1. Accelerating SDG Action, Innovation and Impact through ICT Enterprise Application Development - New Delhi/Vienna/New York
Chand Kaushil
Head – Technology and Solutions

2. Structure of the Presentation :
UN OICT
ICT Opportunities for accelerating action on SDGs
ICT and the Urban Agenda
How can OICT help
Capacity and skill building
Technology and tools
System strengthening
Good practices

3. Is technology important?
The slower the technology adoption for any given nation, the lower the per capita income.

4. UN OICT – Responsible for overall direction and performance of information and communications activities in the United Nations.

5. Strategy
Shift the approach to technology in the UN to one that fosters innovative solutions in support of the substantive work, programmes and mandates of the Organization 2.
Policies 3.
Laws
1. Technology
Approach
Innovations linked to mandates approved by Member States
Evidence based-approach: quality data, the right technology
Member State driven
Be brief

6. ICT Opportunities for accelerating action on SDGs
SDGS Adopted in September of 2015 by 193 Member States
set of goals designed to achieve sustainable development by 2030
The ‘2030 Agenda’ contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Perhaps insufficient or lack of innovation and application of relevant technology contributed to the failure to meet the MDGs?

7. ICT and the Urban Agenda
SDG 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

8. Capacity and skill building
Portal on eLearning for Urban Management
eLearning on Prefabricated Building Technologies for Housing….

9. Technology and tools
In traditional approaches to urban development all the infrastructure systems are managed in silos, with limited communication and information sharing among and across government departments and civil society.
Integration can be achieved with ICT tools acting as the “glue” between the different physical infrastructures.
For example, using smartphone applications ICT could disseminate information on the locations of electric vehicle charging stations in order to optimize traffic flows and energy usage of electric vehicles.
By 2020, 30 billion things will be inter-connected, with each item having a unique IP address

10. System strengthening City-wide Dashboard
Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC)
City-wide Dashboard

12. Each goal is
important
in itself …

13. Each goal is
important
in itself …
And they
are all
connected

14. Our goal is to achieve a sustainable urban environment without sacrificing comfort and convenience / quality of life of citizens through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
Thank you!