The project ‘Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) in a Changing DDR Context’ was jointly initiated by DPO and UNODA in 2016. The objective of this project is to enable UN disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) practitioners to better support host governments in the design and implementation of disarmament and WAM operations as part of … Continued
Wisdom-in-Nature (WIN) recognizes the importance of species’ cultural values to society and its sustainable development. WIN widens the prospects of species conservation by exploring and demonstrating the cultural significance of nature. Through species’ cultural value WIN goes beyond field conservation and explores the root causes of the extinction of species and their conditions for survival … 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
To holistically govern the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) for humanity, a conversation bringing together Member States, citizens, practitioners, policymakers, and other key stakeholders is necessary. To be fruitful, this discussion can take the format of a global civic forum, which will be anchored in a robust collective intelligence methodology to bring together a wide … Continued
The Helen Clark Foundation seeks to develop a set of principles, inspired by democratic theory, which social media companies, civil society and government can draw on when deciding what social media governance should look like. The Foundation hopes to contribute to a national and international effort to ensure that social media becomes less destructive to … Continued
The Indian Road Safety Campaign (IRSC) works to reduce the number of road accidents in India by half by 2020. The objective is to engage multiple stakeholders across the nation to tackle the relevant issue of the negligence of road safety practices and poor on-road infrastructure. The organization adopts a multi-domain approach by engaging people … Continued
The Sustainable Cities Program (SCP) works to build awareness and mobilize Brazilian cities to adopt and implement a sustainable agenda. The SCP takes a pioneering role in the implementation and municipalization of SDG in Brazil, through a comprehensive set of indicators in 13 thematic axes. It addresses public administration via an integrated perspective, including social, … Continued
There is a lack of understanding about which interventions are most effective in fighting poverty. This climate is neither sustainable nor effective, especially for our under-resourced neighbors. The solution to this problem is straightforward. The poverty-fighting community needs an accurate, cost-effective, and scalable means to discover what works. This solution must isolate impact and provide … 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
Inuka! empowers ordinary people in four coastal counties of Kenya to develop locally-owned strategies to prevent violent extremism. In a context of deep mistrust between citizens and security forces, aggravated by a fishing ban that jeopardized the survival of communities, Inuka! rebuilt relationships between security actors and the people they serve, and deployed innovative tech-based … Continued
