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Innovation in General (incl. HCD)
Explore our living library of innovation-related webinars and publications hosted by the UN Innovation Network and UN Entities.
Learn about new technologies, be inspired by the application of new approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals, and leverage the work and knowledge of UN innovators to advance your innovative ideas.
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December 28, 2022
Gaming and the Metaverse: The Alarming Rise of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
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 12, 2022
Learn and Share: S.P.A.C.E. for Innovation at the UN
The event explored how innovation is understood in five UN entities, as well as what processes they use to foster innovation internally.
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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 23, 2022
Towards a Healthcare Innovation Scaling Framework - The Voice of the Innovator
This paper investigates the systemic challenges that African healthcare innovators experience in the quest to scale their innovations.
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
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
November 14, 2022
Digital Facilitation Toolkit
The Digital Facilitation Toolkit has been created with two purposes: to support the delivery of online capacity-building strategies and to shed light on the different dimensions playing a role when facilitating online.
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November 1, 2022
Digital Accessibility - The Path to Leave No One Behind
The webinar highlights why digital inclusion is foundational to the achievement of SDGs, shares how senior executives are promoting digital accessibility, and draws a link between digital Innovation and the prerogative for digital accessibility.
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October 12, 2022
Digital Technology Towards Transforming Education
Around half of the world’s primary schools still lack computers and internet access. ITU and UNICEF’s Giga school connectivity aims to turn this around by connecting all schools to the internet. What further opportunities do digital technologies offer to transform education?
SDG 04: Quality Education
September 22, 2022
Technology Assessment in Developing Countries: A Proposed Methodology
This report summarizes the existing knowledge about technology assessment processes and good practices and reflects on these in the context of the current conditions in developing countries.
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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
UN Innovation Update - Best of 2020
Highlights from the innovation efforts of 40+ UN Entities throughout 2020.
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August 15, 2022
UN Innovation Update (Q3 2020)
Highlights from the innovation efforts of UN Entities in the third quarter of 2020.
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August 15, 2022
UN Innovation Update - COVID-19 Special Edition 2
Explore how UN Entities are leveraging innovation to respond to COVID-19.
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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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