A UNITAR-certified online AI course — no coding, open to every discipline. Learn AI for social impact and build a project for the global contest.

Artificial Intelligence is no longer evolving in isolation. Across the world of work, AI is increasingly interacting with robotics, extended realities, distributed ledgers, neurotechnologies, geodata, cybersecurity, biotechnology, and other emerging fields. AI+ explores the combined effect of these technologies on skills, labour markets, enterprises, policy, and learning. The event will bring together the ITCILO community and key labour market stakeholders to examine how these technological intersections are already reshaping the near future of work.

This course familiarizes participants with the FAO Science and Innovation Strategy. It introduces the Strategy's core components – the pillars, outcomes, enablers, and guiding principles – fostering a holistic understanding of the Strategy. Key concepts such as science, innovation, and technology are defined, highlighting their roles in driving progress. The course presents the Strategy's vision, goal, and scope, emphasizing better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind, in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Practical application is emphasized, enabling learners to apply the Strategy to real-world scenarios to promote sustainable agrifood systems.

This self-paced course goes over some fundamental aspects of data literacy, explores the best ways to input and clean data to make it usable, and provides tips to put data in context through storytelling techniques.