AGENDA 2030
ROADMAP INITIATIVE

“THE AGENDA 2030 ROADMAP INITIATIVE” is based on the five pillars of the “United Nations Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19” as the foundational bedrock for co-building Socio-Technical Innovation Systems (STIS) in order to evolve collectively, progressively and resolutely towards the six transformations of sustainable development and the 17 SDGs of the Agenda 2030 during this decade of action.

This systemic policy approach to contribute to achieving the SDGs is made possible on strength of :

Building Up and Bringing Together Communities of Practice Worldwide

Capacity Development

A Whole-of-Society Collaboration

THE ROAD TO 2030.
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Become an actor of change, empower your organization and society and help to tackle the challenges of our times.

systemic policy approach...

“The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand nothing short of a transformation of the financial, economic and political systems that govern our societies today…” – July, 2020. United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

developing
socio-technical
innovation systems

Co-creating and developing STIS necessitates developing a sound understanding of the knowledge domains of the four dimensions of sustainable development innovation systems

1-SDG Domains; 2- Functions of Innovation Systems; 3- Innovation Processes, 4- Core Values and Principles

CO-CREATING AND DEVELOPING A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ACROSS THE FOUR DIMENSIONS
OF THE STIS MODEL

Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. . .

Innovation Systems Functions

The innovation systems approach considers the ‘business ecosystem’ of an innovating organisation. . .

Innovation Methodologies

For the past fifty years, new methods promoting innovative design have flourished. . .

Core Principles and Values

The traditional accountability mechanisms no longer seem adequate to ensure implementation of the 2030 Agenda. . .

"Without Innovation, we Cannot Meet the Challenges of our Time" - November, 2019

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

DEVELOPMENT OF STIS HINGES ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CD)

Capacity development is about transformations that empower individuals, leaders, organizations and societies.

For an activity to meet the standard of capacity development as practiced and promoted by UNDP, it must bring about transformation that is generated and sustained over time from within. Transformation of this kind goes beyond performing tasks; instead, it is more a matter of changing mindsets and attitudes.

CAPACITY IS DEVELOPMENT!

“Capacity development starts from the principle that people are best empowered to realize their full potential when the means of development are sustainable” UNDP

"Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities"

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CD) AT THE THREE LEVELS OF THE UNDP
CD FRAMEWORK

The enabling environment

Strengthening the broad social system within which people and organizations function (rules, laws, policies, power relations and social norms… that govern civic engagement). It is the enabling environment that sets the overall scope for capacity development.

organizational level

Strengthening the internal structure, policies and procedures that determine the organization’s effectiveness. It is where the benefits of the enabling environment are put into action and a collection of individuals come together.

INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

Strengthening the skills, experience and knowledge that allow each person to perform. Access to resources and experiences that can develop individual capacity are largely shaped by the organizational and environmental levels, which in turn are influenced by the degree of capacity development of each individual.

systemic integration approach...

A central aspect of the QH model is the ability to combine various bodies of knowledge and perspectives on innovation in a manner that integrates the existing expertise and knowledge production dynamics of all actors involved

DEVELOPING CAPACITIES
OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS OF THE QUADRUPLE-HELIX (QH) INNOVATION MODEL

The Quadruple Helix Model of innovation recognizes four major actors in the innovation system: science, policy, industry, and society.

Innovation processes in these quadruple-helix networks are dynamic and flexible, and marked by the interaction of a multitude of actors representing business, government, academic research and civil society – leading to innovations that are particularly capable of addressing and solving societal problems.

fostering collaboration and social learning among QH stakeholders

universities & research organizations

The central role of knowledge creation in post-industrial economies and societies has given universities a pivotal role in society. The university’s new centrality becomes inextricably intertwined with its role of fuelling innovation dynamics and orchestrating multi-actor innovation networks.

industry & the private sector

The private sector is the main agent of innovation and value creation. They take the risks, commercialise the products and services, and create jobs. Yet private stakeholders are often multifaceted, holding many roles along the innovation pipeline.

the civil society

Traditional innovation processes have been dominated by research, the public sector and industry; a so-called triple helix, with so much focus on technology. By involving civil society, the quadruple helix model has democratized processes of research and innovation and made the voices of citizens heard in the knowledge exchange.

central & local governments

The public sector has responsibility for creating an environment that ignites innovation and supports entrepreneurs. Local governments have the paramount task to “localize” sustainable development goals through local and territorial innovation systems

"Learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy"

Don Tapscott

DEVELOPING CAPACITIES
for multi-level governance and partnerships

The Goals and visions of the 2030 Agenda are agreed at global level, but a large part of their implementation takes place locally. To make things work, we need all levels.

The “AGENDA 2030 ROADMAP INITIATIVE” provides numerous opportunities to strengthen multilevel governance to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

a whole of society approach

To help design adaptive multi-level governance systems and innovative finance tools, to foster partnerships and ensure more effective investment outcomes, including to meet SDG targets as well as climate objectives in countries, regions and cities.

"Many of the investments to achieve the sustainable development goals will take place at the subnational level and be led by local authorities"

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General

CATALYZING MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Global Level

The seminal framework for global governance is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015 as an overarching “plan of action for people, planet and prosperity” structured in 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets.

supranational level

Transnational and South-South cooperation play an ever-increasing role in overcoming national, regional and global developmental challenges and is now a key enabler for achieving 2030 Agenda and other Internationally Agreed Development Goals.

country level

Between global and local/regional levels stand national governments, which provide the “translation” of broad ambitions into concrete tasks. National Governments are responsible for vertical co-ordination of priorities across local, regional and national stakeholders as well as horizontal co-ordination across sectors.

local and regional level

The 2030 Agenda explicitly calls for governments and public institutions to collaborate with local and regional governments (LRGs) in the implementation of the SDGs. In addition, local and regional innovation systems are the building block of National Innovation Systems (NIS).

Innovation is addressing unmet needs...

Innovation is not a hit-or-miss endeavor. More than simply coming up with creative ideas, innovating successfully requires us to provide solutions that customers and citizens willingly—even eagerly—pull into their lives.

Our platforms help stakeholders transform innovation from a random and unpredictable exercise into a manageable and predictable process.

DELIVERING IMPACTFUL VALUE PROPOSITION

Global Open Territorial Innovation and Technology (GOTIT) Platform is a set of sub-platforms and innovation tools carefully designed to help sustainable development stakeholders worldwide and across all governance levels, business sectors and academic/research institutions to create and develop communities of practice for social learning and co-creation.

Virtual Campuses and Open Innovation Labs were designed so as to allow stakeholders to come together into communities of practice for social learning as well as for co-creation and implementation of sustainable development roadmaps during this decade of action, 2020-2030.

THE PLATFORMS

Online Communities
of Practice

Virtual Campuses and Open Innovation Labs

Capacity Building Workshops

Best Practices
& Solutions Exhibitions

Experiments & Demonstrations Village

Decentralized Cooperation Village

Knowledge Management Platform

Participatory Foresight Exercises

Jobs Demand & Offer Platform

Sustainable Innovation
Projects Platform

Open Innovation
Platform

Finance & Crowdfunding Platform

e-Learning
Platform

Big Data
Observatory

Ideas management Platform

Studies and
Research Portal

Advanced
Communication tools

Advanced
Search Tools

Sustainable
Innovation Journal

Sustainable
Innovation Channel

Mobile Applications Marketplace

get involved

Open an account and explore all opportunities of networking, learning and designing solutions with peers from academia, enterprises, local and central governments as well as civil society.

NETWORK

Network with stakeholders worldwide and expand your knowledge and solutions possibilities.

LEARN

Take advantage of the many capacity development opportunities to broaden your scope of possible futures.

COLLABORATE

Harness the “wisdom of the crowd” to deliver solutions that address development challenges at all scales.

AGENDA 2030 ROADMAP INITIATIVE