This course equips regulators, market authorities, and ministry policy leads in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) with a practical command of GRIDMAP - the World Bank's Global Regulations, Institutional Development and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit. GRIDMAP is a diagnostic framework that defines a Minimum Package of policies, institutions, and enforcement practices needed to build trustworthy, safe, and contestable markets.
The course follows the GRIDMAP five-step methodology: define the Minimum Package and survey, collect data from authorities, validate and analyse, construct the Pillar and Overall Assessments, and report results through narrative, graphics, and an online dashboard. It is anchored in pilots across Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean while remaining applicable to authorities across all EMDE regions.
Source Material: World Bank. 2024. Global Regulations, Institutional Development, and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit (GRIDMAP). Framework and Methodology. © World Bank.
Ce cours présente les fondements de la gouvernance des données pour les institutions publiques africaines, autour de huit piliers interconnectés : politiques et cadres juridiques ; leadership et gouvernance ; structures et capacités institutionnelles ; infrastructure publique numérique et renforcement des capacités ; architecture et gestion de la gouvernance des données ; stimulation de la demande de données ; financement ; et création d'une chaîne de valeur des données. Cinq modules vous guident des fondements à la mise en œuvre, avec une évaluation finale de 10 questions et un certificat délivré à partir d'un score de 60 %.
This course equips African public institution leaders with a practical toolkit for governing public data across its full lifecycle. Based on UNESCO's data governance framework, it examines why public data needs deliberate governance, how principles translate into decisions, who holds which responsibility, what must happen at each stage of the data lifecycle, and how institutions can assess their own maturity and plan improvements.
Source Material: UNESCO. Data Governance guidance and self-assessment framework for public institutions. © UNESCO. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
This Lusophone Africa Data Governance Workshop is hosted by Mozambique’s National Institute of ICT (INTIC), Smart Africa, and UNESCO, and brings together national policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders from across Lusophone Africa to strengthen implementation of inclusive, rights-based, and interoperable data governance.
In Mozambique, the government is currently formulating both a National Data Governance Strategy and a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. Other Lusophone African countries, including Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe, are also actively engaging in efforts to strengthen their legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks for data and digital transformation. These include national data strategies, data protection laws, and exploratory work on AI policy.
Recognizing this momentum, the workshop is not intended to duplicate existing initiatives but rather to reinforce, support, and accelerate national efforts by providing practical tools, peer-to-peer learning, and technical guidance for implementation. It aims to create a Lusophone community of practice on data governance that reflects the diversity of contexts and priorities, while promoting regional harmonization and knowledge exchange.
Importantly, this workshop also marks the inaugural launch of the Data Governance Toolkit: Navigating the Digital Age in Portuguese, expanding access beyond the existing English and French editions. Making the Toolkit available in Portuguese represents a major milestone for Lusophone Africa, enabling deeper institutional uptake, broader accessibility, and stronger regional ownership of data governance practices.
Through strong collaboration with Smart Africa, UNESCO, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Bank, the workshop also ensures alignment with regional and global frameworks and draws on the resources and expertise of key development partners. Together, the collective aim is to help translate policy ambitions into actionable national strategies and impactful results.
This training and knowledge-exchange session on Data Governance brings together policymakers and key government institutions from Arab African countries to strengthen their understanding of data governance frameworks and support the region's digital transformation. Delivered through a combined self-paced online module and in-person workshop, the training introduces foundational concepts, continental policy instruments, and key elements of effective data governance—including data policy, regulatory approaches, foundational infrastructure, data maturity and evaluation, and emerging issues such as rights, risks, harms, and justice. The workshop further promotes regional collaboration, harmonization of approaches, and alignment with Africa's vision for a secure, inclusive, and development-driven Single Digital Market.
Cette session de formation et d'échange de connaissances sur la Gouvernance des Données réunit des décideurs politiques et des institutions gouvernementales clés des pays arabes africains afin de renforcer leur compréhension des cadres de gouvernance des données et de soutenir la transformation numérique de la région. Dispensée à travers un module en ligne à rythme libre combiné à un atelier en présentiel, la formation présente les concepts fondamentaux, les instruments politiques continentaux et les éléments clés d'une gouvernance des données efficace—notamment la politique des données, les approches réglementaires, l'infrastructure fondamentale, la maturité et l'évaluation des données, ainsi que les questions émergentes telles que les droits, les risques, les préjudices et la justice. L'atelier favorise en outre la collaboration régionale, l'harmonisation des approches et l'alignement avec la vision de l'Afrique pour un Marché Numérique Unique sécurisé, inclusif et axé sur le développement.
Capacity Building Session of the EAC Data Governance Technical Working Group 24th - 28th November 2025