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Joao Pedro Azevedo

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#UNICEF Chief Statistician and Deputy-Director heading its Data & Analytics Section | Committed to giving voice to #EveryChild | Learn more about the team: data.unicef.org | Learn more about me: https://github.com/jpazvd | Former #WorldBank #SefazRJ #IPEA

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Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

Looking forward to insightful discussions and collaboration! Let’s connect at #CIES2025.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

We will be joined by PAL Network’s ICAN & ICARe, CONFEMEN’s PASEC, UIS initiatives, and ACER’s AMPL—highlighting efforts to design robust, equitable, and scalable assessment tools.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

Comparability in learning assessments is key to understanding progress and informing policy. This session will provide an overview of UNICEF’s Foundational Learning Surveys (FLS) and FLM 2.0.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

📌 Event 2: Designing Comparable International Assessments for Measuring Foundational Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Contexts
🗓 Tuesday, March 25 | 2:45–4:00 PM
📍 Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Cresthill

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

This session explores how digital tools and data-driven approaches are transforming foundational learning. From real-time data collection and monitoring to enhanced accountability and evidence generation, we’ll showcase how UNICEF is working with countries to bridge learning gaps.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

📌 Event 1: Accelerating Foundational Learning Through Data-Driven Decision Making—Digital Solutions in Action
🗓 Saturday, March 22 | 2:45–4:00 PM
📍 Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 5

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 20

Excited to be at CIES 2025 in Chicago next week with colleagues from UNICEF’s Chief Statistician Office! We’ll be sharing insights on how data-driven solutions can strengthen foundational learning worldwide. If you’re attending, join us for these key sessions:

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 16

📣Reading shouldn’t be a privilege—it’s a right.

James Robinson’s powerful NYT essay highlights what struggling readers face daily. At a time when reading scores are plummeting, critical education resources are being cut. We must all do better. #ReadingEquity

buff.ly/p8kNVD8 by @nytimes

Opinion | I Have a Disability. This Is What It’s Like for Me to Read.

Republicans are trying to cut the resources that help struggling readers.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

#ChildrenOnTheMove #DataForChange #ChildRights #UNICEF #MigrationData #Eurostat #IDAC #Refugees #IOM #OECD #GlobalDevelopment

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

📢 This publication was developed through a global collaborative effort among IDAC Secretariat members—@EU_Eurostat, @UNmigration (IOM), @OECD, @Refugees (UNHCR), @UNICEF @UnicefData —alongside over 15 national statistical offices and multiple international organizations.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

To close this gap, the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) @IdacM—a global initiative co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺 and the Kingdom of the Netherlands 🇳🇱—has developed a standardized framework for improving data collection, monitoring, and national capacities.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

🚸 Children on the move face significant barriers to accessing basic rights, yet reliable data on their experiences is scarce. This data gap hinders policymakers from creating effective protections and support for migrant and displaced children.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

These indicators, detailed in the newly published Indicators for Children on the Move: A Guideline, provide a globally comparable framework to strengthen national data systems and make them more responsive to the realities of migrant and displaced children.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

📌 10 Core Statistics to measure the stock and flow of children on the move
📌 21 Additional Indicators across health, education, child protection, and poverty
📌 Best practices from countries already implementing child-focused migration data systems

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 15

New Data Guidance for Children on the Move 🌍📊

📢 IDAC is proud to launch a new set of standardized indicators to enhance migration data systems and ensure no child is left behind:

📖 Explore the resources:
🔗 Guidelines: buff.ly/hgNkZ5E
🔗 Indicators: buff.ly/01L7RhT

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚸 New @UNICEF data resource!

Children on the move face unique risks—but data gaps hinder effective policies.

📊 Indicators for Children on the Move provides a framework to improve data collection & analysis, ensuring every child is counted & protected.

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/kzBp7Dv

#DataForChange

data.unicef.org

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sorry, but I really don't think you do. 😉 You should add the Zen experience of using a tape recorder to store data. I remember waiting five to 8 minutes for my spelunker game to load in my first home computer.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣New Unicef report - Progress for adolescent girls in 30 years, but challenges remain. 122 million girls out of school, and gender-based violence is rampant. Investing in education and leadership is vital with 5 years to 2030. #GirlGoals #GenerationEquality 📖 Full report: buff.ly/ZX03gBg

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 11

High-income parents teach their children independence, low-income parents teach obedience. The evidence in the graphs below is striking.

An interesting theoretical model on how family values interact with social mobility.

buff.ly/SMfUt0L

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you, Dr. Saurabh Garg, for chairing UNICEF’s side event on child poverty at #UN56SC and for a great discussion on data-driven policies to support the most vulnerable. Your insights and India’s experience are invaluable in ensuring no child is left behind. @GoIStats @UNICEF

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 8

Excellent discussion with Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician of Malaysia 🇲🇾, on strengthening @UNICEF's collaboration in measuring #ChildPoverty and advancing child-centric surveys. Excited about the opportunities ahead to enhance data for children’s well-being!

#UN56SC

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 2

Note: This a hybrid format event with limited in-person seating at UNICEF House. A virtual link will be provided after registration. Please bring a valid government ID and your UN Grounds Pass (if applicable).

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 2

The event brings together the statistical community to advance child-sensitive migration and displacement data. Discussions will focus on methodological challenges, the adoption of standardized indicators, and actions policymakers can take to leverage data to improve results for children on the move

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 2

The International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC), a joint effort by @Eurostat, @IOM, @OECD, @UNHCR and @UNICEF, invites you to a side event of the UN Statistical Commission’s 56th Session.

Joao Pedro Azevedo @jpzvd.bsky.social · Mar 2

Join us in this side event of the upcoming #UN56SC!

📅 Date: Thursday, March 6th
⏰ Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EST)
📍 Venue: UNICEF House, 4th Floor (in-person & online)
🔗 Registration: lnkd.in/guFD6RnU

We look forward to your participation.

IDAC Secretariat