| Africa Accelerate Climate Action Through Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies and Innovations Source: African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank brought together various development and industry experts to discuss the potential of fourth industrial revolution technologies and innovations to tackle climate change in Africa. Governments across Africa can use technologies for early warning systems which are critical for rural communities that largely practice agriculture. This will help them prepare better for shocks such as floods and drought. Read more https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/africa-has-what-it-takes-accelerate-climate-action-through-fourth-industrial-revolution-technologies-and-innovations-experts-say-51103 ASEAN launches Guideline on Online Dispute Resolution for consumers Source: Association of Southeast Asian Nations The Guideline aims to assist ASEAN Member States (AMS) in setting-up or improve their national Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) systems to help resolve e-Commerce transactions, as well as suggest proper design and management of an ODR System. It includes topics such as the design criteria of a national ODR system, IT requirements to ensure interoperability, data security and privacy, legal and procedural requirements, and regional and international cooperation. Policies and procedures must be put into place, first at the national and later at the regional level, to facilitate the efficient and effective settlement of disputes across jurisdictions and without high costs to consumers or businesses. Read more https://asean.org/asean-launches-a-guideline-on-online-dispute-resolution-for-consumers/ Farming Fit, Farming Smart Source: International Organizations for Standardization ISO has put together a group of world experts to apply smart tech to the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet. Most of us agree that humankind is facing serious problems. The ISO members convene the ISO smart farming SAG for the USA and Germany, two of the world’s leaders in industrialized farming. The core of the new group brings together 21 ISO member countries, representing the full range of farming contexts and challenges that can be imagined. That includes giants like China and India (both of which blend family subsistence farming with industrial-scale exports of commodities) to countries like Singapore and the Netherlands (both address high-density populations living on high-value land through high-intensity, high-technology production). Read more https://www.iso.org/news/ref2796.html Best Practices for the Governance of Digital Public Goods Source: Harvard Kennedy School Digital government is becoming simply “government.” As a result, an ever-increasing number of systems and processes critical to government operation, and the core infrastructure of a state is being digitized. This necessity creates enormous opportunities to enhance, scale, and even standardize government services and challenges, including a risk that building out this new infrastructure will impose costs that will reinforce global inequities. In this light, it is no surprise that Digital Public Goods (DPGs), an institutionalized sharing of open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content between government and other actors, are increasingly discussed. Read more https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/best_practices_for_the_governance_of_digital_public_goods.pdf?m=1650463335 How Data Governance Enables DBS Bank to Focus on Customer Experience Source: F5 The bank’s readiness to invest in technology, such as cloud-enabled technologies, shows its desire to remain nimble and stay ahead of the curve. DBS adopts a “two-in-a-box,” platform-based organizational structure, where the business and technology groups work together to grow digitally. To continuously provide the best banking experience to all its customers, DBS actively adopts new technological innovations necessary for the bank to deliver superior digital experiences. The bank aims to enable and empower its teams to develop and deploy applications at scale, which is key to modernizing applications. Read more https://www.f5.com/customer-stories/how-data-governance-enables-dbs-bank-to-focus-on-customer-experience Towards Public Digital Infrastructure Source: The Living Library We already have the technical and governance building blocks at our disposal to make this Public Digital infrastructure model a reality. We also have the political momentum on our side through several ambitious policy proposals and funding agendas on the European level. The challenge now is to integrate these building blocks into a single cohesive system and ensure we put into place the right institutions and rules to ensure the DPI can achieve trust, scale, and openness. Read more https://thelivinglib.org/towards-public-digital-infrastructure/ |
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