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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.
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September 5, 2024
TechLearnTalk - An Introduction to Open Source
This webinar explores open source, the opportunities and risks associated with it, and how it can be used for the work of the UN.
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April 22, 2024
UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action
UNDP Accelerator Labs Network and Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design launch "UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action"
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 07: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
April 18, 2024
UN Innovation Update 2024
Explore how 40 Entities are leveraging new approaches and cutting-edge technologies in their work.
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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
February 15, 2024
Improving Digital Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees
This report, developed based on the workshops held with 541 total participants, including a mix of refugees and host community member, seeks to guide UNHCR and other global stakeholders in shaping future digital livelihoods programming and strategies.
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
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.
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September 17, 2023
SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda
The SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda explores the transformative potential of digital and highlights how it is already positively impacting lives and livelihoods around the world.
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May 15, 2023
Agritech and Fintech Providers in East and Southern Africa: A Landscape Assessment
This report examines the universe of agritech and fintech providers that influence access to finance in East and Southern Africa, exploring their potential to become commercially viable and achieve scale.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
December 28, 2022
Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy
The rapid spread of digital technologies is creating new opportunities for growth and development, but the benefits of digitalization are not automatic and women still face multiple obstacles to succeed in the digital economy.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
December 6, 2022
The Future We Create: How Innovation Can Advance Disability-inclusive Development
On the occasion of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities 2022, this webinar provided a platform to exchange good practices, discuss challenges, and identify solutions in innovation and technology that support disability-inclusive development.
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November 21, 2022
Green Technology Book 2022 - Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation
The Book takes a look at the state of play of green technologies responding to some of the most critical challenges of climate change with special focus on agriculture and forestry, the water sector and cities.
SDG 13: Climate Action
September 14, 2022
The State of Science, Technology and Innovation in the World’s Least Developed Countries
The report reaffirms the business case for investment in sustainable science, technology and innovation systems in LDCs to contribute to long-term productivity upgrading, economic development, job creation as well as addressing societal challenges.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
August 15, 2022
Go.Data Github Docs Site
The Go.Data Docs Site is a centralized place where users implementing Go.Data for outbreak investigation can access open-source solutions related to analytics and interoperability.
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
August 15, 2022
The Future is Equal: Gender Equality in the Technology Industry
This report analyzes the key barriers faced by women in the workplace of the technology industry as well as identifies effective national policies and company initiatives on promoting gender equality in China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
Innovation Library
The UN Innovation Network and many UN Entities regularly host webinars and discussions to uncover emerging good practices, showcase successful projects and learn about opportunity areas for innovation, data and digital transformation.
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