Innovation Library

Explore our living library of innovation-related webinars and publications developed and hosted by UNIN and UN Entities.

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May 25, 2022
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Is fish the new fashion?

Supported by FAO, a local entrepreneur in Kenya has come up with novel idea to turn fish skins that would otherwise be discarded – into profit.
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May 25, 2022
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Using the UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0 for Action on Nature, Climate and Sustainable Development (Part of the UNEP Digital Discovery Series)

This session provides a training on the UN Biodiversity Lab, a platform that provides stakeholders with global spatial data and analytics to support action for people and planet.
SDG 15: Life on Land
SDG 13: Climate Action
May 25, 2022
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Designing Policies that Work – Behavioral Economic Insights from the UK Government’s Nudge Unit

This webinar discusses how behavioral insights can support the work of the IMF, drawing on the BIT's “Behavioural Economy” report.
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May 25, 2022
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Sustainable Data Centre and ICT – Training Series

A series of webinars on digitalisation, sustainability in ICT and data centres
SDG 13: Climate Action
May 25, 2022
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Bridging Inequality in a Post-Pandemic World: How can we Leverage Emerging Technologies?

This webinar explored the potential of emerging technologies to support vulnerable communities and decrease the inequality gap in the world recovering from the post-COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 25, 2022
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UNDP's Digital Strategy & Transformation - Towards #nextGenUNDP

UNDP's Chief Digital Officer and his team present UNDP’s Digital Strategy and key implementation initiatives such as the Digital Advocates Network, the UNDP Data Strategy and Digital X, a digital innovation scaling accelerator.
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May 25, 2022
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How Tech Startups are Innovating to Connect Africa?

This episode of the Trade Forward Podcast explores how African SMEs and startups are making digital connectivity more affordable, reliable, and accessible.
SDG 01: No Poverty
May 25, 2022
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How to deliver agile sustainable procurement through innovative approaches?

This session explores how agile and innovative approaches to procurement can support institutional effectiveness and how an enabling environment for such solutions can be created.
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May 25, 2022
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AI, Machine Learning & Advanced Analytics for Image Recognition and Pattern Identification (Spanish)

This webinar covers the potential application of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect patterns and generate insights that allow increased sales and cost optimization.
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May 25, 2022
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Behavioural Approaches in Measuring & Delivering Impact: What are we Learning?

Experts from IFAD and beyond discuss how behavioural insights can be used to design projects more effectively, deliver higher impact and measure the consequences of human behaviour.
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May 25, 2022
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Virtual Reality Trainings, Meetings & Events

This webinar explores how ITC-ILO and UNDP are using virtual reality technologies to make meetings more personal, interactive and fun again.
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May 25, 2022
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The SG's 2020 Innovation, Data & Digital Capacity Mapping

The assessment explores the state of organisational capabilities and cultures across over the UN System - this year's edition puts a focus on data and digital topics, in addition to innovation.
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May 25, 2022
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Investment & Innovation Opportunities - Sustainable Industrial Parks (in Spanish)

The webinar presents key aspects of Investment and Innovation Opportunities in Sustainable Industrial Parks in Imbabura, Ecuador.
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May 25, 2022
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Benchmarking Africa's Industrialisation - Achieving SDG9 with enhancement of industrial capabilities

The session launches the latest Competitive Industrial Performance Report for Africa and introduces the SDG9 industry tracker to show how to measure the progress in SDG9.
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May 25, 2022
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The Future of Storytelling

Storytelling is vital for advocacy in political affairs. This presentation focuses on the future of storytelling and how it is being shaped by emerging technologies.
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May 25, 2022
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AI for Health (Meeting of the ITU/WHO Focus Group)

Meeting of the ITU/WHO Focus Group on artificial intelligence for health
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May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Innovation Factory – LIVE Pitching Session

Innovation Factory Live Pitching Session showcases a diverse set of emerging entrepreneurs with promising AI ventures to tackle our world’s greatest challenges
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May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Global Summit -The Future of Earth, AI + The Environment

Breakthrough session will explore how AI solutions can shed light on environmentally destructive practices as well as protect our world.
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 15: Life on Land
May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Global Summit - COVID-19: Where are the self-driving cars and trucks?

The future of mobility is Electric, Connected, Autonomous and Shared.
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May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Global Summit - The Future of Us, AI + Gender

Breakthrough session addresses current gender issues in AI, including but not limited to algorithmic bias and data inclusivity
SDG 05: Gender Equality
May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Global Summit - The Future of Food, AI + Food

The goal of this session is to identify how AI can help us reach zero hunger and shape the food landscape of tomorrow.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 25, 2022
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AI for Good Global Summit - COVID-19: Misinformation, Disinformation and What to Do About It

Every disease outbreak also comes with an ‘infodemic’ of misinformation and disinformation, incl. fake medical advice, unproven treatments and conspiracy theories.
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May 25, 2022
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Masterclass on How Innovations Can Transform the Path to the 2030 Agenda

The Masterclass combines lessons learnt on how an enabling innovation ecosystem can help new ideas take hold and scale up to support the achievement of the SDGs and demonstrates these through real-world projects.
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May 25, 2022
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How NFTs can give more Children the Chance to learn online

This webinar explores how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can raise funding for the work of the UN.
SDG 04: Quality Education
May 25, 2022
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Cobots for Good: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration

This webinar explores how we are transitioning from assembly-line robots to more flexible and reliable cobots and how robotic collaborative systems are emerging as a powerful enabler of human-robot skill transfer.
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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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