About UNDP
As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience.Activities by UNDP
ABADEI Chatbot
Arab States AfghanistanThe ABADEI's web portal, which collects and visualizes data, is introducing a chatbot powered by Azure OpenAI. The chatbot allows users to ask questions about the data using natural language.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsAI Sub-Group of Early Warnings for All Initiative
Asia and the Pacific FijiTongaVanuatuAn AI sub-group leveraging AI to build more resilient and effective early warning systems. The project uses advanced AI to identify and quantify populations lacking connectivity, enhancing targeted early warning capabilities and intervention strategies.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceArgentina AI - Argentine Intelligence
Latin America and the Caribbean ArgentinaSince 2023, UNDP Argentina has been leading efforts to shape a national conversation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the goal of promoting inclusive, democratic, and development-oriented applications. In the context of the country's 40th anniversary of democracy, the Office developed an AI-powered tool to analyze presidential speeches from 1983 to 2023, using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to identify shifts in political discourse over four decades. This tool served as a central component of an interactive visualization aimed at fostering dialogue and reducing political polarization by showing how AI can be used constructively—countering narratives that amplify division. The broader project also included expert interviews, seminars in partnership with Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA), and engagements with public institutions to support cohesive national policymaking on AI.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsAwareness/AdvocacyNetworks/Mentorship/ExchangeThe 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.