Category 4: Peace – Building peaceful and inclusive societies
Digital technologies powered by international cooperation can strengthen governance and transparency and facilitate cooperation among diverse stakeholders – all vital to build peaceful, just, and inclusive societies.
Submissions in the Peace category included: • Peacebuilding and conflict resolution applications, leveraging digital to promote peace building, conflict prevention and resolution, and social cohesion, and to foster harmony within communities and societies. • Access to justice through digital technologies that serve to enhance legal systems and ensure equal rights and protection for all individuals. • Transparency and good governance initiatives utilizing digital platforms to enable citizens to engage with institutions. • Data-driven decision making, including initiatives that harness data and digital technologies to inform evidence-based policy making, improve public service delivery, and strengthen decision-making processes at local, national, and international levels.
Related SDGs
Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
To help companies promote inclusive employment opportunities for people with disabilities Mobility Mojo, a global accessibility social SME has developed a self-assessment tool that captures, tracks, and improves the accessibility of workplaces and office buildings globally. It uses 250+ accessibility criteria and aligns with industry regulations and international standards for the built environment such as ADA, ISO, EN and BSI. It provides organizations with the means to ensure compliance across mobility, sight, neurodiversity, and hearing needs, helping to mitigate legal risks, while demonstrating a genuine commitment to inclusivity.
Bright Sky helps people to spot the signs of domestic abuse and reduces the barriers for a survivor to reach specialist support. Through simple technology, survivors, friends, colleagues, and professionals are empowered through education and practical information to better understand what could be happening and the support that is available Bright Sky is a safe, easy to use app and website that offers information and support at just a click away, meaning more people are educated on what the signs of domestic abuse are and how to seek support.
Outreach: Implemented in 13 Countries
Art for Peace – an NFT Collection to help shape the new leaders of a new world United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Switzerland — [International Organizations/ UN Agencies] Proactive service mechanism of pension, social benefits and grants DOST Digital Innovations Center, Azerbaijan — [Government] Digital Democracy Empowerment Initiative Brain Builder Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), Nigeria — [Civil Society] Bright Sky by Vodafone Foundation Vodafone Group, United Kingdom — [Private Sector] COB In-House Developed Information Systems City Government of Balanga, Philippines — [Government] Mobility Mojo Inclusive Employment Mobility Mojo, Ireland — [Private Sector] Proof Sustainability Index Proof, United States of America — [Private Sector] International Data-Based Systems Agency (IDA) University of Lucerne, Switzerland — [Academia/ Technical Community] Govdirectory Govdirectory, Netherlands — [Civil Society] Violence Against Women Information System (Red de Información de Violencia contra las Mujeres) Secretariat of Women of Mexico City, Mexico — [Government]
Jury members
Gitanjali Sah
Strategy and Policy Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Fabjan Lashi (PhD)
SURGE Data Hub Team Leader at Crisis Bureau, UNDP
Burak Tansan
Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG, Istanbul
Deniz Susar
Governance and Public Administration Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)