The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a move to the virtual world, as workers in different sectors migrated to virtual spaces and as shoppers turned to online vendors en masse. For the EU/UNDP Business and Human Rights in Asia project, the sudden move to the virtual space meant redefining our ways working and creating online communities. As the work pivoted to the online world, our project team also realized the joint EU/UNDP project was harvesting more data than ever before.

But what to do with this data? And what does the data tell us about the B+HR Asia project’s reach and influence? How can the data be used to measure impact in the future and shape new responses going forward at both the regional and country levels? How can the team expand its audience and build political momentum behind the wider business and human rights (BHR) agenda?

In line with UNDP’s Data Principles, this assessment provides a profile of the project’s stakeholders and the size of the project’s influence. It also explains how the project might further grow the number of people seized of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda, while defining new targets for future growth.