UNICEF, Youth Engagement and the Sustainable Development Goals

The Department of Social Sciences, Human Services, and Criminal Justice, invites the BMCC community to a talk to introduce the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund’s (UNICEF) new crowdsourced platform, the Global Digital Commons (GDC) that is very actively youth engaged. The GDC is an open-access digital platform to crowdsource real-time evidence and innovations to support child-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The inspiration behind the platform is to create a space for cross-sectorial discussion, learning, problem-solving and most importantly, to democratize knowledge that benefits children and young people. UNICEF proudly looks at the GDC as a technological contribution towards support of child-focused SDGS as we enter the Decade of Action.

Guest Speakers

• Uyen Kim Huynh, Ph.D., MPA Innovation Specialist, Evaluation Office, UN Headquarters, New York
• Ms. Sanchi Ravishanker, Research Analyst, Innovation, Learning and Uptake Unit, Evaluation Office, UN Headquarters, New York

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Dr. Uyen Kim Huynh joined the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in 2018 and leads the ‘Innovation, Learning and Uptake’ Unit. The team works to enhance the use of UNICEF’s evaluation findings and leverage innovations to improve the organization’s evaluation practices. As an academic, she has extensive experience in evaluating the progress and impact of humanitarian projects in low-income countries. Uyen served as the Assistant Director of Policy at the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Her academic research centered on refugee health, stemming from her Ph.D. at the Harvard Program of Refugee Studies.
 
 
Ms Sanchi Ravishanker is a Research Analyst with the Innovation, Learning and Uptake Unit in the Evaluation Office. Her academic experience has focused on international political economy and comparative politics. She holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Columbia University, New York. The talk will introduce the BMCC community to the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund’s (UNICEF) new crowdsourced platform, the Global Digital Commons (GDC) that is very actively youth engaged. The GDC is an open-access digital platform to crowdsource real-time evidence and innovations to support child-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The inspiration behind the platform is to create a space for cross-sectorial discussion, learning, problem-solving and most importantly, to democratize knowledge that benefits children and young people. UNICEF proudly looks at the GDC as a technological contribution towards support of child-focused SDGS as we enter the Decade of Action.

If you have any questions, contact Professor Christine Farias at cfarias@bmcc.cuny.edu .

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