UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub

Harnessing digital technologies & innovative ways of thinking and working to leapfrog persistent development challenges.

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

What are you doing to build a Digit'all future? 🌍

Share your video and bring your story to the UN General Assembly. Every day, people use technology to make life better for others.

Deadline: 13 September ⏰

For more information ➡️ https://t.co/kUoE1q8rOU

[UNDP Eurasia @UNDPEurasia]

Behind every digital innovation are people whose lives become easier, communities that become more connected and solutions that build a greener future.

🇷🇸 Three figures illustrate how @UNDPSerbia is supporting a digital future that works for everyone.

🔗 https://t.co/ji8nPZhYZR

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 DPI Safeguards Working Groups. Help develop practical, budgetable guidance for countries implementing DPI. 🔗 Apply by September 13, 2026 here: https://t.co/OQ5uWSj6KX
Learn more at webinar on 2 Sep at 9 AM EST: https://t.co/NzHjOPN2we

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

What can we learn from data across 121 countries? UNDP’s Funding Windows 2025 Report makes the insights accessible: 4.9M people reached, 200+ partners. Proud @UNDP_innovation Hub supported the data collection, analysis & visualization.
🔗 https://t.co/Peqn4wxfDd

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

📢Join us for Responsible Digital Transformation: Impact Assessments for AI and Data Governance course
Dates: October 6 – 27, 2026 
Format: Online instructor-led
Language: English (live translated captions available)

For more information and to apply ➡️ https://t.co/v49f2AkMcL

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

📢 The #DigitalUNGA Awards are open!

Celebrating leaders shaping an inclusive, responsible digital future across 4 categories:

🔹 Digital Inclusion
🔹 Digital Government
🔹 Digital Frontiers
🔹 Digital Pioneers

⏰ Apply by 4 August 2026
🔗 https://t.co/wPrMSrYKSG

@itu @UNDP

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

What does it mean to adopt a systems approach to circularity?

At the #WCS2026, @UNDPtech brought together various circular economy experts to explore the intersections around policy, finance, digital and community behaviors.

Key takeaways in this blog 👉 https://t.co/NLIz2jh6Ea

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

When discussing digital transformation, cybersecurity is often treated as an afterthought.

However, research has shown that cybersecurity can be an enabler and is key to helping countries reap the full benefits of digitalization  ➡️ https://t.co/WevMMXOptl

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

The hardest question about digital tools isn't how to build them. It's whether they should exist at all. Our new Digital by Design Toolkit maps 40+ ways tech can accelerate circular economies - and when it shouldn't be the answer.

🔗 https://t.co/j8MUn9DjfA

[UN Development @UNDP]

One year ago, the Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI for the SDGs made a promise.

At #HSC26, we're delivering on it: 256,000+ people trained in AI skills, AI now speaking 61 African languages, and nearly 60 endorsers turning commitments into action. 🧵https://t.co/2emSwDNz9Z

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

📢Join us tomorrow at #HSC2026 for "Partnerships for Inclusive AI: One Year of Hamburg AI Declaration Impact." In Hamburg? Find us at the Chamber of Commerce, 10:30 AM. Elsewhere?

🎥Watch live: https://t.co/ThwAHEkMMg

[UN Development @UNDP]

At a time of growing fragmentation, cooperation remains our strongest tool.

The Hamburg Sustainability Conference gathers governments, business, @UN, civil society, academia, philanthropy & youth to advance multilateralism for people & planet. https://t.co/KIthsABSX9

#HSC2026

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

From 25M subscriptions in 2001 to over 1 billion today, Africa's digital leap has been remarkable.

Next up: Digital Public Infrastructure.

Our new report charts the path from fragmented efforts to connected systems at scale.

More info: https://t.co/duTNENCaRN

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

🇬🇭 Ghana is testing what open source adoption looks like at national scale. W/@github & @UNDP, OSPORA assessment is mapping readiness across policy, capacity & institutionsturning open source from isolated pilots into lasting infrastructure.

Read more: https://t.co/8bnyIm63ff

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

📘 Officially launched

Digital Public Infrastructure in Africa: A Leapfrog Catalyst for Inclusive Growth and Prosperity.

UNDP's new policy paper explores how trusted, interoperable and scalable DPI can support inclusive growth across Africa.

📖 https://t.co/GF636awENq

#AA4DPI

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

📣 Before today's official launch at #UNOpenSourceWeek, we're giving the Africa Accelerator for Digital Public Infrastructure #AA4DPI its digital premiere.

🔗 Be among the first to explore our new policy paper: https://t.co/GF636awENq

#AA4DPI

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

Today at #UNOpenSourceWeek: UNDP & Norway hosted a great session on scaling Digital Public Goods - from accreditation to real-world adoption in government systems. Thanks to all who joined the conversation on building a more resilient open source ecosystem. 🙌

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

From Policy to Practice 🌍 At #UNOpenSourceWeek, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago and 🇰🇪 Kenya - pioneers of the govt OSPO model - joined @UNDP & @ITU to share how to move from open-source policy to real institutional practice in govt.

[Aissata DE @DeAissata]

At the inaugural #D4SDHub Council of Advisors, I joined partners committed to harnessing AI for real-world sustainable development impact. Country-led digital transformation will be key to scaling what works & shaping an inclusive digital future. #UNOpenSourceWeek

[UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub @UNDP_innovation]

🌐 DPI That Delivers: From Failure Points to Multistakeholder Actions

On DPI Day at #UNOpenSourceWeek, this workshop used the Universal DPI Safeguards Framework to map real-world failure points like privacy gaps & exclusion to actionable roles across the ecosystem.