Mission and objectives

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Turkey, is one of UNDP’s six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas: 1. Inclusive Business; 2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development; 3. Impact investing; 4. Resilience and Crisis Response. The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Context

The Low code no code is part of the Tech4R project aimed to develop digital solutions to combat disasters. The volunteers will be part of the Tech4R community and participate in trainings, workshops, events and activities. Volunteers from Istanbul are strongly encouraged to apply. But this assignment is not limited for the participants from other countries.

Task Description

The online volunteers will participate in a 5-day learning circle to obtain skills for no code and low code solutions. The group will then participate in a hackathon, together with the NGOs, government agencies and UN agencies they will develop digital solutions to be used in disaster management. The prototypes will then be improved in future collaboration and ongoing work.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks