SDG Digital Investment Framework : A whole-of-Government Approach to Investing in Digital Technologies to Achieve the SDGs / International Telecommunication Union.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Telecommunication Union, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial services industry--Technological innovations.

Financial services industry.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : International Telecommunication Union, 2019.

Summary:

This paper sets out an SDG Digital Investment Framework which is intended to be the start of a new dialogue with the digital investment community, building on the global Call to Action 1 presented at the UN General Assembly in 2018. It encourages a whole-of-government approach and sets out to help governments address key strategic investment questions and choose effective, scalable technology-based solutions - and in particular help them to onsider using ICT Building Blocks for economies of scale and maximum return on investment.

Contents:

Acknowledgements 4

About ITU 5

About DIAL 5

Foreword 7

Background 11

Part 1: Introduction to the SDG Digital Investment Framework 13

11 A Whole-of-Government Approach to digital investments to achieve the SDGs 13

Figure 1 Key challenges in the current global digital ecosystem landscape 14

12 What is the SDG Digital Investment Framework? 15

Figure 2 Sample architectural map using the SDG Digital Investment Framework 16

Figure 3 SDG Digital Investment Framework - Theory of change 17

Figure 4 Example of reuse of ICT Building Blocks to deliver Use Cases for SDGs 2, 3 and 6 18

Figure 5 Illustration of savings through reusable digital investment approach 19

13 Benefits of the SDG Digital Investment Framework 20

Figure 6 Framework benefits by stakeholder type 21

Part 2: SDG Digital Investment Framework 23

21 Overview23

Figure 7 Definition of SDG Digital Investment Framework layers 24

22 SDG Targets25

Figure 8 Sample of SDG Targets and indicators 25

23 Use Cases 26

Figure 9 Rural advisory service Use Case 27

Figure 10 Selected priority Use Cases grouped by sector and mapped to SDG Targets 28

24 WorkFlows 29

Figure 11 Financial services WorkFlow common to Use Cases across multiple sectors 30

Figure 12 Summary of generic WorkFlows defined to date 31

Figure 13 Selection of Use Cases mapped to generic WorkFlows 32

25 ICT Building Blocks 33

Figure 14 ICT Building Blocks examples 33

Figure 15 Summary of candidates for ICT Building Blocks 35

Figure 16 Illustration of ICT Building Blocks mapped to generic WorkFlows36

26 Applying the framework to digital investment and architecture planning 37

Figure 17 SDG Digital Investment Framework - examples of investment scenarios 37

Figure 18 Steps to apply the framework to digital investment and architecture planning 38

Figure 19 Sample output from Step 1: Define 40

Figure 20 Sample output from Step 2: Align 41

Figure 21 Sample output from Step 3: Map 43

Figure 22 Sample output from Step 4: Plan 45

Conclusion 46

SDG Digital Investment Framework Catalogue

1 Catalogue overview 46

2 Use Case models 47

3 Workflows catalogue 66

4 ICT Building Blocks catalogue 75

5 SDGs, targets and indicators 106.

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