FAQ
Dataforgood
6 November 2019
Frequently asked questions
What is Data for Good?
Why was Data for Good founded?
How does Data for Good help people?
How does Data for Good help organizations?
How does Data for Good help governments and cities?
What is a Fact Check?
What is Data for Good?
Think of a Data for Good as a digital realm promoting global action and global partnerships to achieve sustainable development. By giving access to customizable dashboards, DfG strives to enhance global partnerships and motivate change agents to showcase their projects and actions supporting sustainable development. Enhancing accountability, providing opportunities for collaboration and promoting transparency are the three core missions of Data for Good. By enabling change agents to vet their achievements, DfG paves the way towards a non-green-washed world. Go check out the Vetted for Good feature.
Why was Data for Good founded?
Data for Good was founded to support the achievement of all the sustainable development goals set under the United Nations 2030 Agenda. By directly supporting the targets 17.18. and 17.19. under the Goal #17: Global Partnerships, Data for Good facilitates the monitoring of capabilities, renders access to data, and ensures the prevalence of accountability. At Data For Good, we are fierce believers in the potential of the SDGs as a force for good because they form the overarching framework for sustainable development. Reducing the lack of visibility on their progress is Data for Good’s daily mission. Join us, to go far in achieving sustainable development.
How does Data for Good help people?
Data for Good’s platform provides the following tools for change agents from the civil society:
- Free Project Dashboards to display the progress of civil society’s efforts and contributions towards the global challenges and the global goals. As an individual you can start your own project and share it with your entire community to grow your impact and increase the number of change agents acting for sustainable development. Customize the dashboard with visual representation of your achievements
- A Call for Tender option to request help for your Projects, or an opportunity for you to get involved in other Projects
- A community of global change agents
- Access to the global community of change agents, embodying Global Partnerships.”
- Promote transparency by using the Verification feature. This feature allows anyone to request a third-party audit on their project to appear on the Vetted Projects page and demonstrate the reliability of their claims.
What is a Fact Check?
Fact Checking is a service provided by Data For Good, whereby various stakeholders (consumers, governments and Organizations) can request an independent (3rd party) verification of claims made for any given product, brand and/or service, by producers, brands and other types of Organizations through our Fact Checking service, we enable a bottom up, self regulated and verified system which aims to signal and eventually, minimize, false claims.
In fact, a Fact Check is simply a request for proof that the claims made about a product are true. By enabling a real and transparent exchange between civil society, companies and governments, we aim to give back the power to the people.
