The world’s first collaborative space for sharing experiences and developing evidence-based guidance on sandboxes.

It’s time to be bold in the face of pressing global threats to people and the planet.

The inaugural meeting took place on the sidelines of the G20 meetings and States of the Future Summit in Rio de Janeiro, on July 22-23, 2024.

Participants discussed the roles of sandboxes, examples of design and implementation, regional or national level perspectives on the enablers and challenges of implementing sandboxes, and international collaborations.See the Insights Report here.

The Global Sandboxes Forum brings together a community of practice to demonstrate the unique potential of sandboxes and foster the adoption of a more collaborative approach to address local and global challenges of the digital age.

It aims to empower public and private actors by sharing experiences, building capacity, developing evidence-based guidance on how to implement sandboxes, and catalyzing concrete initiatives at the local, national and regional levels to responsibly unlock the value of data for people and the planet.

Want to learn more about Sandboxes? 

At the Datasphere Initiative, we have developed the world’s first roadmap on how to design and initiate cross-border sandboxes for data, based on the experiences of different use cases. The methodology is detailed in the report Sandboxes for Data: Creating spaces for agile solutions across borders.


A Guide to Cross-Border
Sandboxes for Data

Based on the findings curated in the Datasphere Initiative’s reports: Sandboxes for Data: Creating spaces for agile solutions across bordersWe Need to Talk About Data: Framing the Debate Around the Free Flow of Data and Data Sovereignty, as well as the Framing, Mapping and Addressing Cross-Border Digital Policies in Africa report, this course is designed to help individuals and organizations unlock the potential of cross-border sandboxes


A Guide to Cross-Border Sandboxes for Data Course link