Mr. Aditya Agrawal, lead consultant and founder of D4D Insights, a consulting firm dedicated to catalysing data and technology innovations to support international development and sustainability efforts globally, made a courtesy call to Maldives. This visit was intended to introduce and establish connections with stakeholders before the formal commencement of the activity for subcomponent 3.1 next October.

The D’MADD project’s Component 3: “Digital technologies and data platform for climate resilience”, was designed to help establish a national data sharing platform that will integrate data from different systems in use. The platform is envisioned as the primary dashboard, analyzing data to provide a comprehensive overview of the current situation and will be used to predict scenarios.

During his visit, Mr. Aditya Agrawal met with technical staff of Ministry of Tourism and Environment on September 8th, 2025. The composition included, Environment Regulatory Authority, Maldives Meteorological Service, Water and Sanitation Department and Waste Management Department.

The second meeting was held on September 9th, 2025 the consultant met with Dr. Mohamed Kinaanath (Minister of State for Homeland Security and Technology) representing National Centre for Information Technology, along with management and technical personnel.

Mr. Aditya Agrawal, explained concept and methodology of the work being carried out including the scope, goals and the proposed timeline. He covered technical as well as policy related areas that needs to be addressed to achieve the intended goals. He also answered questions from the stakeholders, regarding the climate data platform.

With support from the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF)—a collaboration between the World Bank and the Republic of Korea—and in consultation with relevant national authorities, the D’MADD project previously developed a comprehensive Road Map for the establishment of a national Data Sharing Platform. This strategic document outlines a phased approach to enabling secure, interoperable, and climate-resilient data exchange across sectors.

From the D’MADD project, Dr. Ibrahim Waheed (Project Manager) and Ms. Mariyam Meefau Faisal (Consultant) and Mr. Ahmed Haleem (Communications Specialist) joined Mr Agrwal in his courtesy call.