FAO/WHO GIFT à l'événement parallèle du Forum sur la science, la technologie et l'innovation (STI) "Digitalisation pour atteindre les ODD"
FAO/WHO GIFT will be presented at a Side Event of the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum on 6 May 2022, 7:30-9:00 EDT/13.30-15.00 CEST, following a Mapping of Digital-Related Initiatives Across the UN System, where 489 inputs from 39 UN entities were received.The Side Event, called “Digitalization to Achieve the SDGs: Promoting more effective and coherent UN support through mapping and country level initiatives”, is organized by the Office of the Tech Envoy and UN-DESA to highlight the outcomes and initiatives of the mapping. This event will explore how more effective and coherent UN support to Member States on digital is critically needed, as well as promote further awareness of how digital technologies play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs.
Check out the event recording here. FAO/WHO GIFT is presented on minute 55, and the full video is shown at the end of the recording.
Background
In this Decade of Action, we must better utilize the potential of digital technologies to narrow digital divides in order to leave no one behind and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In better responding to Member States’ needs, the United Nations system strives tobring about “a more coherent and strategic approach” to digital issues, as emphasized by the Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation; including its various parts better harnessing digital technologies to fulfill their mandates. The Roadmap for Digital Cooperation also stresses the importance of coordinated and coherent global digital capacity-building efforts, along side matching efforts at the national level, especially through the United Nations' presence on the ground.
This event will thus explore how more effective and coherent UN support to Member States on digital is critically needed, as well as promote further awareness of how digital technologies play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs. The Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology and DESA will present the initial results from their joint initiative – a UN system wide mapping of digital-related initiatives, with almost 500 submissions received fromacross the system; while UN system entities will also showcase key projects and programmes to illustrate how digitalization can help facilitate the achievement of socio-economic and environmental, sustainable development, with a specific focus on country-level needs. Resident coordinators will also speak from their experiences in this regard.
The Acting Envoy on Technology, ASG Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, will open the event. Herremarks will be followed by a presentation of the UN-system wide mapping, reflections from Resident Coordinators, and contributions from UN entities, including FAO, ITU, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, UN-Habitat, WFP, and others.