Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN)
Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN)
CAN is building a workforce of purpose-driven data and AI practitioners to unlock the power of data for social impact.
Overview
On data.org’s march to train one million purpose-driven data and AI practitioners across the globe by 2032, CAN is empowering a more diverse pool of data and AI for social impact talent—with a focus on women and underrepresented communities—to combat our greatest social and environmental challenges.
With five accelerators based in the United States, India, Africa, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, CAN is globally informed and locally grounded through a network of more than 20 academic partners around the world. data.org invests in both supply and demand: the data talent pipeline and the capacity of social impact organizations to think, plan, and operate in a data-driven way. Through training, curriculum development, upskilling, experiential learning opportunities, and fellowships, CAN is developing data practitioners and organizational capacity with interdisciplinary capabilities, and preparing them to tackle pressing challenges in financial inclusion, climate, and public health.
Building the Field of Data for Social Impact
Learn more about data.org’s field-building mission and the critical need to develop purpose-driven data capacity across the globe.
Data Training in Action
Explore the global network of local partners and learn about their work developing data and AI for social impact talent, curricula, and resources.
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Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific Accelerator is catalyzing the application of data and AI to address systemic financial inclusion challenges. In partnership with Asian Institute of Digital Finance and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, this accelerator is developing purpose-driven data practitioners and a training model to scale across the region.
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Latin America
In partnership with the University of Javeriana, the Latin America Accelerator is creating curriculum and training materials to provide public health professionals with skills to transform data into actionable and timely insights in public health emergencies.
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India
In partnership with J-PAL South Asia and three leading university partners, the India Accelerator is training purpose-driven data practitioners with interdisciplinary subject-matter expertise in climate and health data with a key focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) and intersectionality to effectively drive social impact.
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Africa
In partnership with The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), the Africa Accelerator is providing social impact and government professionals with interdisciplinary subject-matter expertise in climate and health to accelerating career pathways and contribute to the growth of the social sector.
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United States of America
data.org’s US Financial Inclusion Accelerator focuses on advancing data for social impact curricula, with an emphasis on financial inclusion to address systemic issues of inequity. data.org partnered with UChicago to identify seven additional partners to drive this work forward.
Report
Workforce Wanted: Data Talent for Social Impact
Workforce Wanted: Data Talent for Social Impact is a first-of-its-kind report on global data talent in the social sector. Confronting systemic challenges and highlighting both immediate and big-picture opportunities, this report delivers the current landscape and reveals four pathways forward for building purpose-driven data professionals.
Global DSI Network
The Global DSI Network is a community of practice where members can share resources, offer training, and aggregate market insights. This draft charter is open for review and comment.