About UN Secretariat - DPPA
The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) plays a central role in United Nations efforts to prevent and resolve conflict around the world. The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) is dedicated to assisting the Member States and the Secretary-General in their efforts to maintain international peace and security.Activities by UN Secretariat - DPPA
The Global Leadership Academy for Women in the Digital Era
Global MoroccoQatarSpain
The Women’s Leadership Academy is a UNDP–UNEAD led global learning initiative that brings together women from politics, public institutions, and civil society to strengthen leadership capacities in the digital era. The Academy operates as a living curriculum, continuously evolving to reflect the lived experiences, perspectives, and challenges of participating women, fostering shared learning grounded in diverse realities across sectors and regions.
Delivered through an immersive four-day, in-person programme, it blends peer learning, co-creation, and expert-led sessions to build practical leadership skills for navigating the digital landscape. Beyond the core programme, participants co-develop national rollout frameworks, enabling them to localize and adapt the Academy model and ensure broader, sustained impact.
This is further reinforced through a dynamic global alumni network that supports ongoing mentorship, collaboration, and knowledge exchange, as well as through strategic partnerships with national and global actors to scale inclusive governance and leadership solutions.
E-Analytics and Innovation Training
Arab States Qatar
In line with the UN Secretary-General’s Strategy on New Technologies and Data Strategy, and the recent UN 2.0 policy brief, DPPA’s annual E-Analytics and Innovation Course focuses on leveraging exploring innovative approaches in peace and security contexts. It provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges presented by emerging new technologies and equips participants with practical skills and tools to integrate evidence-driven analysis into UN initiatives for conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding.
Designing the course to align with DPPA’s mandate and the UN 2.0 vision was instrumental in making project outputs more relevant, actionable, and grounded in institutional priorities. This strategic alignment encouraged participants to approach their prototypes with a focus on cost-efficiency and practicality—an especially important consideration given the current financial constraints.
Geoguard
Africa, Arab States CameroonA dashboard that transforms raw open-source satellite data into user-friendly insights to enhance data-driven understanding of climate, peace and security. The platform covers 29 countries across the Middle East, West, and Central Africa.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsAI -powered large-scale synchronous dialogues
Arab States, Latin America and the Caribbean Guatemala
Complementing other engagements and analytical methods to meaningfully enhance inclusivity and engage voices in peace processes, the Innovation Cell employs Artificial Intelligence (AI) for mediators and actors to hold real-time, synchronous, moderated consultations in languages of choice, including local dialects, with up to 1,000 people in a single session simultaneously, circumventing physical and linguistic barriers.
Digital dialogues have proven to be a valuable complement to traditional methods, expanding reach and enabling more flexible, real-time participation. Their success hinges on thoughtful process design—particularly in how questions are framed to elicit meaningful, contextually relevant responses. A key insight from this experience is the critical role of national staff in reviewing translations into local dialects. Their involvement ensures that linguistic nuances, cultural sensitivities, and contextual accuracy are preserved, thereby enhancing both the credibility and the inclusivity of the engagement process.