UN launches new portal for digital cooperation
The UN Digital Cooperation Portal will help close digital divides, foster collaboration and harness technology for the benefit of everyone, everywhere.
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- United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
A subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for which UNCTAD provides secretariat service and substantive support.
Areas of work
- Strengthening National Innovation Systems
- Building Capacity for STI Policy-making
- Gender perspectives in science, technology and innovation
- Intellectual property and investment in public health
Projects
- Science, technology and innovation to support the achievement of SDGs in Africa and Asia
- Science, Technology and Innovation Parks for Sustainable Development
- Training for female Researchers and Entrepreneurs on the Bio-Circular-Green Economic (BCG) Model
- CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Programme
- Technology assessment in the energy and agricultural sectors in Africa
- Young Female Scientist Programme
- Earth Observations: Satellite technologies
- Young Scientist PhD Programme
Special iniatives
- STIxNET Network of Experts
- Gender Advisory Board
- UNCTAD and the Technology Facilitation Mechanism
- UN capacity-building programme on technology facilitation for SDGs
UN Interagency Task Team Workstream 6 on Capacity Building in Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs
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- UN capacity-building programme on technology facilitation for SDGs
The index comprises five building blocks: ICT deployment, skills, R&D activity, industry activity and access to finance.
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Meetings
15 March – 15 July 2026
STI Policy and Practice: e-Learning course
2 – 5 December 2025
Regional training workshop for advancing satellite crop monitoring to enhance agricultural resilience using the CropWatch cloud system in Latin America and the Caribbean
Lima, Peru18 – 19 November 2025
4th meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels
Online and Geneva, Switzerland17 November 2025
CSTD ISP side event: Strengthening STI parks in national innovation system, entrepreneurship nurturing and cluster building
Palais des Nations, Geneva (Hybrid), Switzerland17 November 2025
Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2025-2026 Inter-sessional Panel
Geneva, SwitzerlandDocuments
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