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The STI Forum brings together a wide range of stakeholders from Member States, UN system, civil society, academia, private sector and various science and technology communities to help harness science, technology and innovation (STI) for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has become a venue for facilitating the establishment of networks, for improving the science-policy interface, and for promoting development, transfer, and dissemination of technologies for the SDGs.

Watch (Part 2) 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals!

The STI Forum brings together a wide range of stakeholders from Member States, UN system, civil society, academia, private sector and various science and technology communities to help harness science, technology and innovation (STI) for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has become a venue for facilitating the establishment of networks, for improving the science-policy interface, and for promoting development, transfer, and dissemination of technologies for the SDGs.

Watch (Part 1) 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

This event highlights the importance of engaging global youth in STI, showcasing young scientists, innovators and presenting opportunities for youth to transform agrifood systems and achieve the SDGs.

Watch the Youth-led Innovation: Ensuring good food for all, today and tomorrow!

This side event will focus on the use of big earth data such as satellites, in-situ observations, and models for monitoring and evaluation of indicators at multiple scales. Data infrastructure, application cases, successful practices will be presented and discussed, new and emerging issues will be identified, with different concerns on SDG6, SDG7, SDG 11, and SDG17.

This side event will feature two co-moderator and 9 invited panelists, who will join the panel discussion both in person and online followed by an open discussion session among the invited speakers and the audience on how to build up the capacity for data acquisition, analysis and application, to bridge the gap between science and society. 

 The scientific and technological community and the children and youth group will lead the discussions, but other major groups and TFM stakeholders will also be engaged.  The 2023 STI Forum will facilitate discussions on science, technology and innovation cooperation in support of the SDGs. 

The Science Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa Day will be held at the margins of the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs 2023 with a focus on STI for the SDGs:  STI4SDGs – Levers, Priority Areas, Actionable Steps for Africa. 

Description

Thematic Session 3: Role of Youth and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in STI 

Break Networking and matchmaking for concrete partnerships: Birth of initiatives by the private and public sector, UN and partners that can be announced at the closing

Closing and the way forward    

Over the past three decades, Africa has made significant progress in educating its youth, building its industrial base, and creating a large internal market that have collectively enabled Africa to withstand global crises. The first STI in Africa Day will explore how Africa can mobilize and leverage the youth, its diaspora, the African Continental Free Trade Area, and growing industrial base to drive STI to meet its development aspirations and meet all SDG targets. It will provide a platform for exchanging ideas and exploring ways to accelerate the development, application, and scaling up of technologies to fast-track progress on the SDGs and Agenda 2063. This special event will provide a global stage for conversations between the diaspora and home (global Africa), business levers in Africa vs. the diaspora and its capacity to strike partnerships to invest in overseas markets and Africa itself. 

The co-organisers are DESA and ECA, with the support of FAO, MIT, UNESCO, and Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)/IDTFAA

The STI Forum will facilitate discussions on science, technology and innovation cooperation in support of the SDGs. In addition to providing the mandated inputs for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to be held from 10 to 19 July 2023, the Forum will also take a broader look at the contribution of STI to the achievement of all the SDGs in recognition of the September mid-term review of SDG progress.

The eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 3 to 4 May 2023. The theme for the STI Forum 2023 is: "Science, technology and innovation for accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels".

Session 2: Integrated solutions to make progress across SDG6, SDG7, and SDG9

Session 3: Think global, act local – people and community led innovation and tech infrastructures for "smarter" and inclusive cities.

The 2023 STI Forum will facilitate discussions on science, technology and innovation cooperation in support of the SDGs. In addition to providing the mandated inputs for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to be held from 10 to 19 July 2023, the Forum will also take a broader look at the contribution of STI to the achievement of all the SDGs in recognition of the September mid-term review of SDG progress.