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The Commonwealth SDG Tracker provides a year-on-year snapshot of the progress the 56 Commonwealth countries are making towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mapping and monitoring coral reefs in the Commonwealth
Coral reefs provide a home to about 25 per cent of all marine species and millions of people depend on that biodiversity for their livelihoods and food security.
Coral reefs are also one of the most sensitive ecosystems in the world, acting as a barometer for global warming. For example, just a small rise in the temperature of the oceans will cause coral reefs to bleach and potentially die if the higher temperature is sustained.
Urgent action is needed to protect these vibrant underwater habitats from the effects of climate change, pollution and overfishing, which is why Coral Reef Protection and Restoration is one of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Groups.
Mapping and monitoring provided by our partners at the Allen Coral Atlas, converts data on coral reefs to generate maps, monitoring, images and notifications to support the implementation of coral reef and other ecosystem planning, as well as governance, evaluation and management in Commonwealth countries.
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Australia
2020 Australia Youth Development Index
Bangladesh
Digital Bangladesh to progress to Innovative Bangladesh by 2041
India
Personal digital control over wages changes working women’s beliefs in India
Kenya
Kenya’s innovative data response to COVID-19
Pakistan
e-clinics bring healthcare to rural areas in Pakistan
Rwanda
Rwanda to expand digital transformation capacity
Sierra Leone
Investing in tomorrow: Inclusive data for better education in Sierra Leone
Tonga
Scientists use technology to understand Tonga’s volcano
Zambia
Zambia using geospatial mapping data to improve urban planning
Digital
Digital Infrastructure Divide in the Commonwealth: Paper
A new paper on digital infrastructure divide which considers the hard/soft infrastructure divide, and gender digital divide in relation to digital infrastructure for sustainable and inclusive development, has been published as part of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Trade Competitiveness Briefing Paper series.
The paper assesses infrastructure using various parameters including access, affordability and performance. It finds that a digital divide exists within and across the Commonwealth, at different levels. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a major digital infrastructure divide that has affected economic activities across the Commonwealth, it has also highlighted the importance of sound digital infrastructure for economic sustainability in Commonwealth member countries.
The paper recommends that including digital infrastructure is a core component to accelerate economic recovery, asserting that digital infrastructure gaps must be addressed through effective and targeted interventions as Commonwealth countries further develop their economies.
Digital Currencies for Small States: Guide
The Bahamas was the first country in the world to nationally launch a central bank digital currency – the Sand Dollar in October 2020
So many developing countries, small states in particular, are adopting Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) so quickly. The Commonwealth Secretariat has published a paper that seeks to understand the drive behind CBDCs in and how they fit into the wider virtual and cryptocurrency landscape. The paper examines the benefits and risks of CBDCs, considers the drivers of CBDCs and unpacks why the technology might be such a good fit for small states.
Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy: Guide
More than twenty partners from Intergovernmental and International Organisations, private sector, academia and civil society including the Commonwealth Secretariat contributed the development of the guide.
The 2nd Edition of National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS ) is a unique resource for national leaders and policy-makers in the development of a National Cybersecurity Strategy, and in thinking strategically about cybersecurity, cyber preparedness and resilience. It provides a useful, flexible and user-friendly framework that has been agreed on by organisations with demonstrated and diverse experience in this topic area to set the context of a country’s socio-economic vision and current security posture.
The guide also aims to assist policymakers in the development of a Strategy that takes into consideration a country’s specific situation, cultural and societal values, and that encourages the pursuit of secure, resilient, ICT-enhanced and connected societies.
Gender
Commonwealth gender analysis guidance: Toolkit
The Commonwealth Foundation has developed a toolkit to help civil society organisations in the Caribbean understand the connections between gender and climate change, as well as develop gender-sensitive policies and programmes for adapting to climate change.
Gender-sensitising in Commonwealth Parliaments: Toolkit
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) have created guidelines to help Commonwealth Parliaments transition into gender sensitive institutions.
The ‘CWP Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines’ is a standards and checklist toolkit for parliamentary change that provides legislatures with an outline of gender sensitising standards that they can aim to achieve. Complimentary to the Guidelines is the Seven-Step Field Guide which provides a blueprint for parliaments interested in undertaking a gender sensitive review and making their institution more inclusive and representative.
Climate
Climate Crisis in Africa: Watch
The Commonwealth Foundation has published ‘A Lens on the Climate Crisis in Africa’ – a digital photography exhibition illustrating the devastating impact of climate change on African communities. It features photographs submitted by 24 photographers in 12 Commonwealth African countries, selected after an open call.
A video of the exhibition was first shown at the Commonwealth People’s Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, in June 2022, with an introduction by Kenyan environmentalist and climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti. The exhibition has been published online to mark Africa Climate Week 2022 and raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on the continent.
Earth observation tech for climate finance
CommonSensing is an innovative international project based on a partnership between Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and a consortium of international partners, working together to support and build climate resilience and enhance decision making through the use of satellite remote sensing technology.
Many years of earth observation data is available from satellite imagery, giving a wealth information that can be used as rigorous unbiased evidence for supporting climate financing funding application. This data can be used for calculating baselines, reference conditions, and measuring the rate of change for many climate change conditions such as sea level rise, temperature, flooding, and land degradation.
The governments of Fiji Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, use all available data to guide their decisions on climate investment plans and to identify the right communities to participate in projects. Pre and post disaster management is improved through the use of earth observation data and the dedicated support of Commonwealth climate finance advisors.
With this evidence, it is possible to build stronger applications for climate finance funding, which is particularly relevant in rebuilding communities after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about how the Commonwealth Climate Section through interventions like the CommonSensing Project in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and the Climate Finance Access Hub, can help you.
- Download the Earth Observation Technologies for Improved Access to Climate Finance discussion paper
- Read launch event summary
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Commonwealth
Positive mental health in Commonwealth Parliaments: Toolkit
The toolkit addresses the unique mental health stressors that Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff face in their working lives, including long working hours, intense public scrutiny and online abuse via social media. It will guide, advise and educate Parliaments and Legislatures on how to improve their response to mental health issues experienced by Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff.
The CPA Secretary-General, Stephen Twigg, said:
“The CPA recognises the impact that COVID-19 has had on mental health over the past two years. I encourage Commonwealth Parliaments to utilise this new CPA toolkit to support and improve their work on the mental health and wellbeing of their Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff.”
A Commonwealth for the People: Three-part video series
The Commonwealth Foundation’s critical conversations answer pressing questions about the Commonwealth's future through a three-part video series, ten years after a major report called for a radical rethink of the organisation.
Hosted by award-winning Kenyan journalist Victoria Rubadiri, each episode features a range of speakers, from young Commonwealth activists to government officials debating the future of the Commonwealth and what is needed to secure its long-term relevance, its role in overcoming challenges facing Commonwealth people today, including the climate crisis and the pandemic response.
The Parliamentarian: Journal
The Parliamentarian is the quarterly journal of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Journal of Commonwealth Parliaments.
It contains articles, analyses and bibliographical information on parliamentary, political and constitutional developments written by Speakers, Ministers, Members of Parliament and parliamentary officials involved in the issues. Feature articles written by Members of Parliament, renowned academic experts and parliamentary staff are written for colleagues on current issues that affect the international parliamentary community to share their experience and expertise across the Commonwealth. The publication also features parliamentary reports on legislative affairs, news and updates from across the CPA.
Building resilience in India’s migrant maritime fisheries communities
The Commonwealth Foundation is supporting the promotion of integrated risk reduction policies for migrant fishers and building resilience in fishing communities.
Seasonal migration of small-scale fishers to distant mechanised harbours is common in India due to rising input costs, the seasonal nature of fisheries and growing uncertainty of catch from ecological shifts and marine resource degradation. Fishing communities in India faced multiple hardships and increased risk of Covid-19 infection while stranded for long periods of time in distant harbours without food, sanitation or information. Lack of data on migrant fish workers hindered relief efforts despite civil society attempts to supplement government-led support packages.
Funded by the Government of Canada, and working in partnership with the Dakshin Foundation, United Artists Association, and Social Need Education and Human Awareness, the project aims to strengthen the support system for migrant fish workers, improve information exchange and promote inclusive coastal leadership.
Commonwealth-India UN Development Partnership Fund project: Sustainable economic development
This project aims to create decent work and inclusive sustainable growth for Barbadian citizens and businesses through increased local participation in the supply of goods and services to the energy sector in-country value chain. This will be achieved through strengthening the enabling framework for local content development and implementation of a local content development programme to increase Barbadian citizens’ and businesses competitiveness and access to business opportunities in the energy value chain in the country.
Common Earth: Regenerating the wealth of the Earth’s commons
Common Earth is an international consortium supporting efforts to regenerate the wealth of Earth’s commons to meet and exceed the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Commonwealth Voices: conversations with changemakers
Commonwealth Voices is a series of podcasts about citizens coming together to participate in democracy and influence the institutions that shape their lives.
Commonwealth Digital Identity Initiative
Over 230 million women and girls across the Commonwealth do not have access to official identity.
Through the Commonwealth Digital Identity Initiative, the GSMA Digital Identity programme is partnering with the World Bank ID4D programme and Caribou Digital to help make progress in providing a digitally-enabled identity for every woman and girl in the Commonwealth by 2030.
e-Trade for all: Unlock the potential of e-commerce
The Commonwealth Secretariat is partnering with 31 other organisations for this initiative, including the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The e-commerce scheme works to leverage the expertise and resources of all partners to ensure no-one is left behind in the digital economy and includes programmes such as eTrade Readiness Assessments and the eTrade for Women initiative.
Mapping coral reefs in the Commonwealth
Coral reefs provide a home to about 25 per cent of all marine species and are the most diverse of all the planet’s ecosystems, rivalling the diversity found in the Amazon rainforest. Estimates suggest that up to two million different types of animals thrive within or around coral reefs. Millions of people depend on that biodiversity for their livelihoods and food security.
Mapping provided by our partners VULCAN, converts various sources of data on coral reefs to generate detailed maps, images and notifications to support the implementation of coral reef and other ecosystem planning, as well as governance, monitoring, evaluation, and management throughout Commonwealth countries.
In December 2019, the Commonwealth and Nekton signed a memorandum of understanding to boost actions under the Commonwealth Blue Charter – a joint commitment by member countries to protect the ocean and sustainably manage its resources.
The expedition ship, a floating research station, will set sail from Seychelles in March equipped with cutting-edge subsea technologies, including a submersible capable of descending hundreds of metres into the ocean, and some of the world’s top scientists on board to test the health of the ocean.
Commonwealth Foundation Creatives
Previously called Commonwealth Writers, Commonwealth Foundation Creatives is the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. They inspire and connect writers and storytellers across the world, bringing personal stories to a global audience.
Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship
The Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) is a health partnership programme funded by the UK aid Fleming Fund to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The programme is managed by the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) and the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET). During its first edition, CwPAMS had 12 health partnerships between UK NHS teams and their counterparts in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia to support AMS initiatives to tackle AMR.
Now in its second edition, CwPAMS 2 programmes will run between 2022 to 2025 between Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, the UK and Zambia.
Income support in South Africa during Covid-19 and beyond
In April 2020, the South African government responded to the social impacts of the pandemic through packages and monthly grants for those with zero income and a caregivers grant for those already receiving the child support grant.
Many working age adults in South Africa who benefited from the government’s Social Relief of Distress package, introduced to alleviate the social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be without income support once the extension of the grant ends on 31 March 2022.
The Commonwealth Foundation, Government of Canada and Black Sash are facilitating engagement between civil society and government to advocate for basic income support for 18-59 year olds with little or no income in South Africa.
Kenyan schools benefit from digital literacy
The Commonwealth Education Trust’s Teach2030 programme is partnering with Kenya Connect to support teachers and learners in over 60 schools with a range of programmes.
Kenyan schools are benefiting from teacher professional development to wide-ranging health and hygiene initiatives, and technology classes. A recent visit to understand the challenges of using Teach2030 and where communities would like to see improvements, or try something new proved that teachers generally prefer accessing online learning on a laptop.
New resource centre for emerging oil and gas-producing countries
The New Producers Group (NPG) has launched a web platform that showcases its wide range of activities and resources as well as a members’ area for a network of 30 emerging oil and gas-producing countries to engage with each other.
Established jointly by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Chatham House in 2012, the NPG seeks to support these countries – including 15 from the Commonwealth – to manage their resources effectively and sustainably.
Sustainable urbanisation across the Commonwealth
Nearly 50% of the projected increase in the world’s urban population is forecast to be in the Commonwealth by 2050.
Members of the Commonwealth have come together to tackle the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanisation with a Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation across the Commonwealth. To supplement the planning for climate change and rapid urbanisation challenges which have now been compounded by the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, creation of the Good Practice Platform aims to exemplify the sort of innovative and collaborative work already being undertaken locally to help advance sustainable urbanisation in the Commonwealth.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Commonwealth Association of Architects, the Commonwealth Association of Planners, and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, the Rwandan Ministry of Local Government and The Prince’s Foundation, with support from other Commonwealth organisations, governmental, professional and technical partners, have been working together to promote a Call to Action on sustainable urbanisation in the Commonwealth, as part of preparations for the 2020 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that was due to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2020.
The intention is to illustrate how, with a sharper focus and appropriate resources, the Commonwealth can come together to more effectively tackle the challenges of climate change, rapid urbanisation and the recovery from Covid-19.
Partner resources
Bloomberg Climatescope – Global Clean Energy Outlook
Climatescope is a snapshot of where clean energy policy and finance stand today, and a guide to what can happen in the future.
Climatescope’s unique country-by-country assessments, interactive reports and indices evaluate the investment conditions for clean energy in emerging markets. It profiles 104 markets worldwide, including 23 Commonwealth countries, and evaluates their ability to attract capital for low-carbon energy sources while building a greener economy.
GSMA Online Courses on Digital Transformation
The GSMA Capacity Building programme offers an extensive range of free training courses for policymakers and regulators.
Policymakers and regulators play a key role in shaping the way the industry responds to key issues and challenges. This means it is vital they keep pace with the latest developments. The GSMA’s courses help students understand the implications of different policy and regulatory approaches and how they affect the delivery of mobile services to consumers, by emphasising real-world examples of regulatory best practice from different regions around the world.
ILO digital toolkit for quality apprenticeships
The International Labour Organisation toolkit is a resource to improve the design and implementation of apprenticeship systems and programmes. It provides a comprehensive but concise set of key information, guidance and practical tools for policy-makers and practitioners who are engaged in designing and implementing quality apprenticeships.
International Solar Alliance Programmes
Many countries face gaps in the potential solar energy manufacturing eco-system. Absence of universal energy access, energy equity and affordability are issues common to most of the solar resource rich countries.
International Solar Alliance (ISA) is conceived as a coalition of solar resource rich countries to address their special energy needs and will provide a platform to collaborate on addressing the identified gaps through a common, agreed approach.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the only development agency that is fully dedicated to supporting the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
The ITC has developed a suite of online tools to make global trade more transparent and to facilitate access to markets. These tools enable business actors to identify export and import opportunities, compare market-access requirements, monitor national trade performance and make well-informed trade decisions.
The suite covers the world’s largest databases on trade statistics, tariff data, and rules of origin related to applicable free trade agreements. Additional tools offer export potential estimations, market price information, regional trade and investment data and much more.
Digital technologies and data are transformational. People, firms and governments live, interact, produce and work differently than in the past, and these changes are accelerating rapidly. An ecosystem of interdependent digital technologies – the Internet of Things, next generation networks (5G), cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing – underpins digital transformation and will evolve to drive future economic and societal changes.
The Going Digital Toolkit helps countries assess their state of digital development and formulate policy strategies and approaches in response. Data exploration and visualisation are key features of the toolkit.
Pacificdata.org is the central repository of open data and knowledge products about the Pacific region. Anyone can access the public data on the Pacific Data Hub.
The Pacific Data Hub offers a large and diverse collection of data, data insights, publications, and knowledge products on the Pacific across key development sectors including population statistics, fisheries, geoscience, agriculture, aquaculture, energy, education, human rights, climate change, and oceans.
Partnership Accelerator: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Direct partnership training support and advisory services for member states wishing to foster stronger collaboration and enhance their capacities in forging new multi-stakeholder partnerships and partnership platforms.
The 2030 Agenda Partnership Accelerator is a collaborative initiative aiming to significantly help accelerate effective partnerships in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and The Partnering Initiative, in collaboration with United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), UN Global Compact, and the UN Development Coordination Office.
The objectives of the Partnership Accelerator are to support effective country driven partnership platforms for SDGs through research and direct support of effective multi-stakeholder partnership platforms, and building partnership skills and competencies to support development of policy and strategy, systems and processes, legal agreements and culture to support collaboration.
Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast
The University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Social Innovation shares the impact of social innovation and its capacity and necessity to challenge the status quo, through the The Social Ideas Podcast.
Highly committed change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia talk about their work, ideas and motivation to strive towards to a more equitable and sustainable world throughout the series. The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation acts as a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world.
South-South Galaxy is a digital platform for knowledge sharing and partnership brokering to address transnational challenges among the Global South.
It acts as a needs broker and aims to facilitate connectedness between countries and regions for knowledge sharing, capacity development and creating partnership and entrepreneurship opportunities. Its development was based on the consultation with over 15 UN entities.
Southern partners can publish their development solutions and needs, exchange knowledge, foster partnerships, access cutting-edge research, feature and engage in capacity building initiatives, and connect to the UN system and South-South partners.
The UN Biodiversity Lab (UNBL) is a data portal with a wide array of global public good datasets used by policymakers to take action for people and planet.
UNBL provides the best available spatial data for decision makers to put nature at the center of sustainable development
Available popular data collections that unlock the power of data to generate insights to address critical issues for nature and sustainable development include:
- Nature-based solutions for climate change
- Protected areas
- Green recovery
- Post 2020 global biodiversity framework
If you are working to conserve nature and foster sustainable development, or you have national data you would like to visualise and analyse, the UN Biodiversity Lab offers free workspaces for diverse stakeholders to use UNBL tools in a secure environment.
The speed, dynamics and complexity of today’s social, economic and environmental problems are fundamentally different from previous eras in history.
Many of these challenges are growing exponentially. The impact of artificial intelligence on unemployment. The potential for disinformation to spread on social media. The need for policies that keep up with and drive innovation, while protecting human rights.
60 United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Labs serving 78 countries will work together with national and global partners to find radically new approaches that fit the complexity of current development challenges.
The labs will transform our collective approach by introducing new services, backed by evidence and practice, and by accelerating the testing and dissemination of solutions within and across countries. Sense-making, collective intelligence, solutions mapping and experimentation will be part of the new offer from UNDP to governments.
UNDP Accelerator Labs Scale Innovation for Development Toolkit (PDF)
A hands-on scaling toolkit for the UNDP Accelerator Labs which was developed by Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
To accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNDP established one of the world’s largest and fastest learning networks focused on development challenges – the UNDP Accelerator Labs. Currently, 60 Accelerator Labs are established, supporting 78 countries facilitating grassroots innovation to tackle development challenges in different country contexts with a bottom-up approach.
This toolkit aims to provide a hands-on strategy to help Accelerator Labs scale social innovation in the grow stage.
UNICEF policy guidance on AI for children (PDF)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is about so much more than self-driving cars and intelligent assistants on your phone. AI systems are increasingly being used by governments and the private sector to, for example, improve the provision of education, healthcare and welfare services. But while AI is a force for innovation, it also poses risks for children and their rights, such as to their privacy, safety and security.
UNICEF has developed this guidance to promote children’s rights in government and private sector AI policies and practices, and to raise awareness of how AI systems can uphold or undermine these rights.
UNIDO Industrial Analytics Platform
The UNIDO Industrial Analytics Platform (IAP) is an innovative tool featuring data on select indicators of industrial development and relevant research by leading experts in an accessible format.
The IAP provides data on a set of tailored indicators relevant to industrial development. Data are derived from internal and external databases to identify trends at the industry level. While regional/development status aggregates cover all available countries, some countries and territories that do not feature both trade and national accounts data, have a population of less than 300,000 in 2018 are not considered in the country-level analyses. By default, countries are compared to the largest economy in their home region.
The UNIDO Knowledge Hub is the directorate of digitalisation, technology and agri-business enhancing local productive capacities and advancing economic competitiveness.
The Knowledge Hub offers a training academy with different online training courses related to trade, investment and innovation; offering certificates upon successful completion. The knowledge hub tools include a resource guide on trade capacity building, the innovative laboratory network database provides information on different conformity assessment services around the world, the standards compliance analytics provide export information on major global markets, and the eco-industrial parks tool provides policymakers with advanced transformation guidance. The latest UNIDO technical publications on quality and standards, innovation, investment and environment are also available for users.
UNCTAD Database of National Trade Facilitation Committees
A collection of trade facilitation data is now directly available to traders, investors, researchers and key partners worldwide.
UNCTAD’s Database National Trade Facilitation Committees is now available online to provide real-time insights on how countries are implementing their commitments under the Trade Facilitation Agreement. The database has several new features and allows users to explore information on country-based NTFCs. Users can also compare global and regional statistics to understand the differences in trade facilitation progress between different country groupings, or how a country is performing compared to others.
UNESCO Science, Technology and Innovation Observatory
Science, technology and innovation (STI) are increasingly important for social, economic and sustainable development. Achieving the 2030 Agenda by reaching the sustainable development goals will require policy instruments such as laws, competitive grants and public subsidies to be effective.
The UNESCO Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments (GO-SPIN) provides key information on STI governing bodies, legal frameworks, policy instruments and a long-term series of indicators for evidence-based policy analysis, design and foresight studies.
GO-SPIN is an online, open access platform for decision-makers, knowledge- brokers, specialists and general-public, with a complete set of various information on STI policies.
UN Global Humanitarian Data Portal
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs dashboard that visualises raw data on where humanitarian actors are working by sector and location around the world.
UNOCHA is visualising raw data of global humanitarian actors on the Global Humanitarian Operational Presence Who, What, Where (3W) Portal. The dashboard shows where humanitarian actors are working by country, sector, organisation type and location. Reference datasets are available to support operations and decision-making for all actors in the humanitarian response. Users can explore data and see products developed by field offices as well as humanitarian action in each country.
The United Nations System Staff College applies a unique combination of in-house e-learning expertise and knowledge of the UN to create customised web-based learning solutions and knowledge tools for UN partners.
Learning and training activities focus on the thematic areas of:
- Leadership and management
- Peace and security
- Sustainable development
The UN Innovation Network Webinar Library
The UN Innovation Network and many other UN entities regularly host webinars and discussions to uncover emerging good practices, showcase successful projects and learn about opportunity areas for innovation, data and digital transformation.
Browse the living library of innovation webinars hosted on the system or submit your own webinar to the library.
Rotary’s Emergency Response Kits
New Zealand’s government has encouraged Rotary’s Emergency Response Kits and often provided transportation, logistical and financial support over many years.
The Emergency Response Kit is a ‘first response’ resource distributed to affected families immediately following catastrophic weather and environmental events in Polynesia and Melanesia to support them through the first days after a disaster. With a kit and a little ingenuity, a family can construct basic shelter, keep themselves protected from the elements and utilise the immediate survival items that are included.
The main beneficiaries of Emergency Response Kits are the people of Oceania/South Pacific including Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and the Cook Islands who are all affected by cyclones and other natural disasters.
WIPO (UN) Intellectual Property and Mobile Applications
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation. They are a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states
Mobile applications have become an indispensable part of daily life in the digital world driven by a vast software development community. The WIPO Committee on Intellectual Property and Development (CDIP) considers the enhanced use of IP by software developers as a topic of particular interest and has launched a specific project to this end.
World Bank Open Learning Campus
Learning is key to solving development challenges, and to meeting the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending poverty and building shared prosperity.
Whether it is food security or pandemic outbreaks, development progress is often challenged by multiple interdependent factors. Mitigating these factors requires change that can be harnessed through continuous learning.
Inspired by the success and credibility of proven approaches to online learning, the OLC is a learning ecosystem that is open, interactive and networked.
World Trade Organisation COVID-19 Trade Facilitation Repository
The COVID-19 Trade Facilitation Repository is a joint platform of actions and initiatives adopted by organisations that aims to consolidate information on trade-facilitation measures.
It provides ready access to this information by making it user-friendly, easily accessible, searchable and unified in one single database (avoiding multiple searches in different engines and platforms). It contains a useful listing of all such initiatives and is broken down by organisation, type of measure, and subject matter.
WTO Gender Provisions Database
World Trade Organization database compiles provisions on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Regional Trade Agreements.
Database provisions can be filtered by parties and regions, type of gender issues they address, the implementation instruments they provide and their location in the Regional Trade Agreements. These are either bilateral or plurilateral agrrements. Information about the mechanisms for the monitoring and evaluation of the provisions or the dispute settlement is also provided.
PATH’s Vaccine Cost Calculators are new tools and resources for those involved in decision-making around new vaccine introduction or product selection.
They provide an easy way for users to assess and compare costs of certain vaccination programmes over a period of 10 years with each vaccine product available in the global market.
Users include decision-makers for national immunisation programmes, implementers who organise action plans and resources for vaccine introduction and put them into practice, as well as technical assistance partners aiming to maximise the sustainability of national immunisation programmes by examining vaccine cost data to inform and influence decision-makers.
