Digital Transformation

This session spotlighted blockchain and distributed ledger technology initiatives from across the UN system, showcasing innovative solutions that support development, collaboration, transparency, and digital transformation.

The inaugural UN 2.0 Awards recognize UN system teams and initiatives that are achieving outstanding results through new ways of working and new solutions.

A practical conversation on what it takes for innovation to move beyond pilots and become lasting institutional change.

A forward-looking session on how digital systems can build trust, improve access and serve people in real-world contexts.

An open, audience-driven exchange on the realities of leading transformation across the UN system.

A candid opening conversation to take stock of where UN 2.0 is delivering change, where progress is uneven, and what needs to shift next.

This special edition of the UN 2.0 Digital and Data Solutions Expo introduces the winners and select honorable mentions of the first UN 2.0 Award.

The report Empowering small-scale farmers through digital innovation: Insights from the Near East and North Africa region examines how digital technologies can support productivity, resilience and inclusion among small-scale farmers across the Near East and North Africa.

The UN 2.0 Digital and Data Solutions Expo is your chance to see practical digital and data solutions in action, hear directly from the teams behind them, and connect with colleagues working on similar challenges across the UN system.

The new Playbook on Digital Innovation for Supporting Families, developed by the Digital Expert Group convened by UNICEF and Van Leer Foundation, offers a practical roadmap to design more human-centered, inclusive, and scalable digital support systems. From trusted information and skill-building to community connection and access to services, it shows how digital innovation can better serve families everywhere.

Explore impactful innovations across 45 UN Entities!

The UN 2.0 Data & Digital Solutions Expo invites participants to explore eight innovative UN and facilitates connections with practitioners while experiencing data-driven solutions in action.

This policy brief presents findings from a randomized controlled trial of a digital learning programme in Mexico. The study involved 85 mathematics teachers across 45 high schools in Mexico City and the State of Mexico, who were randomly assigned to either integrate a digital learning platform into their teaching for one semester or continue with standard practice. The impact of the programme was assessed based on the mathematics performance of more than 2,900 students in their final year of high school. Details of the implementation in schools were investigated through teacher interviews, student focus groups and classroom observations.

UNDP’s Digital Rights Dashboard offers insights to help countries put human rights at the heart of digital systems, even in the toughest contexts. This recorded panel discussion, held on December 9, 2025, marked the official launch of the DRD and its accompanying Pilot Country Insights Report, featuring findings from five diverse countries: Colombia, Lebanon, Mauritania, North Macedonia, and Samoa.

This session spotlighted AI Initiatives featured in the soon to be launched UN AI Resource Hub, a collaborative effort by UNDP, ITU, and UNESCO.

The UNICC AI Hub, in collaboration with the Frugal AI Hub at Cambridge Judge Business School, is pleased to share a new paper presenting a practical and standardized framework for measuring the true value of an organization’s AI portfolio.