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AI for Good is the United Nations’ leading platform for harnessing artificial intelligence to address global challenges. It brings together a diverse network of stakeholders, including policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, and civil society, to explore and promote the responsible and impactful use of AI technologies.

Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with over 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the Government of Switzerland, AI for Good aims to accelerate progress on sustainable development goals by identifying innovative AI applications, building global skills and standards, and fostering collaborative partnerships.

The platform promotes the development of AI standards to drive innovation and digital transformation while ensuring safety, fairness, and inclusivity. It also supports AI education and capacity-building, equipping people around the world with the…

The increasing number and intensity of natural disasters in the past few years have had severe consequences in terms of human lives that were impacted, but also in terms of structural damage and economic losses. In years to come, extreme events will no longer be exceptions; therefore, it is essential for sovereign territories in the Caribbean region to strengthen both their preparedness and response capacities to efficiently cope with future disaster events.

Geospatial information technology including satellite imagery analysis and data visualization play a vital role in understanding the geographic extent and severity of catastrophic events. Nevertheless, the ability of national and regional authorities as well as disaster management experts to seamlessly collect, integrate, analyze and distribute geospatial information in a comprehensible format to support evidence-based decision making remains a challenge that needs to be addressed with ad-hoc training and capacity…

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP) is the global forum where participants take stock of progress, share new knowledge, exchange best practice and discuss the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk.

The UN General Assembly recognizes the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction as a critical mechanism to review progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the Platform, governments, the UN system and all stakeholders get together to identify ways to further accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework. Since 2007, seven sessions of the Global Platforms have taken place. The outcomes are recognized by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council as a contribution to the deliberations of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and thus, contributing to risk-informed implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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The aim of the course is to enable participants to work with basic GIS tools and methodologies in preparation of disaster related maps in support of emergency response operations. A central part of the course involves collecting pre and post disaster baseline data from web sources, preparing, and analysing and creating situation maps to support emergency response. Hands on experience with the field data collection tools like GPS, PDA and UAV will also be part of the course. 

The learning objectives of the training are: define and describe basic concepts and terminology related to geospatial information technology; apply basic methods and functionalities of GIS software (ESRI ArcGIS) to manage and analyse spatial data; undertake the process of map-making…

The University of Geneva offers a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Geomatics for a Sustainable development. The course runs from July to December 2017 and consists of both presential and distance learning. It aims at providing attendees with an overview of the various existing tools and approaches to tackle the multidisciplinary environmental challenges. The course has two modules; the first is a remote model about ecosystem services and the second is organized as a summer school from 4-15 September on tools linked to Spatial Data Infrastrucutres, Web Mapping, statisctics and programming. Applicants can opt for the Summer school only, nonetheless without obtaining the CAS. Several tools, thematics and hands-on exercises covering GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geoprocessing, Geostatistics, Species Distribution Modeling, Soil and Water Assessment as well as Ecosystem Services Assessment will be presented, giving…

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development are co-organizing, in collaboration with the Government of Switzerland and Space and Global Health Network hosted by the Geneva Digital Hub, the International Conference on Space and Global Health to raise awareness, build capacity and increase collaboration between the space domain and the global health domain, by inviting decision-makers and practitioners from both domains to share their experiences.

The Conference will provide a forum for discussion around the different aspects of how space can contribute to global health, in a holistic manner, seeking to contribute to the implementation of the United Nations General Assembly resolution on Space and Global Health A/RES/70/120 and support Sustainable Development Goal 3 "Good Health and Well-Being".

The Conference will focus on the areas identified by the Working Group of the…