The UN Technology Innovation Labs (UNTILs) are designed to move humanity forward, faster by focusing on the use of innovative technology to solve some of humanity's most pressing needs. Each UNTIL is based on different humanitarian themes that are central to the needs of individual Lab’s specific geolocation which, in turn, are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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As Head of the UNTIL programme, Maurizio Gazzola has spent the past few years focusing on a widely apparent and growing problem: technological inequality and the growing digital divide -- particularly in the approach to SDG challenges.
Speaking at the first-ever UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September at UN Headquarters in New York, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, had a stark message for the attendees: “Climate change is
As a part student sensitization towards entrepreneurship, 70 + students from different streams (Robotics and Automation, Solar Technology and Mechanical Manufacturing) and professors from Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (India's First Skilling University),Haryana visited UNTIL India.
Some of the most fragile contexts also have the world’s highest rates of youth unemployment. This lack of economic opportunity is often cited as a catalyst for the growth of insecurity and instability.
A year ago, the United Nations Technology Innovation Lab in Espoo was officially launched at SLUSH. This year has been a period of profound growth for the UNTIL Lab network.
Join us Monday November 18 at Miltton in Helsinki for the launch of an UNTIL report on Why Diversity and Inclusivity Pays for start-ups. You can register here.
UNTIL is designed to support the journey to review, build, adopt and implement technology solutions to address challenges that Member States are facing. It functions as a start-up environment and creates a platform for collaborative problem solving between UN resources, Private sector, Academia and Civil Society.
The TechNovation talks at the United Nations feature specialists from academia, private and public sector who explain cutting-edge technologies and their possible uses in education, health, industry, agriculture, and other sustainable development sectors.
Reboot the Earth is a global social coding challenge to solve climate challenges by using technology and innovation under the auspices of the United Nations.
Rebooters at UNTIL Malaysia took on the challenge of building a tech-based solution to protect the environment and promote biodiversity.
