area, the project team thought this was a great metaphor for what the programme should try to achieve. It is not possible to create data experts with one programme nor teach future development professionals all the data techniques that may be useful across the course of their careers (some of which may not yet exist). However, it is possible to provide foundational training and seek to build confidence and enthusiasm around working with data covering a range of different types of skills. Therefore, this phrase became the theme for the programme – with each section relating to a stage in preparing a meal.  The theme also hopefully makes the material more entertaining and accessible for learners who may be apprehensive about learning in this area!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-a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