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Category 4: Peace – Building peaceful and inclusive societies
Building peaceful and inclusive societies
This category leveraged the power of ICTs to build peaceful, just, and inclusive societies while highlighting the importance of international collaboration. It recognized the transformative power of digital in strengthening governance structures, promoting transparency, and facilitating cooperation among diverse stakeholders.
Submissions for this category included ICT projects, applications or policies that promote:
- 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.
Category 4: Peace Related SDGs
- Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
WinnerRunners-upFinalistsProject Name: SocialTech Lab: Peace Innovation in Action
Organization: SocialTech Lab, Cyprus
Stakeholder Type: Civil SocietyAfrocentric Natural Language Processing
University of British Columbia, Canada – [Academia/ Technical Community]
Mizan II – Case and Court Management system
UNDP/ Sawasya 3, Palestine – [International Organizations/ UN Agencies]Providing Children with Basic Public Services Through 100% Coverage of Newborn Infants with Birth Certificates and PINs
Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan – [Government]
mObywatel – One application, many possibilities
Ministry of Digital Affairs / Center for Informatics Technology, Poland – [Government]
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology – Digital Inclusion Index (DII)
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Qatar – [Government]
SauTech
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) in partnerships with SCAI, Saudi Arabia – [Government]
Conectando Conhecimento
Instituto Peck de Cidadania Digital, Brazil – [Civil Society]
Mauritius Cyber Threat Information Sharing Platform (MAUSHIELD)
Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Mauritius – [Government]
Afrocentric Natural Language Processing
University of British Columbia, Canada – [Academia/ Technical Community]
DRONES – Keeping the Peace – utilising drones for good (benefiting society) and protecting national infrastructures (misuse): Sharing policies and guidance
University of Leicester and Airpol (international organisation), United Kingdom – [Academia/ Technical Community]
BLIND CLASSROOM
Malawi Comunications Regulatory Authority, Malawi – [Government]
Government Enterprise Service Bus (GovESB)
e-Government Authority, Tanzania – [Government]
Digital Rights Monopoly Game
Digital Grassroots, International – [Civil Society]
SocialTech Lab: Peace Innovation in Action
SocialTech Lab, Cyprus – [Civil Society]
BAKTI Inclusive Digital Ecosystem Actions for SDG (IDEA4SDG). Connecting Frontier, Outermost, and Disadvantaged Regions of Indonesia through Digital Ecosystem Initiatives for Sustainable Development Goals
Badan Aksesibilitas Telekomunikasi dan Informasi Kominfo, Indonesia – [Government]
Violetta
Prevención y Psicoeducación de la Violencia Violetta AC, Mexico – [Civil Society]
Palumba
Palumba EU, Spain – [Civil Society]
Training of Trainers Solutions – A Digital Training Ecosystem
UNITAR, Division for Peace, Switzerland – [International Organizations/ UN Agencies]
Empowering Futures: Education for Every Girl
EmpowerEdu, Nigeria – [Other]
Mizan II – Case and Court Management system
UNDP/ Sawasya 3, Palestine – [International Organizations/ UN Agencies]
Synergy eCase© (eCase©)
Synergy International Systems, Inc., United States of America – [Private Sector]
Empowering Communities: Integrated Solutions for Career Counseling, Hygiene, and Gender-Based Violence Prevention
Repaid response team( RRT), Pakistan – [Civil Society]Jury members
Gitanjali Sah
Strategy and Policy Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Felicia-Adriana Vacarelu
Communications Lead for Digital Transformation, Chief Digital Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Deniz Susar
Governance and Public Administration Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Laura Amadori
Head, Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Smriti Balbase
Head of Strategy and Coordination, Global Digital Service, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)