
Upcoming Innovation Challenges & Calls
Challenges & Calls
The calls and challenges listed are hosted by UN Entities and external partners. To share your innovation call or challenge with the Network, please head to our contact page.

Youth Network on Beyond GDP
Join the Youth Network on Beyond GDP, a new global platform empowering young leaders to reshape how we define and measure what truly matters.

The Youth Ecopreneur Programme 2025
Are you a young entrepreneur (under 35) with a green business or land-restoration project? The Youth Ecopreneur Programme 2025 could be your gateway to global recognition, expert support, and funding.

Giga Accelerator
Join the Giga Accelerator Programme to access funding, mentorship, and global partnerships that help you scale up your product and position you to contributing to connecting schools to the Internet worldwide.

Relief & Resilience: WFP Innovation Challenge
Apply to receive up to USD 100,000 in equity-free funding, mentorship and access to the world’s largest humanitarian organization.

Government Analytics Fellowship
The World Bank's Development Impact Group and the Institutions Global Department are excited to announce a new edition of the Government Analytics Fellowship.

AI Infrastructure Builders Application
The AI Infrastructure Builder Programme is a flagship initiative of the AI Hub, launching June 20, 2025, under the Italy-Africa Mattei Plan. This programme is designed to support African innovators building the foundational infrastructure necessary for AI ecosystems to scale across the continent — from data centers and cloud compute to energy and payment systems.
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The Beyonds Challenge
Submission deadline the Beyonds Challenge has been extended to October 31st 2025. Supported by the German Government, and with International Institute for Sustainable Development as knowledge partner, the Beyonds Challenge is an intergenerational and cross-disciplinary call for inputs to redefine what key elements shaping the future of sustainable development beyond 2030 should look like.

Artificial intelligence for the Public Sector
Inspired by the UNESCO Framework on AI and Digital Transformation for Civil Servants, this course provides an introduction to AI with a focus on its application in the public service. Participants will be guided through the entire process of devising AI-based services in the public sector. Lessons will cover not just the functional aspects of this application but also the governance and ethical aspects of the process to offer a holistic point of view. The content of this course is built on the AI4Gov Master Programme, formerly supported by the EU and offered by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Politecnico di Milano.
