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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 6, 2023
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Digital Public Goods for the SDGs
This report discusses emerging insights related to the sustainability, replicability and partnerships of Digital Public Goods based on five case studies.
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April 27, 2023
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Scaling the Summit - How the UN can Expand Promising Ideas to Change the World
This report reviews experience and practice in supporting social innovations along the journey to scale.
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April 27, 2023
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Scaling the Summit - How the UN can Expand Promising Ideas to Change the World
This webinar reviews experience and practice in supporting social innovations along the journey to scale.
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April 26, 2023
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The Great AI Dilemma - Balancing AI Risks and Opportunities
This session discusses the future of AI and its implications for the economy.
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April 26, 2023
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Futures Tool for Intergenerational Equity
The futures tools help develop capabilities which can help advance equitable, just and fair generational relations.
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April 21, 2023
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Harnessing Data Innovation for Migration Policy: A Handbook for Practitioners
The Practitioners’ Handbook provides insights into why and how non-traditional data sources can contribute to better understanding migration-related phenomena.
SDG 01: No Poverty
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 04: Quality Education
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
April 19, 2023
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How to Leverage Azure OpenAI in your Work
Learn more about the features of Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service.
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April 19, 2023
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ChatGPT and Large Language Models: Challenges and Opportunities
This session explores ChatGPT, a multilingual chatbot that can generate new content without explicit human input.
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April 14, 2023
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What You Need to Know About Intergenerational Equity - Agenda, Best Practices and Tools
This session provides UN colleagues, particularly those in foresight and policy roles, with crucial updates on Intergenerational Equity in the UN context and beyond, definitions and tools to start thinking and acting on the IGE agenda.
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April 12, 2023
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Our Future Pledge - An Agenda for Futures by Youth
This toolkit provides a comprehensive guide on exploring alternative futures, creating your own scenarios, and advocating for greater youth inclusion in foresight
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April 12, 2023
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[TechLearnTalk] An Introduction to the metaverse
This session explores the metaverse, the opportunities and risks associated with it, and how it can be used for the work of the UN.
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April 12, 2023
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[UN BeSci Week] Scaling Behavioural Science with Prof John List
This session explores considerations for scaling behavioural science, including enablers such as using incentives, implementing ideas at the margins of existing operations, letting go of less promising ideas, and encouraging a sustainable scaling culture.
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April 11, 2023
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The Digital Leisure Divide and the Forcibly Displaced (Field Research)
This report examines how digital technologies are being used by forcibly displaced people for leisure purposes (incl. entertainment, gaming, sexuality, content creation, community voice, and livelihoods)
Humanitarian Action
March 14, 2023
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ChatGPT Explained for Development Practitioners
Can artificial intelligence produce an informed conversation about the broad and complex development challenges we tackle in our work? With its wide range of applications, can ChatGPT revolutionize the way we produce and manage knowledge and conduct business as an organization?
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March 13, 2023
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Opening Green Windows: Technological Opportunities for a Low-Carbon World
The report highlights the opportunities that green innovation – goods and services with smaller carbon footprints – offer developing countries to strengthen their economies and boost their technological capacities.
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
March 13, 2023
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Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs
Evidence presented in this report demonstrates that internet availability increases jobs and reduced poverty in African countries.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
February 23, 2023
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Behavioural Science for Better Hiring
This webinar shares evidence-based and behaviourally-informed strategies to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring.
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February 16, 2023
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Digital Accessibility: The Power of Accessible Stories
Valuable insights and best practices for making data visualizations inclusive and effective.
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February 15, 2023
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Behavioural Science Interventions within the Development and Environmental Fields in Developing Countries: An Evidence Gap Map
This evidence gap map presents a landscape of studies on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions in developing countries within the context of climate change.
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SDG 13: Climate Action
February 14, 2023
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Navigating a World of Exploding Innovation to Align Technology to Serve People and the Planet
All around us we see exponential advances in technology, from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, social media and deep fakes. There is amazing potential, but also incredible risk. This talk share some principles to help navigate this rapidly changing world.
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February 14, 2023
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Behavioural Science Interventions within the Development and Environmental Fields in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review
This paper presents a systematic review on behavioural science interventions in the human development and environmental fields in developing countries.
SDG 13: Climate Action
February 9, 2023
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The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2023
The report assesses data availability across humanitarian crises
Humanitarian Action
February 7, 2023
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Four Future Scenarios for Three Transformative Results
UNFPA has introduced a structured future-informed approach into its strategic planning, as part of a shared response to the turbulent, uncertain, novel and ambiguous conditions we live in.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
February 6, 2023
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Gender-sensitive AI Policy in Southeast Asia
Based on interviews with key stakeholders and an analysis of national strategies and policies on AI, the report makes four recommendations, which offer different and complementary pathways towards gender inclusive AI development.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
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