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April 8, 2025
WFP Innovation Accelerator 2024 Year in Review
With colleagues, partners and supporters, the WFP Innovation Accelerator achieved significant results in 2024 in deploying innovative solutions worldwide.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
Humanitarian Action
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 06: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 07: Affordable & Clean Energy
December 11, 2024
UN Innovation Update 2024 #2
Explore how 40 UN Entities are leveraging innovative thinking, technologies and new way of working in their work.
All
November 14, 2024
Shaping sustainable agrifood futures: pre-emerging and emerging technologies and innovations for impact
An extended global foresight report with regional and stakeholders' insights
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 10, 2024
Lessons from Nepal's Blockchain Cash Transfer Pilot
In this webinar, UNICEF Nepal and the Office of Innovation, present the findings from evaluating a blockchain-based cash transfer piloted in Nepal in 2023.
Humanitarian Action
April 18, 2024
UN Innovation Update 2024
Explore how 40 Entities are leveraging new approaches and cutting-edge technologies in their work.
All
April 8, 2024
WFP Innovation Accelerator - Year in Review 2023
The WFP Innovation Accelerator Year in Review 2023 showcases the tangible impact of its efforts to source, support and scale innovations ending hunger and achieving the SDGs.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
SDG 01: No Poverty
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 06: Clean Water & Sanitation
October 24, 2023
UN Innovation Update 2023
The UN Innovation Update highlight how 40 UN Entities from across the system are leveraging innovative approaches in their work.
All
January 3, 2023
Fintech Forward
This 5-part series helps to better understand the impact of emerging technologies on financial systems and local economies around the world.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
November 3, 2022
Venturing into Blockchain for Financial Inclusion
This webinar explored the benefits that blockchain can bring to financial inclusion and essentially “banking” the unbanked, and celebrated the graduation of its 2021 Blockchain Cohort.
SDG 01: No Poverty
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
October 7, 2022
Humanitarian Blockchain - Inventory & Recommendations
This report contains an inventory of Blockchain in the humanitarian sector and proposes Dos and Don’ts for anyone thinking about implementing the technology in the sector.
All
September 22, 2022
The Future of Digital Cooperation
This digital moment highlighted pioneering initiatives and leaders that are ushering in a new era of country-led digital cooperation to build safe, trusted, and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
All
August 15, 2022
UN Innovation Update (#1 2022)
Highlights from the innovation efforts of UN Entities in the first half of 2022.
All
August 15, 2022
Blockchains for a Sustainable Postal Future
This study provides an assessment of the potential use of blockchain in two domain areas: improving postal logistics and facilitating inclusive postal financial services.
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
August 15, 2022
Blockchains for a Sustainable Postal Future
This study provides an overview of the potential use of blockchain in the postal sector with emphasis on improving postal logistics and facilitating inclusive postal financial services.
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
August 15, 2022
Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age (Draft for Comments)
The Action Plan recognizes that digital innovations have the potential to help mitigate the triple planetary crisis - three fundamental shifts are necessary to achieve this vision.
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 14: Life Below Water
SDG 15: Life on Land
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