MY World 2030 – Collecting Data to Mobilize Dialogue
Monday, August 8, 2016 at 11:46AM 
As reported by IISD, the next phase of MY World, called MY World 2030, has been launched by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action campaign, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and UN Global Pulse. It will support efforts to report on progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and mobilize and build dialogue among decision-makers.
MY World 2030 will collect globally comparable data on how people feel their lives are changing, using the MY World Community to report on progress. The UN SDG Action campaign will lead efforts to produce three comparable questions, via myworld.2030.org, which will be available in multiple languages. There will be different "channel" options for country teams to carry out national surveys on how people feel their lives are changing across all 17 SDGs. Through MY World Scientific and, via MY World National Editions, survey design advice, communications and campaigning support will be available to advocacy groups.
Using MY World Big Data, UN Global Pulse will support country teams to carry out big data searches using a variety of data sources. Data generated through these channels is expected to be nationally representative and scalable, and to contribute to monitoring and implementing the SDGs.
To build dialogue among parliamentarians, local governments, mayors and citizens, particularly youth, MY World 2030 will generate a people's perspective on how to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to establish accountability mechanisms. This information will be aggregated at national, regional and global levels.
The MY World 2030 survey begins by asking participants if they are aware of the 2030 Agenda. It then asks respondents to select the six SDGs of immediate concern to them and their family. The survey asks if the situation on chosen Goals has improved, stayed the same, or become worse over the past 12 months. Finally, respondents will provide basic data on their gender, age, education level, country, city, and any disability. Users can then view aggregated responses.
See also: http://sd.iisd.org/news/my-world-2030-collecting-data-to-mobilize-dialogue/