A guide to gender issues in digital inclusion
By Mia Hem What does digital inclusion entail? To ensure availability to the benefits of the internet and digital technologies to...
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The Observatory on Digital Communication, in Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC
- 15 mar
- 2 min
Digital public goods: a viable way to ensure open access to data for all
Digital public goods are digitally modifiable technologies, such as open-source software, open data, and open standards with relevance on...
- 9 mar
- 2 min
Science, technology, and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world
By Giovanni Zanoni The urbanization process is considered one of the main ongoing demographic trends. With populations continuing to...
- 3 mar
- 3 min
OCCAM at the VI International Medical Informatics and Telemedicine meeting
by Giovanni Zanoni OCCAM participated in the VI International Medical Informatics and Telemedicine meeting took place on February 28,...
- 2 mar
- 6 min
UNESCO Global Conference "Internet for trust"
The UNESCO Secretariat is now developing Guidelines for regulating digital platforms: a multistakeholder approach to safeguarding freedom...
- 1 mar
- 2 min
Human rights in digital times
Digital technologies provide new means to advocate, defend and exercise human rights, but they can also be used to suppress, limit, and...
- 22 feb
- 3 min
Sustainability and digitalization: small startups for a greater future
The UN 2030 Agenda, the roadmap for our global priorities, seeks to achieve different goals and more and more attention is committed to...
- 22 feb
- 3 min
Human and Machine at work: the effects of AI and Frontier technologies on the job market
In recent decades, human development has been accompanied by rapid changes in technology, in an increasing proliferation of digitized...
- 15 feb
- 2 min
E-Government development - what is the regional context we are plunged in?
The Survey on E-Government Development assesses the e-government development status of all United Nations Member States by measuring...
- 9 feb
- 3 min
"Leaving no one behind" in the hybrid Digital Society
The principle of “leaving no one behind” has emerged as a core principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This commitment...
- 8 feb
- 5 min
FINAL DECLARATION XXII Infopoverty World Conference
"The Digital Citizen: duties and rights to build a fairer future Society" December 1, 2022 UNHQ in New York - UN Webcast rewatch here The...
- 1 feb
- 2 min
The role of e-government in the public sector: which viable solutions?
The development of e-government has played a crucial role in promoting digital innovation and serving the 17 Sustainable Development...
- 25 gen
- 3 min
Digital Trust and Security
The General Assembly has a long history of steering the use of technology for good while curtailing the dangers of its misuse, beginning...
- 18 gen
- 4 min
Impact of the Digitalization of Education on the right to Education
The Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Koumbou Boly Barry, addresses the opportunities and risks of the digitalization of...
- 11 gen
- 2 min
Digital Capacity Building
The need for digital capacity-building is extensive given how the achievement of real and sustained progress in the various dimensions of...
- 7 nov 2022
- 3 min
Elderly people and the Digital Divide
On the United Nations International Day of Older Persons of 01 October 2021, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was keen to...
- 27 ott 2022
- 2 min
Smart city: an extremely attractive solution between innovation and challenges
Among the many topics covered in the World Cities Report 2022, the “Innovation and Technology: Towards Knowledge-Based Urban Futures”...
- 21 ott 2022
- 2 min
Global Digital Cooperation
To address gaps in global digital cooperation, the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation suggested three potential models: a...
- 5 ott 2022
- 2 min
The future of work in the context of a smart city
The innovation process within the context of smart cities is closely related to work. From policymakers and regulators to employers and...
- 28 set 2022
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Global connectivity and digital divide: how to tackle challenges of digital inclusion
Despite the high participation in today's digital era, only 53.6% of the world’s population now use the Internet, and 93% live within the...
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