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AI for Good: Impact Report

Geneva: ITU (2024), viii, 80 pp.
"At the highest international political level, the United Nations declared the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 after having announced (and later not fulfilled) the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. This shift from the MDGs to the SDGs, in which the term development was replac ... more
"The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) place great emphasis on inequalities and pledge to leave no-one behind. For the field of digital development, this objective presents a particular challenge. While digital technologies can be utilized to reduce certain inequalities, they ar ... more

SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda

ITU;UNDP;Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2023), 87 pp.
"This Agenda explores how digital technologies are already being used to accelerate progress toward the SDGs, and how inclusive digital transformation can be scaled further. The Agenda also showcases 34 digital solutions, two for each SDG, highlighting the power and potential of digital. The solutio ... more
"There seems to be little knowledge and awareness of the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among communities in Ghana. The study’s main objective was to find out how the 22-member Community Radio (CR) stations of the Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN) – the umbrella organis ... more
"The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance explores the concepts, methodologies, and implications of collective intelligence for democratic governance, in the first comprehensive survey of this field. Illustrated by a collection of inspiring case studies and edit ... more

The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent

Lanham; Boulder; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield (2023), 250 pp.
"This book examines the way in which SDG initiatives have been disseminated by mainstream media, in government discourse and by NGO’s, charitable organisations, and campaign groups. It questions to what extent sustainability narratives are being supported and how they are represented; how saving t ... more

What Difference Does it Make? The Importance of Documentary to Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-Truth World

In: The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent
Ben Harbisher (ed.)
Rowman & Littlefield (2023), pp. 117-136
"The landscape of documentaries has changed greatly in the twenty-first century. From a niche form, with few productions, to global distribution via social media. Post-truth documentaries largely have a sense of outsiders challenging the status quo, delivered by self-proclaimed experts with anecdote ... more
"The book [...] examines the dedicated policies targeting the SDGs, as well as political and institutional drivers of synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs in selected key areas – both cross-nationally and in specific country contexts. Their analysis moves beyond the focus on links between SDG ... more
"In 2015, the UN Member States adopted the 17 SDGs as a framework that would help address the challenges being faced by humanity. From eradicating poverty, ending hunger, providing universal access to healthcare and education, and addressing climate change; to the partnering of individuals, communit ... more

The Role of Media: Driving Change Towards the SDGs

New York: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2022), 18 pp.
"In the following brief, we encapsulate those findings and present the relationship between media and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the struggle to achieve Agenda 2030 takes on ever greater urgency, the role of independent media in achieving the SDGs is crucial. Not on ... more
"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun ... more

SDG 16 Data Initiative Report 2021. Impact of the Pandemic on Measuring Progress Towards SDG 16: Looking Forward, Tackling Obstacles

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Governance Data Alliance;International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA);Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO);World Justice Project (WJP) (2021), 81 pp.
"Chapter 1, by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), presents an overview of indicators from the Global State of Democracy Indices, which provide complementary indicators to measure progress on SDG Targets 16.3; 16.5, on reducing corruption and brib ... more

A Freelancer’s Guide to Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals

Freelance Journalism Assembly;European Journalism Centre (2021), 4 pp.

Best Practices of Community Radio and Sustainable Development Goals: A Handbook

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA);UNESCO (2021), 429 pp.
"The two objectives that this compilation set for itself were documenting community radio best practices and creating a robust sector through knowledge sharing and collaborative learning. The 96 stories [from Bangladesh, India and Nepal] included in the compilation capture the various ways in which ... more
"The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development is a major resource for stakeholders interested in understanding the role of communication in achieving the UN'S Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing together theoretical and applied contributions from scholars in E ... more

Communicating the Sustainable Development Goals: A Toolkit for Community Radio

New Delhi: Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART);UNESCO;UNICEF (2020), 463 pp.
"This toolkit aims to assist community radio stations to understand each of the 17 Goals, engage with different actors and stakeholders, map policies and initiatives at the level of both, central and state governments in India, and provide ideas for design of content and outreach campaigns. After re ... more