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UN Peacekeeping Tech Symposium
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Personal Background
● Originally from Italy, currently live in Berlin
● Entrepreneurially active since I was 14, first (failed) Startup with 18 in Switzerland
● Co-Founder of IOTA and the IOTA Foundation
● Fascinated by Permissionless Innovation
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Trying and failing leads to success
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Challenges for the UN
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Complex Mandates
Not the traditional setup anymore where you have two parties needing a de-militarized zone in between
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Complex Mandates
Now, you have a mix of state and non-state militarized groups, organized and grass roots, military and non-military – and not all are part of peace process at same time
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Complex Mandates
Peacekeeping includes • providing guidance to failed states• assisting to re-build governmental
structures• re-integration of former fighters• fighting corruption• fostering human rights and equal
opportunities for minorities• stopping human trafficking • providing hope to displaced people, • and much more,...
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Budget for Complex Mandates
State funding for UN peacekeeping is flat or declining
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Doing more with less
Only way to do more with less is to do it more effectively and efficiently – need better technology and partnerships for that!
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Innovation requiresCollaboration end-to-end
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(Too) Fast Technological Advancements
Technology moves so fast that no party can keep on top of it by itself
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Combination of Technology
More and more it is the combination of technologies that create disruptive change (e.g. blockchain + internet + tracking = new supply chain)
This requires a diversity of skillsets and expertise that no single party holds alone
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Collaboration is innovation
We can’t succeed w/o this network – the iterative collaboration IS the innovation
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What can blockchain and DLT do for UN Peacekeeping?
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What are Blockchain’s?
Data is replicated in a distributed network. Through consensus, the network comes to an agreement which data to store.
Through this, Blockchain’s are a:
● Single Source of Truth
● Immutable and verifiable record of data
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Supply chain management & asset tracking
substantially increase SITUATIONAL AWARENESS by:
● keeping track of goods, services, people, and vehicles in fast, reliable, transparent way;
● sharing this information among all key players in a UN mission
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Track performance of disarmament commitments
e.g. are the FARC weapons in Colombia actually being destroyed?
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Ease flow of money
Pay local contractors, workers, national employees etc in places where you have no established bank system
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Manage personnel registrations, IDs, benefits, medical records, qualifications, or access rights
better security, more integrated & efficient management
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Improve stewardship and accountability while reducing “non-technical losses”
Make sure each stage of a complex UN contract is performed properly, complete with documentation and handover protocols to facilitate transparency and accountability
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Optimize field resource management
Improve efficiency of field operations by connecting sensors & sensor data & analyzing it in real time via machine learning to make best possible use of scarce resources for things like water, waste water, energy, etc at UN field sites
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The Future of Innovation
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The platform
It’s about bringing all of these things together on an integrated, scalable and future-proof technical platform
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IOTA Foundation
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A Technology for the Era of Trust
● Scalable
● Interoperable
● No Transaction Fees
● Secure and Decentralized
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IOTA Foundation partner network
Our universe relies on a network of many partners – corporates, academics, governments, NGOs
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Cooperative innovation in action
IOTA Foundation + Peace Innovation Foundation:
working as catalysts to bring together technologists, innovators and sponsors to find solutions for the UN’s most complex challenges.
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Closing Announcement
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Thank you!