Esri Joins Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

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Esri is joining the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, which the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) organizes. Esri announced this commitment at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the first of several conferences focused on financing Sustainable Development Goals.

This partnership with SDSN, the World Bank, the United Nations (UN), the ONE campaign, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and others, will provide financial, political, and technical support for data creation that supports the Sustainable Development Goals. As the global leader in GIS technology, Esri will provide the ArcGIS platform to least-developed countries for the collection, management, monitoring, and use of sustainable development goals data.

Geospatial data and analysis are essential to achieving the goals, which include ending poverty and hunger, ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation everywhere, combating climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. The ArcGIS platform will give countries the geoenabled information management framework they need as well as an easy way to openly share geospatial data. The ArcGIS platform will also provide content such as the digital Living Atlas of the World, which includes imagery, social, urban system, economic, and environmental data that can enrich understanding and inform decision making.

"We are excited to increase our support of the least-developed countries as we all work together to create a brighter future," said Esri president Jack Dangermond. "At its core, the ArcGIS platform supports understanding of complex issues and data-driven action, beginning with gathering good data and then analyzing it to reveal patterns and trends. We want to make it easier for countries to build smart communities where people and the environment are healthy and thriving."

Governments, international organizations, and civil society can use the ArcGIS platform in every phase of their work—from planning to implementing new processes and measuring success—to create a better, more sustainable world for all.

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About Esri
Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, Esri software is used in more than 350,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at www.esri.com.

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Emily Pierce, Esri
Tel.: 909-793-2853, extension 1-3571
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