As a community of organizations that have a stake in international development and humanitarian relief efforts, we are making strides in the use of ICTs to enhance our efforts. However, most will agree that we have yet to fully leverage the data and information that ICT makes possible. We often use ICT-enabled data to report what we have done, but not to target the services we provide, to plan the work we carry out, to understand its impact and to refine our strategies based on what we learn. This panel will discuss and debate the most critical, realistic steps the community must take within the next year to advance the use of data in our decision making in our efforts to attain the Sustainable Development Goals. Panelists will reflect on the presentations and discussions that have taken place throughout the week, on what has surprised them and on what they have learned to inform their point of view on this task.
