Africa Evidence Week: ‘Time to Talk Data’ platform | the journey of being a data-driven organisation

On 21 August 2024, the Western Cape Government Provincial Data Office hosted a webinar as part of the Africa Evidence Week 2024 celebrations.
The Provincial Data Office (PDO) in the Department of the Premier is actively creating pathways in the Western Cape Government (WCG) to become a data-driven organisation.
Over the years the PDO has led on enterprise-wide data governance in the WCG of South Africa. In this role the key function is to drive data as a strategic asset at a sub-national level. This work has been packaged into four outcomes: Insightful data, Transformed data and evidence service capabilities, Interconnected data ecosystem, and Responsive operating model. A series of data and evidence initiatives are contributing to these outcomes. Further research is to inform data governance in the public sector at a sub-national level to increase the use of data to drive change for societal impact.
The PDO hosted a webinar which is a ‘Time to Talk Data’ platform to transform capabilities across our data and evidence communities. This webinar highlighted the key initiatives of these four themes that have been rolled out and the direction for the next five years.
It was an opportunity for learning and building partnerships.
Target audiences: Data and evidence stakeholders including Provincial departments, National departments, Municipalities, Academia, Agencies and related content specialists.