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June 24, 2025
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80 Years of Data on Peace and Security

The side event explores how data can reveal trends, challenges, and opportunities in UN peacekeeping and special political missions, highlighting its role in enhancing coordination, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
June 17, 2025
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Global Push to Put Mobile Phone Data to Work for Policy

Global Data Facility window and Support Program to Put Mobile Phone Data to Work
Humanitarian Action
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 01: No Poverty
June 13, 2025
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AI4All: Acceleration Program IN UNGSC

AI4All: Acceleration Program in UNGSC
Humanitarian Action
SDG 04: Quality Education
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
June 13, 2025
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Reclaiming Digital Space: Feminist Tech for Safe Online Spaces for Women and Girls

A deep dive into feminist tech and AI innovations transforming the internet into a safe, inclusive lifeline for women and girls in crisis—bridging the gender digital divide through ethical, survivor-centered design.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
June 13, 2025
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UN Digital ID

UN Digital ID: Uniting the UN’s Global Culture
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
June 13, 2025
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Promoting Refugee Protection through Behavioural Science

How can we harness behavioural science to promote refugee protection and challenge harmful narratives?
Humanitarian Action
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
June 12, 2025
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Future of Programming

UN 2.0 Side Event on Foresight: Future of Programming
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
June 12, 2025
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Youth Foresight: Reimagining Decision-Making

Youth Foresight: Reimagining Decision-Making Spaces
SDG 04: Quality Education
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
June 11, 2025
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Next-Gen Migration Solutions: Youth, Data, and Anticipatory Action

A virtual UN 2.0 side event organized for exploring how IOM is using innovation, data, and youth leadership to operationalize anticipatory action in migration management.
SDG 01: No Poverty
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 13: Climate Action
June 11, 2025
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Connectivity for Refugees: Partnering to Connect the Forcibly Displaced

This session spotlights the Connectivity for Refugees initiative and its partners advancing affordable and accessible connectivity for forcibly displaced people.
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
June 11, 2025
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From Campus to UN 2.0: AI Built by Academic Partners @ Fordham University

Showcase four AI prototypes developed in partnership to optimize real UN processes including: analyzing UN press releases, crisis reporting, SDG Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), and service desk support.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
June 11, 2025
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DRiVE - How UNOPS is empowering suppliers for a sustainable future

Discover how UNOPS is transforming supplier engagement through data, digital tools, and behavioural insights. Learn how the DRiVE initiative helps scale sustainable procurement and supports supplier improvement across the UN system.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
June 11, 2025
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AIxCSPs: AI support for decision-making in WFP's country strategic planning

UN 2.0 Week Side Event on leveraging LLMs to extract strategic insights
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
June 10, 2025
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Data with Dignity: Refugee Feedback through AI DigitalAAP

DigitalAAP at UN 2.0 showcased AI-powered refugee feedback, turning real-time insights into faster humanitarian decisions.
SDG 01: No Poverty
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
May 30, 2025
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UN 2.0 in Action: Tools, Trainings, and Community Insights

oin the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Economic Affairs (UN DESA) to explore what UN 2.0 capacity building looks like in the UN through freely available E-Learning, tools and case studies.
SDG 04: Quality Education
May 29, 2025
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UNDC Spotlight Series | Digital Transformation for Agriculture and Food Security

SDG 02: Zero Hunger
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
May 29, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Agriculture & Food Security | Digital Villages Initiative

The Digital Villages Initiative aims to transform villages in Europe and Central Asia into hubs that are smarter, greener, and richly digitally connected and interconnected. The goal is to empower every village and rural community to utilize digital technologies to increase agricultural productivity and access to services, and uplift rural livelihoods by leveraging their local strengths.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 29, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Agriculture & Food Security | Agro-Informatics

Agro-Informatics connects information technology with the management, analysis and application of agricultural data to design more accurate and targeted agricultural interventions. The use of satellite imagery, remote sensing, and geographic information systems, enable the transformation of data into actionable information.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 29, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Agriculture & Food Security | El Mercadito Nilus

A daily healthy meal at school is transformative. Supported by WFP and technology from Nilus, schools can now place orders, verify product quality, and generate digital delivery records quickly. The participation of over 770 small farmers strengthens the rural economy and benefits more than 30,000 students each day, with expectations for continued growth.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 29, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Agriculture & Food Security | SCOUT

SCOUT is a digital solution that automatically generates optimized global/regional-scale supply chain plans and strategic analyses for WFP's corporate inventory, supporting key decisions on what food to buy, where from, when, and how to store and deliver it to operations.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 1, 2025
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UNDC Deep Dive | Safeguarding Digital Transformation: The Digital Public Infrastructure Approach

This session explores Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—an approach that has accelerated inclusive digital transformation in countries such as India, Brazil, and Estonia. Our speakers addressed what DPI is—and what it isn’t, the guiding principles shaping the UN’s vision for DPI and how to navigate the opportunities and challenges of DPI at scale.
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April 8, 2025
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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
March 20, 2025
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UNDC Spotlight Series | Leveraging Digital Technologies and Capacities for Gender Equality

SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
March 20, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Gender Equality | D4WEE

SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
March 20, 2025
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UNDC Digital Transformation Expo on Gender Equality | Shakti

SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

Innovation Library

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