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Get Ready for Data! A Tool to Guide Data Use

This toolkit is designed to support city officials and early years practitioners who collect, share and use data to make practical decisions.

Data is vital as cities investigate ways to measure progress and improve outcomes for babies, toddlers and the people who care for them. This tool is designed to help city leaders, officials and early child development practitioners to make practical decisions. The result of a collaboration between the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Open Data Institute, it guides teams through the key considerations for planning a data-informed project or policy, including strategy, data collection and use, and ethics and engagement.

The tool includes:

  • Single page matrix – to be completed by an individual (download below);
  • A6 small cards – to distribute among a team for discussion (download below);
  • A4 large cards – to print and use in workshops (download below);
  • Google doc version – to complete online and collaborate with others;
  • Links to reports, articles and additional reading.
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