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AI for Sustainable Development
Artificial Intelligence, if designed and deployed responsibly and equitably, can be a powerful driver for sustainable development and accelerator of the SDGs.
UNDP supports countries to build inclusive AI ecosystems, strengthen capabilities, and implement solutions that benefit both people and planet - working to ensure all countries can actively participate in shaping and harnessing AI's transformative potential.
Strengthening AI Foundations for Development
UNDP supports countries to strengthen local AI ecosystems on five key foundations.
Leveraging our global perspective and in-country expertise, UNDP contributes to global AI and digital conversations, including implementation of the Global Digital Compact and the recommendations of the Secretary-General's High Level Advisory Body on AI, including through the UN Inter-Agency Working Group on AI,
close partnerships with UN agency partners like the ITU and UNESCO, and the G7.
In country context, UNDP champions AI to accelerate progress towards sustainable development. The Accelerator Labs are using AI to analyze earth observation data (satellite data and drone data) to detect crop diseases (Cameroon and Cabo Verde) or areas of accumulated waste (Guatemala, the Philippines, Serbia and Viet Nam), and to generate land use and cover maps (Ecuador and India).
AI Hub for Sustainable Development
As affirmed in the G7 Leaders’ Declaration, the AI Hub aims to enable multi-stakeholder partnerships to support local AI digital ecosystems, strengthen capacities to advance AI for sustainable development, and complement existing initiatives including the AI for Development Donors Partnership.
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AI Trust and Safety
The rapid rise of AI-driven threats demands new approaches to prevent and mitigate harm. UNDP is working to embed proactive and locally-relevant safety considerations into sector-specific AI development towards ensuring that AI technologies are designed and deployed in ways that advance equitable growth, while preventing unintended exclusion.
Find out more about the AI Trust and Safety Re-imagination Programme, a call for applications to design actionable strategies, and interventions that safeguard communities while closing the AI equity gap.
Featured AI solutions
At UNDP, we support partners in exploring both the positive potential and the risks of AI for development. We advocate for safe, responsible and inclusive AI governance, and we develop AI solutions with a people-centered, rights-based approach to data availability, quality, openness and accountability.
AI Landscape Assessment
The AI Landscape Assessment (AILA) is a comprehensive framework created by UNDP to assist countries in responsibly and effectively harnessing the potential of AI.
AILA focuses on three foundational pillars: Government as an enabler of AI, Government as a user of AI, and Ethical AI.
