From Project Rosling to the upd-initiative

Hans Rosling’s concern has always been to help people understand the world with numbers, to take away their fear of numbers. And thanks to comprehensibly presented data, he wanted to convey insights that could lead to actions improving the world.

In this spirit, the –> Project Rosling led by the Swiss Confederation and its partners was created.

This project has now become the Unlocking the Power of Data Initiative .

Those responsible give the following reasons for the name change: ‘This current initiative was originally called “Project Rosling”. Due to some misunderstandings on who is behind the project, we renamed it in February 2023. The initiative was inspired by the work of the Roslings and the Gapminder Foundation.’ 

And –> here it is:

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