Ensuring AI benefits everyone is key to development in the global South
Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape human development. The question is whether it will do so in ways that reflect the priorities of the many, rather than the interests of the few.
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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
- Gender-inclusive digital transformation in ASEAN
- 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
Frontier technologies
- 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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4 – 5 November 2026
8th meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels
Online and Geneva, Switzerland
8 – 9 September 2026
7th meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels
Online and Geneva, Switzerland
1 – 30 September 2026
Science, technology and innovation parks: Policies and practices e-learning course, autumn session
Online
18 – 19 June 2026
6th meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels
Online and Geneva, Switzerland
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