Niger State Urban-Rural Linkages Virtual Data Collection (Kobocollect) Training

The main objective of the training was to strengthen the technical capacity of the development actors on a collection of reliable data for better-informed policy making using digital tools. The workshop further aimed the following:

• Increasing awareness of the participants about the normative work of UN-Habitat on urban-rural linkages (URL).

• Sharing the outcomes of preliminary assessments (URL challenges and opportunities, capacity gaps assessment, participation assessment) as part of the Niger State URL project.

• Increasing awareness of the participants about URL (virtual) data collection tools.

• Increase partnerships between relevant ministries working on URL related work.