UNICEF
BIRD Lab
UNICEF’s Behavioral Insights Research and Design (BIRD) Lab is a virtual space for experimentation and innovation in the application of behavioral insights to achieve results for children.
Stronger technical solutions alone will not deliver the change envisioned for UN 2.0. By fostering a forward-thinking organizational culture, we create an environment in which the cutting-edge skills of the “quintet of change” can flourish and amplify impact.
Placing gender equality, women’s rights and equitable geographical representation front and centre, we strive to create a culture that values agility, learning and curiosity.
UN leaders have initiated major UN 2.0 projects
UN leaders have consulted with external experts
UN entities are hosting knowledge-sharing communities
NewWork is a grassroots community of UN employees – intrapreneurs – who are innovating, collaborating, and adopting new ways of working to change our workplace culture and cultivate an agile, people-focused United Nations.
UNICEF’s Behavioral Insights Research and Design (BIRD) Lab is a virtual space for experimentation and innovation in the application of behavioral insights to achieve results for children.
UNWTO, through startup competitions and innovation challenges, fosters a network of entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors, leading to over $200 million in funding for startups and contributing to sustainable tourism development.
OHCHR’s incubator and annual innovation challenge for innovative approaches in their work.
Collaborative platform for leveraging innovative ideas and technology from individuals, teams, and organizations for sustainable development in collaboration with the UN.
UNICEF established the first cohort of Youth Foresight Fellows and a Global Network, who developed the Our Future Pledge Toolkit to enhance youth futurist capacity.
To mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, UN DPPA and DFI launched a project for designers to create artifacts envisioning sustainable peace. Submissions covered climate security, AI-facilitated peace ceremonies, citizen peacemakers, and more.
The UNDP Accelerator Labs is the world’s largest and fastest learning network on wicked sustainable development challenges, composed of 91 Lab teams covering 115 countries.
SDG Lab at UN Geneva is a multi-stakeholder innovation space for the SDGs and long-term sustainability; co-creating a sustainable world where current and future generations thrive.
The United Nations-wide Strategy on Gender Parity sets targets and monitors: leadership and accountability; senior management; recruitment and retention; creating an enabling environment; and Mission settings
Youth2030, the first-ever UN system-wide strategy on youth, guides joint UN action for and with young people globally.
The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations: peace and security, human rights, and development.
United Nations system strategy on the future of work is to support Member States in addressing transformative changes affecting the landscape of work.
Greening the Blue is a UNEP initiative to engage and support the UN system in the transition towards greater environmental sustainability in the management of its facilities and operations.
The Secretary-General made a pledge to increase geographical diversity as one of his reform priorities.
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