{"id":31141,"date":"2022-10-18T22:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unicc.org\/spotlight-es\/2022\/10\/18\/un-sdgs-global-challenge-think-a-thon-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T22:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:14:02","slug":"un-sdgs-global-challenge-think-a-thon-2022-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unicc.org\/es\/spotlight-es\/2022\/10\/18\/un-sdgs-global-challenge-think-a-thon-2022-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Think-a-Thon global para los ODS de la ONU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UNICC collaborates with Columbia University in a continued partnership to bring students and participants<\/strong> together to act on key UN<\/strong> Sustainable Development Goals<\/strong><\/a> (<\/strong>SDGs<\/strong><\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an extension of UNICC\u2019s commitment to fostering partnerships with academic institutions, UNICC has collaborated this year again with the Columbia University School of Professional Studies (SPS)<\/a> to expand their Think-a-Thon <\/a>partnership. This partnership builds upon the inaugural 2021 Think-a-Thon challenge<\/a> with this year’s Think-a-Thon Challenge expanding internationally bringing together students, alumni and teammates from across the world for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participants worked together throughout the summer to come up with ideas that actively advance human welfare and address the UN SDGs with a final competition in September after months of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This Think-a-Thon has helped us bring together cross-functional collaboration from academia, industry and UN experts to think through digital solutions with a focus to solve societal problem. We are proud of the distance we have covered between our first Think-a-Thon and today’s UNICC’s global Think-a-Thon in collaboration with Columbia University.<\/em><\/p>\nAnusha Dandapani, Chief, Data and Analytics Services, UNICC<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Up close and personal (SDG thematics)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Think-a-Thon challenge participants worked on solutions to confront two great challenges of our time: Gender Equality (SDG 5)<\/strong> <\/a>and Climate Action (SDG 13)<\/strong>.<\/a> 108 participants came together in teams of 3-5 people from 15 countries. After reviewing 22 team submissions, judges selected eight teams to compete in the final competition in September. The final teams had the opportunity of mentorship from subject matter experts (SMEs) to address real-world solutions related to Gender Equality and Climate Action SDGs.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Teams worked on real-world innovative solutions to global issues, with a chance to win cash prizes to realize their projects and an opportunity to present their solutions to UN, Columbia and industry SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The value of UN mentorship<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The Think-a-thon offered a welcoming environment for participants to learn from mentors at the UN as well as other industry SMEs in areas of data and analytics and other innovative technologies. Participants had opportunities to network and collaborate with other teams, competition participants and UNICC colleagues. By leveraging data sourced by UNICC from UN Women, competitors were able to hone their analytical skills, participants refine their problem solving and data analysis skills, which they then applied to the two UN challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The work by the final eight teams culminated in a live hybrid event on 29 September 2022, with over 140 worldwide attendances. Hosted by the Career Design Lab at Columbia University\u2019s SPS, the event showcased team members presenting their projects from the challenge with mentors, UN and Columbia University colleagues, as well as participants from around the world tuning in to cheer on their fellow classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Climate Action<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team Athena, Team CARL, Team Coolers and Team One Tribe Indigenous presented on SDGs Climate Action solutions. Climate Action solutions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n