Special Issue, 17 July 2023 |
SDG Digital GameChangers Award
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Submission Deadline extended
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The SDG Digital GameChangers Award will honour individuals and organizations utilizing digital technologies towards rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the 17 “Global Goals” set out by the United Nations to address the world’s most urgent environmental and socio-economic challenges.
- People – Empowering lives and communities
- Planet – Innovation for our climate and environment
- Prosperity – Promoting economic growth
- Peace – Building peaceful and inclusive societies
- Special category: Pioneers – Unlocking ideas from youth (ages 18-29)
WSIS Stakeholders are invited to submit innovative solutions showing how digital can help achieve the SDGs. Solutions submitted can be in the form of digital-enabled projects, legislative or regulatory policies, innovative applications, or ideas — that could become game-changers in the pursuit of a brighter future.
Youth Pioneers will receive a 2000$ monetary award to attend the SDG Digital Day on 17 September in New York.
The Submission deadline has been extended until 21 July at 23:59 (Central European Summer Time).
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The award ceremony forms an integral part of SDG Digital Day in New York on 17 September.
The day – organized by ITU with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners from the UN System and beyond – calls for digital solutions ahead of the SDG Summit, marking the midpoint in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Harnessing the Power of Digital Innovation for a Sustainable World Post-COVID-19 - WSIS Action Lines for Advancing the Achievement of SDGs
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Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 13:15-14:30 New York time (UTC-4) / 19:15–20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Side-Event of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2023 organized by Peru/United Nations Group on Information Society (UNGIS)/WSIS
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to the global community's efforts to achieve a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable world as envisioned in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, it has also led to the widespread adoption and diffusion of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) critical to continuing the functioning of businesses and institutions, responding to challenges, and developing solutions. The pandemic has highlighted the multidimensional impact of the digital and knowledge divides, reflecting and widening inequalities, and demonstrated the critical importance of laying inclusive and resilient digital foundations of economies and societies.
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This session, organized by the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS), WSIS, and Peru, will address the two major challenges of advancing the world's digital transformation: enabling universal meaningful connectivity and developing the competencies to address related risks and to harness its opportunities across UNGIS’ fields of competence.
The session will feature panel discussions and presentations from experts in the fields of digital innovation and sustainable development, including the question on how to harness and prevent harm of generative AI (such as ChatGPT). The session aims to share knowledge and experiences, highlighting the need for cross-sectoral collaboration and partnerships to leverage the full potential of digital innovation for a sustainable post-COVID-19 world. The session will explore ways to ensure that digital transformation is inclusive and benefits everyone, leaving no one behind and empower users to address related risks. Its outcome will also be of direct relevance to the ongoing process related to the proposed Global Digital Compact.
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