UNESCO Emerging Technologies

The UNESCO Chair for Emerging Practices in Communication and Technology for Development was inaugurated in 2014 and is based in Bordeaux, France.

The objectives of the Chair for Emerging Practices in Technologies and Communication for Development are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and reflect the work carried out at the World Summit on the Information Society, while referring to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

Africa, Asia, Latin America and their relations with the rest of the world are at the heart of the Chair's work.

Four Specific Objectives

Research in emerging technologies for developmental purposes

Support development actions through capacity building

Serve as a laboratory of ideas and a forum for mediation between academia, civil society, local communities, and political decision-makers

Enhance the work of researchers in the South by creating a scientific journal. 

The journal published on Revue.org allows everyone to produce articles in their own language. Articles in French are available alongside texts in English, Portuguese, or Swahili.

The Chair develops sustained partnerships with universities and research laboratories in other countries - mainly in the South but not exclusively - other international organisations and private sector. It also continues its cooperation with the Grenoble, Strasbourg, Sorbonne Nouvelle, and Unesco-Bell Canada partners.