The Road to the SDGs

PURPOSE X Closely aligned to the SDGs, IsDB’s Engage platform creates an innovation ecosystem for engaging and connecting key actors (innovators, investors, academics, start-ups, philanthropists and governments) to help countries meet the goals. X The aim is to incentivise, catalyse and harness innovation for creating new technologies and solutions that address challenges related to the following SDGs: – SDG 2 (Zero Hunger (food security)) – SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) – SDG 4 (Quality Education) – SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) – SDG 7 (Affordable & Clean Energy) – SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). X Through its Call for Innovation and its embedded comprehensive screening process, Engage creates a conducive ecosystem for crowdsourcing and leveraging innovations and new technologies that have the potential to address key development challenges faced by MCs. METHOD X Engage enables the world’s developing communities, including innovators, SMEs, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, companies and governments, to benefit from tailored mentoring services and access to financial resources and expert advice. This can help activate and nurture new ideas and proposals which could become realistic development solutions. X The Engage platform: – Provides knowledge sharing about global science, technology and innovation (STI) trends to let stakeholders assess impact and achievements – Hosts online learning resources – Acts as an information centre for intellectual property and initiatives such as STI innovation competitions, Transformers Roadshows, Transform Fund Annual Call for Innovation, webinars etc. X Through Engage, subscribers can benefit from the following services: – Call for Innovation — A structured tool for crowdsourcing innovations across various sectors and themes – Matchmaking — A service connecting innovators, investors and institutions looking for partners or new business opportunities by matching peers to deliver powerful applied innovation L aunched in 2017, Engage is a digital hub created by IsDB to accelerate economic and social progress in the developing world through the power of science, technology and innovation Launching the Engage Platform Of the 95 innovative development solutions leveraged through Engage to date, 50% are led by women [ 66 ] SDGs