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Seven years of building
AI and data tools inside
government

A joint initiative of the UNDP BPPS Data, AI & Innovation Hub and the Sustainable Finance Hub, hosted under ICPSD and based in Istanbul. Since 2019 the Lab has shipped Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and digital-skills products that country offices and national institutions run themselves — not one-off pilots left behind after the mission ends.

A small senior team
with UNDP’s network
behind it

We work the way a product team does — fast, focused, accountable — inside the world’s largest development network.

Built inside UNDP

Part of the BPPS Data, AI & Innovation Hub and the Sustainable Finance Hub, hosted under ICPSD in Istanbul.

Shipped, not piloted

Tools that country offices and national institutions run themselves — maintained, documented and handed over, not left behind.

For governments, by practitioners

A compact senior team of data scientists, engineers and GIS specialists working directly with country offices.

From pilot to mainstream

One product line at a time, then several running in parallel — a repeatable path from first use case to country-wide practice.

Built by the SDG AI Lab team

A compact team of data scientists, engineers and GIS specialists working directly with UNDP country offices and national partners.

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