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Tracking Peacebuilding Funding in the world by the United Nations
The Uniited Nations Secretary-General has introduced the UN Peacebuilding Funding Dashboard. It displays data of 6 global peacebuilding...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read


EARTH DAY 2022
Today is Earth Day. Beyond protection of land, species, livelihood of communities, life under water, it is a day to also remember some...
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Apr 22, 20221 min read


What is innovation in the multilateral and public sector ?
innovation encompasses the development and implementation of new services for beneficiaries and processes. introduction of something new....
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Apr 21, 20221 min read


What is the cost of conflict?
What is the cost of conflict? In 2015, the Institute for Economics and Peace estimated that conflict and violence costed us $13.6 trillion.
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Apr 18, 20222 min read


GAFAM and conflicts : new fact-checkers ?
What are the concrete applications of #artificialintelligence and #innovation in #conflicts ? Is the new mapping of threats and...
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Apr 13, 20221 min read


McKinsey Podcast, The promise and peril of the metaverse .
While 2022 will probably be the year of new legislations and regulatory frameworks around #artificialintelligence and #data to build...
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Apr 12, 20221 min read


AI 2022 TRENDS
AI 2022 TRENDS . What will be the AI trends in 2022 ?What to expect from states and international actors? What about AI systems in compani
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Mar 7, 20221 min read


Being impactful breaking the silos
The 4th Industrial Revolution is asking us to break the silos and have a systemic approach to achieve the sdgs and progress for all.
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Jan 12, 20221 min read


UNESCO #COOKIEFACTORY
Privacy is a human right. And even Artificial Intelligence must respect it. As we launch our recommendation on AI ethics, try UNESCO's #Cook
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Dec 2, 20211 min read


Is Peace a dream or a reality in the AI international landscape?
[PEACE] International Peace Day 2021. UNESCO will invite its members to adopt its final draft on ‘Recommendation on the ethics of AI".
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Sep 23, 20213 min read


Joseph Stiglitz on Artificial Intelligence: 'We’re going towards a more divided society'
From The GUARDIAN here : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/joseph-stiglitz-on-artificial-intelligence-were-going-towards...
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Jul 20, 20211 min read


The framework of the SDGs for the Common Good and smart partnerships.
The #sdgs are commonly seen as a framework for negotiation by private and public stakeholders.
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Mar 31, 20201 min read


Fei-Fei Li's Quest to Make AI Better for Humanity (WIRED Article)
Artificial intelligence has a problem: The biases of its creators are getting hard-coded into its future. Fei-Fei Li has a plan to fix that—
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Sep 13, 20191 min read


Smart partnerships : new applications for Water (UNEP)
UN Environment, Google, the European Commission and partners aim to “leave no one behind” launching a groundbreaking data platform.
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Sep 10, 20191 min read


The Role of the United Nations with the new technologies.
Governments Seek UN Scrutiny of Technologies.
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Mar 11, 20191 min read


Decision-making 2.0 for Development and Humanitarianism
Because data science transforms how we make meaning of the world, data science may challenge what we have historically understood.
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Mar 11, 20191 min read


United Nations 2019 PRIORITIES - PEACE AND SDGs.
‘Proving our worth through action’: 5 things Guterres wants the UN to focus on in 2019.
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Jan 16, 20191 min read


Humanitarianism is in crisis. Digital innovation won’t fix it by Mark Duffield.
Interesting perspective on "techno-populism" and the need to address "the problems at the heart of [the humanitarian] industry’s crisis...
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Jan 7, 20191 min read


"Driving Sustainability-Oriented Innovation"
by Thijs H.J. Geradts and Nancy M.P. Bocken. Article available here: Driving Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (mit.edu). MAGAZINE...
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Nov 28, 20181 min read


The 'Culture of Risk' in International Organizations and the need for a human-centered approach.
Feel free to invent, fail and reinvent" - Mrs. Christine LAGARDE The Public Sector, and the U.N system (#UNReform), have been...
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Sep 27, 20181 min read
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