SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INCLUSION An initial conversation on LNOB data agenda Jose Cuesta SSI GP | SSI Global Unit 21 March 2024 Cutting edge data generation methods are pushing the evidence frontier Big data & Machine Learning for real time High frequency phone surveys to monitor impact of monitoring and predicting demand & supply COVID-19 across countries service provision gaps among displaced populations in Ukraine Never have we had so much social data World Bank is known for producing poverty data and being a custodian of some SDG 1 Targets but there is so much more we do in terms of social data 12 out 18 Practices generate and/or analyze data referring to socially vulnerable populations and/or related topics Fewer social sustainability indicators Not all the many social indicators capture our components of social sustainability: SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL COHESION, RESILIENCE, PROCESS LEGITIMACY No reason for complacency No reason for complacency Expand the inclusion of vulnerable groups in Bank work through more and better data on those groups and better analysis (trends, impacts of programs) Harmonize data Building better Develop data Leave No One Behind on vulnerable evidence platforms Data Lab groups in GMD Building the data sets Bring together all Harmonize to better measure the (EQOSOGI, Disability existing data in a single ethnographic trends and work with Data Hub, Social space and foster Bank & characteristics others like DIME on Sustainaibility Global practitioners using (ethnicity and the impact of Database) existing data on most religion) in GMD policies and vulnerable groups datasets, in programs on collaboration with inclusion and social DECID. sustainability Three data platforms under construction Disability Data Data Hub platforms EQOSOGI Will produce global Social Sustainability (SSGD) disability statistics Will present scores of a comparable across country’s approach to the countries, disaggregated inclusion of sexual and gender Presents national and by gender and age (funded minorities in its regulatory disaggregated rates by age, by the WB Trust Fund for framework across six indicator gender, area, ethnicity, and Statistical Capacity sets in 62 countries: religion for 85 indicators of Building) 1.Criminalization and SOGI social sustainability. It covers 2.Access to inclusive education 231 countries and two time 3.Access to the Labor Market periods: available here 4.Access to Public Services 5.Civil and Political Inclusion 6.Protection from Hate Crimes EQOSOGI: Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities Initiative * SSI GP is also working on a fourth data platform that captures all social inclusion indicators used in Bank’s projects Data innovation lab on Leave No One Behind Objectives Aligning SDGs with World Bank Scorecard How? � Bring together in a single place all available sources of data and information on persons with disabilities, forcibly displaced populations, IPs, SOGI minorities, Strategic alliance with the religious minorities, Government of Spain (TBC) � Making readily available some key indicators from those sources (e.g., IPs access to services from Technical Working Group with SSI, Censuses and other household surveys) DEC, Poverty, EU, OECD, UNSD, Civil Society � Bringing together teams from around the world to share knowledge and lessons on monitoring vulnerable groups Making the case for social sustainability and LNOB agenda Social sustainability correlated with more equal and more cohesive societies Positioning in global issues (e.g., ESG) Social sustainability and ESG are strongly correlated Source: Sovereign ESG Database and Social Sustainability Global Database Next steps 01 SSI GP will continue developing its vulnerable group specific platforms and contributing to other corporate data initiatives such as to Data360 SD 02 SSI GP will pilot the development of the LNOB Data Lab in one region, LAC 03 LNOB Data Lab will be scaled up globally and connected with Data360 Preliminary budget Estimated budget for 2024 and 2025 Budget (estimated) Source Data Platforms Disability Data Hub: update over time 100k SSI, TFs, Microsoft EQOSOGI: turn data into a platform 100k SSI, ADB SSGDB: automatizing update per year 50k SSI LNOB data lab TWG, consolidation of existing data sources, dashboard prototype LAC 50k DEC, GoS? Lab structure/governance, new indicators, simple analysis, awareness, joint work LAC 150k Scaling up globally 200k DEC, GoS? TOTAL USD 650k Preliminary budget Estimated budget for 2024 and 2025 for LNOB data innovation lab Item Estimated cost Description Technical working group 0k Mostly virtual, no travel cost involved Consolidating of data sources 40k Consultant #1 hired to scan and bring all information together Dashboard prototype 10k Consultant #2 to design an open access dashboard Consultant #3 to act as secretariat of lab (design governance, Lab governance 50k develop admin structures, summon TWG) Consultant #4 for analysis of data and development of New indicators, simple analysis 50k analytical plan for short to medium term Awareness, dissemination, 50k Consultant #5 to develop and execute dissemination strategies 150k Scaling up globally – Expansion beyond Consultants #2 expands dashboard with data beyond LAC; LAC 100k Consultant #5 continues implementing strategy beyond LAC; Five grants of 20k each to promote the use of the data by Scaling up globally – Small grants for joint diverse teams (ie teams comprising several countries, or teams work 100k mixing academics and authorities) Bonus slide People need to be at the center of this changing world to build societies that are more fair, cohesive and resilient Socially sustainable societies and communities are better able to work together to: o tackle persistent challenges, o absorb shocks, o protect their most vulnerable members, and o allocate scarce resources. SSI GP acknowledged as an All new social data initiatives are equal partner in social data easily tracked and shared across collection & analytics the Bank SSI GP provides agile analytical Social Sustainability Global solutions for country needs Database is frequently updated and has wide uptake SSI GP addresses effectively emerging corporate needs Social sustainability data is fully (project indicators, integrated in mainstream sources scorecard….) (e.g., WDI) The investment case for More and better coordination, starting within SSI GP collecting social data well known and fully agreed