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2.5.3 Review of Baltimore SDG
Indicators at Baltimore Data
Day
Beginning in June 2016, the SCI-Baltimore project team solicited public feedback via an online
survey of the final 56 indicators that had been
identified through SDG-ET and working group
meetings. The survey was promoted via social
media as well as through a media press release
issued by the University of Baltimore.
Additionally, the team obtained feedback via the
project website, which provides details on these
indicators for public review. As another example
of leveraging existing local processes, the results
of the indicators compilation were prepared for
Baltimore Data Day, an annual workshop hosted
by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators
Alliance to help local communities expand their
capacity to use technology and data to advance
their goals. At the seventh Annual Baltimore Data
Day in 2016, community leaders, non-profit
organizations, governmental entities, and civicminded technologists came together to see the
latest trends in community-based data, technology, and tools and learn how other groups are
using data to support and advance constructive
change.
An Opening Session on Sustainable
Development, held on July 21, 2016, one day
prior to the annual Baltimore Data Day workshop, provided an in-person opportunity for SCIBaltimore partners and participants to provide
additional feedback on the set of indicators. More
than 130 people registered for the Sustainable
Development Opening Session of Baltimore Data
Day, which was hosted by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond’s Baltimore Branch.
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The
general public was invited to provide comments
on posters for each of the SDG indicators, using
stickers to answer this question for each indicator: “Do you think a change in this indicator
addresses the sustainable development goal?”
(yes, no, maybe). The public engagement with
the posters themselves provided visual ways for
audience members to see how relevant the indicators were to participants. See adjacent photo
example. The poster responses combined with
the online survey results provided key feedback
as to which indicators are deemed important to a
broad spectrum of Baltimore stakeholders.
Responses were positive overall, with an average
score among them of 4.2/5. Individually, the majority of proposed indicators scored either a 4 or a 5 on
the scale provided. There were a few that scored 3 or
less, and based on that feedback, the project team
9 The Opening Session on Sustainable Development also
featured keynote speeches by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and
former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening.
S. D. Iyer
2.5.3 Review of Baltimore SDG
Indicators at Baltimore Data
Day
Beginning in June 2016, the SCI-Baltimore project team solicited public feedback via an online
survey of the final 56 indicators that had been
identified through SDG-ET and working group
meetings. The survey was promoted via social
media as well as through a media press release
issued by the University of Baltimore.
Additionally, the team obtained feedback via the
project website, which provides details on these
indicators for public review. As another example
of leveraging existing local processes, the results
of the indicators compilation were prepared for
Baltimore Data Day, an annual workshop hosted
by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators
Alliance to help local communities expand their
capacity to use technology and data to advance
their goals. At the seventh Annual Baltimore Data
Day in 2016, community leaders, non-profit
organizations, governmental entities, and civicminded technologists came together to see the
latest trends in community-based data, technology, and tools and learn how other groups are
using data to support and advance constructive
change.
An Opening Session on Sustainable
Development, held on July 21, 2016, one day
prior to the annual Baltimore Data Day workshop, provided an in-person opportunity for SCIBaltimore partners and participants to provide
additional feedback on the set of indicators. More
than 130 people registered for the Sustainable
Development Opening Session of Baltimore Data
Day, which was hosted by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond’s Baltimore Branch.
9
The
general public was invited to provide comments
on posters for each of the SDG indicators, using
stickers to answer this question for each indicator: “Do you think a change in this indicator
addresses the sustainable development goal?”
(yes, no, maybe). The public engagement with
the posters themselves provided visual ways for
audience members to see how relevant the indicators were to participants. See adjacent photo
example. The poster responses combined with
the online survey results provided key feedback
as to which indicators are deemed important to a
broad spectrum of Baltimore stakeholders.
Responses were positive overall, with an average
score among them of 4.2/5. Individually, the majority of proposed indicators scored either a 4 or a 5 on
the scale provided. There were a few that scored 3 or
less, and based on that feedback, the project team
9 The Opening Session on Sustainable Development also
featured keynote speeches by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and
former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening.
S. D. Iyer