Innovation tools for navigating the social digital world

We are surrounded by tools that make our everyday lives easier and more interesting. As we connect the physical world of our local communities to social digital spaces we open up new opportunities for amplifying local sustainable value creation

Local Voluntary Reviews

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration. UNECE includes 56 member States in Europe, North America and Asia.

Working with the Norwegian Network of Excellence on SDG City Transitions (no. Bærekraftsnettverket) the UNECE is supporting policy policy innovation across 17 Norwegian cities, drawing on findings from a United for Smart and Sustainable Cities Key Performance Evaluation. The Network of cities are set to developed a collective Local Voluntary Review of their progress towards the Sustainable Developmenet Goals.

Big Design: Reframing SDG City Transition

Moving from reactive to generative forms of design the Re-framing Method and Toolkit supports design processes for developing solutions and services compatible with a desired future society.

Urban Trigger Method

The Urban Trigger Methodology is an innovative approach to sustainable area planning that suites the changes to the built environment within a broader understanding local and regional value chains. The objective is sustainable value creation.

City Simulations - AugmentCity

Developed with funding from the EU-commission under the Horizon 2020 Smart Cities Lighthouse project the SDG City Transition Framework (Bold City Vision) is a tool for cities to link data, policy and action.

Digital Co-Creation Toolbox

Deutche Telecom has developed a co-creation toolbox. The cornerstone of a successful Smart City strategy is to find out early what citizens and companies really want. This is where the toolbox comes in: with its co-creation approach, it enables a joint design of the intelligent city. All contributors are involved early-on in its development.

SDG Budgeting

Ghana is leading the way, as one of the first countries to fully integrate the SDGs into the national and local budget. Linking SDGs to funding is critical in order to realize the sustainable development goals.

SDG City Transition Framwork

Network of Excellence

The SDG Societal Transitions Network of Excellence is an ongoing prototyping of a multi-level and multi-stakeholder approach to sustainable development. This network is the first of several similar network under establishments

United Cities Digital

United Cities a global initiative to develop a global media and co-creation infrastructure for smart and sustainable cities and communities. Linking city data, the SDG city transition process, digital social innovation and the development of a opportunities for research, development and investment.

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