Session
Sustainability & Environment
Digital Technologies to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Paz Peña, Latin American Institute of Terraforming, Civil Society, GRULAC Kemly Camacho, Sulá Batsú, Civil Society, GRULAC shawna finnegan, APC, Civil Society, WEOG Valeria Betancourt, APC, Civil Society, WEOG
Kemly Camacho, Sulá Batsú, Civil Society, GRULAC Florencia Roveri, Nodo TAU, Civil Society, GRULAC Jaime Villareal, May First Movement Technology, Civil Society, GRULAC
Valeria Betancourt
Paz Peña
shawna finnegan
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12. Responsible Production and Consumption
13. Climate Action
14. Life Below Water
15. Life on Land
Targets: Extractive business models in the technology sector pose a serious threat to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Alternative models exist, and must be supported, in line with SDG9 target b: "Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities"
This pre-event to the global IGF aims to support a facilitated discussion with speakers and participants. Speakers in the pre-event will share their experiences in working through cooperative and collective models, and reflect on questions that will guide a facilitated discussion with participants. Participants will be invited to pose questions and share reflections on the discussion throughout the event.
In 2022, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in a report on the practical application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the technology sector, stated that when a company cannot prevent or mitigate human rights violations within the framework of existing business models, those models may need to be adapted or even transformed. This statement reflects the need to collectively interrogate extractive business models in the technology sector, and support alternative models and frameworks that shape the technology sector. Alternatives models in the technology sector exist in many forms - including cooperative and collective models that support participatory decision-making by workers and members. Technology cooperatives and collectives face significant challenges in operating in a sector dominated by large technology companies that seek to extract and monetize our experiences and engagement with technology. Efficiency and scalability are often cited as requirement for digital technologies to meaningfully contribute to sustainable development. As a result, technology cooperatives and collectives are often ignored, and their potential to contribute to accelerate the realization of development goals is restricted. At present, large technology companies dominate the sector and set the agenda for development, using massive resources to avoid accountability for violations of human rights and the rights of nature. This pre-event at the global IGF aims to facilitate discussion of transforming models of technology and business, the role of governance and standards, and what changes are needed to ensure that technology companies are held accountable for their violations and to promote models for human rights, earth justice, and sustainable development. Speakers in the pre-event will share their experiences in working through cooperative and collective models, and reflect on questions that will guide a facilitated discussion with participants.
This pre-event to the global IGF aims to support a facilitated discussion with speakers and participants. Speakers in the pre-event will share their experiences in working through cooperative and collective models, and reflect on questions that will guide a facilitated discussion with participants. Participants will be invited to pose questions and share reflections on the discussion throughout the event.