UNITAC (United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities) | CityScienceLab Hamburg
Channel: City Science Lab
Date: 2021-09-28

[PROJECT], [RESEARCH] 

The United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities in Hamburg (UNITAC Hamburg), Germany, was established to address the potential of digital technologies, data and innovation to contribute to sustainable urban development through a partnership among the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN-OICT) and HafenCity University (HCU); supported by the Government of Germany.
 
The Accelerator will use innovation, prototyping and applied research methodologies to develop innovative solutions that accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development GoalsExternal link related to cities and urbanization as requested by the UN System-wide Strategy on Sustainable UrbanizationExternal link. The UNITAC team of experts will implement applied research projects in this intersection among urbanization, innovation and technology. The work of UNITAC will be based on three themes:
- Open, transparent and participatory governance of data and digital platforms
- Mapping spatial analysis and visualization, and
- People-centred smart cities.

More information: https://www.hcu-hamburg.de/en/researc...
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