Space-based data is used to monitor ground situations to build political confidence. Used in airfield monitoring, oil production estimation, and social media for conflict resolution.
The UNDP Accelerator Lab in Ecuador boosted a citizen-led recycling initiative in Quito. Personalized messages using cognitive biases increased recycling app downloads and recyclable material deliveries by 700%.
UNFPA uses WFP’s ‘Building Blocks’ to boost menstrual hygiene access. Mobile app transactions on the blockchain impact 3K+ women, with >50% increase in sanitary pads redemption.
Information on key digital transformation initiatives across UNESCO – both ongoing and planned – in the form of a roadmap aiming at modernizing how the Organization works and empowering what it delivers digitally.
Providing low interest loans for solar-based technologies to build resilience and livelihoods of women and smallholder farmers in India.
WFP’s strategic foresight work in Tanzania resulted in the development of the WFP-X Moonshot Toolkit, applying design-thinking methodologies to design solutions for societal problems in collaboration with local Tanzanian innovators.
This initiative seeks to boost funding for the construction of improved toilets to combat open defecation, which contaminates sources of drinking water and spreads diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery.
Pulse Lab Jakarta collaborated with the West Java provincial government to develop a risk assessment map for COVID-19 transmission hotspots in West Java through alternative use of traditional data.
Global online tool to explore investment opportunities, for example used in Panama to align investment opportunities with Sustainable Development Goals and national policy priorities.
Knowing where and why events occur is vital for achieving the SDGs. Governments need accurate geospatial data and tools to address national agendas and promote sustainable development.
A user-friendly online tool for policymakers to measure inequalities, identify disadvantaged groups in education, healthcare, water, sanitation, clean energy, and finance.
UNIDO’s Industrial Analytics Platform fosters evidence-based policy dialogue and knowledge sharing. The IAP SDG-9 Tracker monitors progress, while the IAP Competitive Industries tool assesses global exports.
UNEP’s Digital Transformation Strategy sets out a vision for becoming an Innovative, Agile and Collaborative Organization, Fit for Purpose in the Digital Age – 2022 Version 1.0
In the Maldives, an open-policy lab fosters evidence-based policymaking, economic advisory, and knowledge product development. It promotes collaboration among government, civil society, and the private sector.
A programme supporting rural men, women, and youth in accessing digital financial services and market information.
This project aims to identify the trends in adolescents’ mental and emotional health through the monitoring of social media and real-time data collection and generate online content to support them in their mental health journey.
One-stop shop for the global humanitarian community to access WFP’s supply chain services.
The Open Source Software for SDG is a joing initiative of OICT and the European Commission – Directorate-General for Informatics consisting of a series of innovation challenges aiming to improve and contribute to open source projects that have an impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Extending solar product lifecycle in refugee settings through recycling of solar waste.
The programme aims to empower and equip 2,000 African women and girls between 17-25 with digital literacy skills over the course of four years, putting them on track for careers in the ICT sector.
FAO and the Government of Ghana launch an innovative project to enhance e-agriculture systems, aiming to transform agriculture, improve productivity, and provide efficient early warning and advisory services.
Track the digital transformation with the ITU DataHub, featuring hundreds of ICT indicators on connectivity, markets, affordability, trust governance, and sustainability. Find, compare, and download data for nearly 200 economies.
The Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab, bringing together governments, UN entities and partners from academia and the private sector to design, co-create and scale innovations
Unite Academy is an bi-annual program of instructor-led courses in data, analytics, information management, governance and AI related topics, aimed at building data literacy across the Secreatariat. So far 5000 staff have attended Unite Acacemy trainings.
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