During the first national lockdown, the French government decided to close schools, all while ensuring educational continuity for all children online. The French Minister of Education asked the President of La Poste Group to help teachers maintain the connection with the 12% of students without a home internet connection, offering these students a free means … Continued
The project enables independent local NGOs and activists to contribute to environmental protection. The project offers training and experts’ support on scientific, practical, administrative and legal issues and provides a platform for building synergies among actors. To achieve this goal, the project develops free online tools, training and grant programs for local NGOs. During the … Continued
VEB.RF is developing the Green Finance Market Architecture in Russia, which includes all basic elements: 1. Guidelines on green financing, 2. Taxonomy for verifiers of green projects, 3. Platforms and working groups combining Russian and international experts; and other elements, necessary for the functioning of the green market, but which do not exist yet. VEB.RF … Continued
We build open tools, connect and promote relevant actors, and steer international governance towards proportionate and effective regulation in order to reduce vulnerabilities to information manipulation. Information manipulation (disinformation, misinformation, “fake news”…) aims at disrupting the social cohesion and electoral processes that keep democratic societies together. We thus work towards online spaces that allow freedom … Continued
Access to reliable information can save lives. This is even more true during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on using social media for good, the EU supports international and local efforts to bring fact-checked information to populations in conflict and crisis-affected communities and to debunk myths and rumours. We also help establish trust and … Continued
The SHERPA project is an EU-funded project which analyses how AI and big data analytics impact ethics and human rights. Through research and in dialogue with international stakeholders, the project is developing novel ways to understand and address these challenges to find desirable and sustainable solutions that can benefit society. We are currently finalising a … Continued
Catalonia has devised a unique participatory governance scheme that places people and nature at the core of decision-making and devolves power to stakeholders. Based on pilot implementations, the first legal framework ever established for fisheries co-management was adopted in 2018. It ensures that fishers, managers, scientists and NGOs participate on equal footing in decision-making. The … Continued
Join the PeaceTech League! To revolutionize peace-building efforts in the MENA region, TSG’s ‘Technology Tools for Peacebuilding’ project aims to increase the use of technology in peacebuilding mechanisms. In support, TSG has created a ‘Cross-Industry Peacebuilding League’ with Silicon Valley technology, venture capital, and philanthropy leaders, to generate new ideas to positively affect conflict outcomes … Continued
Ratings are a tool that encourages businesses to take on their share of social responsibility, increase their own sustainability and preserve nature in their regions of activity, prevent climate change, and contribute to saving the planet as a whole. The ratings also help improve companies’ health by assessing their main environmental and energy efficiency indicators. … Continued
The Co-Inform project contributes towards the ambitious goal of tackling misinformation on social media by focusing on a trans-European, multidisciplinary effort targeting three key stakeholder groups: policymakers, journalists, and citizens. The objective is to foster informed and engaged communities, which constitute the foundations of a healthy democracy, and together find a solution to misinformation.
