Dear SDGi Community,
I am delighted to share your monthly overview of selected co-creation opportunities, events, and key resources related to SDG Integration. All previous Snapshots can be accessed in one click on SparkBlue. Don't miss out on the numerous SDGi-related engagements and jobs and find the new Tool of the Month curated by the SDGi team.
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Nadine
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CO-CREATION OPPORTUNITIES
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SDG Finance Academy: Training, Knowledge, Access to Tools and Experts on Sustainable Finance
LEARNING PLATFORM – EXTERNAL
Launched in May 2022, the SDG Finance Academy helps colleagues understand financial tools and approaches, how they are linked to the SDGs, and what they mean for policy reform to support national development needs. It focuses on four key areas: including (i) Public Financing for the SDGs; (ii) Unlocking Private Capital for the SDGs; (iii) SDG Impact Management, Measurement and Finance Tracking; and (iv) Integrated National Financing Frameworks and Portfolios. Join the SDG Finance Academy learning community on SparkBlue to find peers, arrange training and join your regional SDG finance network. Any questions can be addressed to: lauren.bradford@undp.org.
Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development: Gathering Inputs to Inform the UNDP Strategy
CALL FOR INPUTS – INTERNAL
Read up on the recent consultation on SparkBlue which emphasized the need to advance green and circular economy approaches, to strengthen national finance systems to ensure transparent and accountable collection and management of revenues from natural resources, and to foster greater policy coordination and South-South knowledge sharing through global and regional mechanisms, amongst others. For those who still wish to provide written comments, please share your inputs with caroline.tresise@undp.org by 31 October 2022. A final consultation with COs will take place between 15 November and 15 December 2022.
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Data Thursdays: Themes on UNDP-led Data and Indices, and M&E Data Collection and Analytics
APPLIED LEARNING SESSIONS – UN(DP)
Join our next themes looking at how UNDP-led indices and indicators are defined and developed (Theme 9) and best practices and how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data and analytics are being used effectively across the organization (Theme 10). Check out the Sessions Schedule, meet your Data Community on Teams and find summaries of past sessions on SparkBlue. Any questions can be addressed to the Data Team: data@undp.org.
The Digital Hour: Boosting National Digital Transformation with an Inclusive Whole-of-Society Approach
WEBINAR SERIES – INTERNAL
With insights from UNDP Dominica and other SIDS, UNDP Ukraine, and UNDP Indonesia, join this 13th session of The Digital Hour to learn how these countries used inclusive approaches in their digital journey. Starting with UNDP’s presentation about the concept of the inclusive digital transformation, the session will showcase the value of applying an inclusive lens to digital transformation and demonstrate how countries can boost theirs with concrete practices. Register in two clicks, and find more information here. Any questions can be addressed to: digital@undp.org.
Integrated Spatial Planning: Revolutionizing Decision-making around Nature, Climate, and Sustainable Development
FREE MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE – PUBLIC
Transformation will only be possible by harnessing the power of spatial data tools to support data-informed planning. Drawing on the Essential Life Support Areas (ELSA) methodology, join this 5-week course pioneered by UNDP and partners to learn how this integrated spatial planning methodology is helping countries create their own ‘Maps of Hope’ to chart a course for action on nature, climate, and sustainable development. Taking place until 18 November 2022 on a self-paced basis, any questions can be addressed to the Learning for Nature team: info@learningfornature.org.
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Global Knowledge Collective: How We Generate, Share, and Apply Knowledge
KNOWLEDGE COLLECTIVE – BY INVITE ONLY
Bringing together a range of policy, programme and knowledge management experts within our organization, the KM Collective will focus on progress and priorities in the three pillars of the UNDP Knowledge Strategy: 1) Generate: Building UNDP’s R&D capabilities, 2) Share: Driving knowledge sharing behaviours through our knowledge networks; and 3) Apply: Advancing human learning systems in our country portfolios. Taking place between 1-3 November 2022, the summary report will be made available to the Communities of Practice and UNDP at large. Any questions can be addressed to: knowledge@undp.org.
Mark your Calendar: Other Events of Relevance for this Community
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Decentralizing Development Finance through Capital Markets Integration in Cabo Verde
Read up on this brief which showcases how sustainable finance leverages capital markets and attracts impact investment for the blue economy, while pluralizing and decentralizing development finance. It offers empirical insights from Cabo Verde’s recent experience with sustainable finance to showcase how it may, under certain conditions, promote integrated yet decentralized responses to persistent local, regional and global challenges. This may be useful for informing policy approaches in other contexts, especially for SIDS, African middle-income countries, and others seeking to integrate capital markets into sustainable development financing strategies.
Source: UNDP Development Futures Series, October 2022
Collective Intelligence in Action: Using Machine Data and Insights to Improve UNDP Sensemaking
Browse this interesting report and blog to understand whether and how Artificial Intelligence can be leveraged to support strategic coherence of projects by understanding of linkages between programmes, partners, and funding that our people and teams don’t necessarily always see. Their findings point to the potential value of this approach in identifying projects that can act as knowledge brokers/bridges, assessing the organic evolution of the portfolio vs. the strategic intent, and more! Review the Gitbook, the live repository/ hub for the documentation, code, and other deliverables generated during the execution of the "Portfolio Analysis for Strategic Insights" (PASI) project.
Source: UNDP Regional Innovation Center in Asia and the Pacific and CO Philippines, October 2022
Preparing for the Next Global Health Crisis: The Role of Secondary Impact Modelling
Read up on this policy brief to learn about the modelling of major secondary impacts, such as disruption of public services, business and education, unemployment, food insecurity, poverty, gender inequality and mental health. Modelling secondary impacts can inform evidence-based social, economic and fiscal policies before (ex-ante), during and after (ex-post) an epidemic event. In the absence of such policies, the transitory effects of epidemics can become permanent. Jan Kellett, IRFF Team Leader, provides a summary overview of the ways this work can be useful to your work in this blog.
Source: UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF), October 2022
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UNDP Digital Development Compass: Accelerating Digital Transformation Through Data
LEARN ABOUT THIS TOOL THAT AGGREGATES PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ON COUNTRIES' DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT IN ONE PLACE
Using UNDP's whole-of-society approach and country experience to assess countries' efforts in inclusive digital transformation, this tool also identifies gaps and recommends improvements to make this transformation easier and faster. Featuring keynote speakers such as Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister on Digitalization, ITU, the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology and GitHub. Learn more about the Digital Compass. |
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UNDP Job Site: Experts on SDG Integration, Strategic Innovation, Data, and Development Financing
JOB OPPORTUNITIES – PUBLIC
- Planning, Data & Results Management Associate, External, GS-6, apply by 28 October 2022, Cairo, Egypt
- Research and Data Analyst, External, IPSA-8, apply by 28 October 2022, Turkey (home-based)
- Finance Analyst, External, NOA, apply by 28 October 2022, Manila, the Philippines
- International Consultant To Support Establishment of a Digital Economy Certification Center, External, apply by 31 October 2022, Home-based, Turkmenistan
- UNCDF System and Research Analyst: Digital Financial Inclusion, External, IPSA 9, apply by 31 October 2022, Home-based
- Research Manager on Digital Development, External, IPSA-11, apply by 3 November 2022, Turkmenistan (home-based)
- Expert in Agriculture Statistics and Foreign Direct Investment Statistics Expert, External, Individual Consultants, apply by 8 November 2022, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Economics Advisor - Roster Positions, External, P-5, apply by 17 November 2022, Multiple locations
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Tool of the Month
ASSESSING IMPACTS OF MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION INTERVENTIONS THROUGH DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
? Explore the Knowledge Bank which includes UNDP’s SDG Integration tools as well as the SDG Acceleration Toolkit developed by the UN Sustainable Development Group. Browse this one-stop shop for analyzing system interconnections, enhancing policy coherence, ensuring that no one is left behind, and identifying risks, and building resilience.
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