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Introduction

Paragraph 70 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development announced the launch of a "Technology Facilitation Mechanism" (TFM) in order to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its goal is to facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration and partnerships through the sharing of information, experiences, best practices and policy advice among Member States, civil society, the private sector, the scientific community, United Nations entities and other stakeholders.

All components of the TFM are operational:

UNITED NATIONS INTERAGENCY TASK TEAM ON STI FOR THE SDGS (IATT)

10-MEMBER GROUP TO SUPPORT THE TECHNOLOGY FACILITATION MECHANISM

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR THE SDGS (STI FORUM)

ONLINE PLATFORM (2030 Connect) -GATEWAY FOR INFORMATION ON EXISTING STI INITIATIVES, MECHANISMS AND PROGRAMS

IATT: A United Nations Interagency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs

10-Member group: Group of High-level Representatives of Scientific Community, Private Sector and Civil Society appointed by the Secretary-General

STI Forum: Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs

2030 Connect: An online platform as a gateway for information on existing STI initiatives, mechanisms and programs

Since its launch, the fully multi-stakeholder TFM has engaged thousands of scientific and technological stakeholders, many of which have not previously been actively engaged with the UN. Participation in TFM activities has continuously increased and widened. Through the summary of its STI Forum, the TFM provides formal mandated input in support of the HLPF’s SDG review and its mandated science-policy function. The Integrated Policy Analysis Branch DESA/DSDG has served as Secretariat for the IATT and the 10-Member Group and all components of the TFM since their inception.

Announcements

11th Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs

11th Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs will take place on May 06-07 2026, at UN HQs, in New York, USA.

Submit updates by IATT members

Regular updates by IATT members on their most important events, publications, and capacity building efforts on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs

IATT members are expected to use this form for the purpose of updating IATT colleagues on their most important STI-related activities. It might also help finding potential collaboration partners and co-funding for joint work.

Submit updates here.

Roadmaps

New Edition of the STI for SDGs Roadmaps Guidebook in Development

The “STI for SDGs Roadmaps” are essential policy and planning tools that help countries leverage science, technology, and innovation to accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building on the foundational first edition and incorporating lessons learned from country pilots, the United Nations is pleased to announce the development of the second edition of the Guidebook for the Development and Implementation of STI for SDGs Roadmaps for the Six Transitions.

This new edition is being prepared by the UN STI for SDGs Roadmaps Working Group, coordinated by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). It benefits from key contributions by several partners, including the European Commission/Joint Research Centre, Future Africa, the International Science Council, ISC Intelligence in Science, and UNESCO (listed alphabetically).

This new Guidebook will offer practical, actionable guidance tailored to contemporary global challenges, such as climate change, digital connectivity, and social inclusion, and will focus on six key transitions critical for accelerating SDG implementation. It will feature refined methodologies, updated policy instruments, and enhanced monitoring and evaluation frameworks, serving the needs of policymakers, development partners, and stakeholders at national and local levels.

In preparation, a foundational working paper titled “Navigating the Future: An Integrated Foresight and Geospatial Framework for Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Roadmaps” has been developed.

The draft of the second edition is anticipated to be published on the UN Interagency Task Team on STI for the SDGs (IATT) website in 2026, with a formal launch scheduled for the UN STI Forum in May 2027.

Work overview and updates on STI for SDGs Roadmaps

For the latest overview and updates, see here.

Showcasing National STI4SDGs Roadmaps

Ghana, Serbia, Kenya, India, Ethiopia

The Global Pilot Programme on STI for SDGs Roadmaps

The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) launched the Global Pilot Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps in July 2019. The first phase of the Programme included an initial group of five pilot countries. Under this phase, roadmaps are piloted in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Serbia. Most recently, in February 2021, Ukraine also joined the Programme bringing the number of pilot countries to six. In addition, both the European Union and Japan joined the Global Pilot Programme to strengthen international partnerships on STI for SDGs roadmaps. These pilots are implemented following the guidance of the "Guidebook for the Preparation of STI for SDGs Roadmaps".

The outcomes of these pilots will be used to generate lessons that will improve the guidelines. The results of the first pilot phase will be presented at the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs, New York, 2021.

The programme will provide inputs to the Guidebook and the development of roadmaps in a number of countries. The Guidebook has been developed by STI experts and representatives from UN IATT and other key strategic partners.

To date, more than 20 countries have expressed interest in joining the programme. They will be accepted into the programme as resources to support their participation become available.

Science, technology and innovation are critical elements needed by all countries to achieve the SDGs. STI roadmaps for SDGs are policy and planning tools leading to actions that can accelerate the attainment of the SDGs. They are integrated into national plans and are highly adaptable to different country contexts. The demand to further promote the deployment of STI for SDGs roadmaps was triggered by the need to accelerate efforts to close the digital divide and support the digital inclusion of disadvantaged groups especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Partnership in Action will serve as a platform to strengthen the development and implementation of STI4SDGs roadmaps through the Global Pilot Programme.

The initiative to develop STI for SDGs roadmaps is being carried out by UN-IATT members including UN-DESA, World Bank, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, FAO, UN-ESCAP, ESCWA, WIPO and UNSG Office of the Envoy on Technology, among others. Substantial support has been provided by international stakeholders, including the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference Series, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Government of Japan, and COVIDEA. The African Union Commission has expressed support for the implementation of roadmaps in African countries.

For more information on the Global Pilot Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps, please contact Mr. Wei Liu, UN-DESA (liuw[at]un.org).

Online Information Repository for the STI Roadmaps Work

Note: each STI roadmap listed in the document will be categorized into the specific sustainable goals it is targeting on.

SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SDG4 SDG5 SDG6 SDG7 SDG8 SDG9 SDG10 SDG11 SDG12 SDG13 SDG14 SDG15 SDG16 SDG17

I. About the Information Repository for STI Roadmaps for SDGs:

As one of the key deliverables of the Roadmap workstream of UN Inter-agency Task Team, an online information repository platform below is created by compiling and making available a selection of STI or STI related roadmaps from organizations and agencies both within the UN system and beyond. The purpose of such a platform is to foster an efficient and effective access to and exchange of information among stakeholders on recent work that is supportive of the development of STI roadmaps for SDGs. With this aim, this platform will become an online resourceful portal on the state of STI policy setting frameworks and will contribute to enhancing the capacity of member states in integrating STI in development processes.

II. Guidebook for the Preparation of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for SDGs Roadmaps

The primary focus of this work is to support the countries and exchange views on a common guidance, principles and possible frameworks/ methodologies for country and international level STI roadmaps for the SDGs. To these ends, the team led by DESA and the World Bank, supports a collective effort by a group of champion countries and through a multi-stakeholder collaborative approach among the UN Inter-agency Task Team, non-UN partners and stakeholders.

Following over two years’ preparation and consultations, the final version of the Guidebook on Development of Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmaps for the SDGs is available. The Guidebook has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese.

To further facilitate the implementation of the Guidebook, DESA prepared the Operational Note based on the Guidebook on the STI roadmaps.

Our near-term goal is to translate the Guidebook into six official languages of the UN and other languages, reflecting comments and feedback received as well as incorporating lessons from experiences of pilot countries, subject to the availability of resources.

The Guidebook and the Operational Note will be living documents, periodically updated to reflect country pilot experiences and inputs from key stakeholders, as more countries embark on designing and implementing STI for SDGs roadmaps over the next years. We welcome your contributions, engagement and feedback throughout the process.

III. Global Pilot Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmaps for SDGs:

The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Team on Science, Technology and innovation for the SDGs (IATT) together with key TFM partners launched a Global Pilot Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmaps for the SDGs. Based on the involvement in the consultative process on the initiative, IATT and the TFM partners would like to seek your interest to participate as pilot countries in this Programme. The confirmed pilot countries will be invited to the next key events on the STI Roadmaps where the countries would present the 1st phase of the Global Pilot Programme. For more information about the programme, please see:

Global Pilot Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps

Since the implementation of the Global Pilot Programme, IATT and the TFM partners have developed two background papers, one on International Cooperation and another on methodologies, which, serve as key inputs to the Guidebook, inform IATT’s continuous dialogues with national authorities leading roadmap pilots, and prepared grounds for solidifying respective pilot design as well as peer learning.

IATT and the TFM partners have also prepared the Progress Report of the Global Pilot Programme which took stock of the state of country pilots, to draw out lessons and implications from the current implementation and to suggest ideas for the way forward. The Background Papers and the Progress Report are available below:

Progress Report of the Global Pilot Programme on STI for SDGs Roadmaps 2021 (full version)

Progress Report (executive summary): the Global Pilot Programme on STI for SDGs Roadmaps

Interim Report: the Global Pilot Programme on STI for SDGs Roadmaps, July 2020

Background Paper: International STI Collaboration and Investment for the SDGs, June 2020

Background Paper: Overview of the Existing STI for SDGs Roadmapping Methodologies, June 2020

IATT Policy Briefs on STI4SDGs Roadmaps:

Policy Brief #1 Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs Roadmaps – Framework and Working Method

Policy Brief #2 Assessment of STI capabilities to meet prioritized SDGs

Policy Brief #3 Assessment of Human Capital Needs for STI R&D and Other STI Skills

Policy Brief #4 Harnessing Ghana youth innovation potential for the SDGs

Policy Brief #5 Financial Flows to Promote Technology Transfers and Gender Inclusiveness for SIDS

Policy Brief #6 Localised Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for SDGs Roadmaps in Ukraine

Policy Brief #7 Enhancing the sustainable development component in the Action Plan of the STI for SDGs Roadmap in Serbia

IV. Reference List for the STI Roadmaps:

A. References from UN Agencies:

1. DESA and the World Bank

IATT Issues Brief on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs Roadmaps
SDG9 SDG17

2. UNCCD:

UNCCD. Terms of Reference of the Science-Policy Interface. 7 Dec. 2017, https://knowledge.unccd.int/sites/default/files/inline-files/SPI Terms of Reference_110717.pdf.
SDG9 SDG15

3. UNCTAD:

UNCTAD STIP Review Framework, 2011 http://unctad.org/en/Docs/dtlstict2011d7_en.pdf

Update in CSTD, Effectively harnessing science, technology and innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, 2018: http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ciimem4d17_en.pdf

CSTD-UNCTAD. Strategic Foresight for the Post-2015 Development Agenda: 23 Feb. 2015, http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ecn162015d3_en.pdf.
SDG17 SDG8 SDG9 SDG10 SDG7 SDG11 SDG13

UNCTAD. Digital Tools for Foresight. Oct. 2017, http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ser-rp-2017d10_en.pdf.
SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SDG4 SDG6 SDG7 SDG8 SDG9

UNCTAD. The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Ensuring Food Security by 2030. May 2017, http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlstict2017d5_en.pdf.
SDG2 SDG9

UNCTAD. New Innovation Approaches to Support the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Apr. 2017, http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlstict2017d4_en.pdf.
SDG9 SDG10 SDG17

4. UNDG:

UNDG. Applying FORESIGHT and ALTERNATIVE FUTURES to the United Nations Development Assistance Framework. Oct.2016, https://undg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Final-DOCO-foresight-paper.pdf
SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SDG4 SDG5 SDG7 SDG16 SDG17

5. UN Women:

UN Women & UN Global Pulse. Gender Equality and Big Data. Available UNDG Website, Feb. 2018, http://undg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Gender-equality-and-big-data-en.pdf.
SDG5 SDG9

6. World Bank/UN-DESA:

UN-IATT on STI for SDGs, IATT Background Paper: Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps, June 2018, https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/19009STI_Roadmap_Background_Paper_pre_STI_Forum_Final_Draft.pdf
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