Action 45(a)

Achieve a more agile, responsive and resilient United Nations, in particular by enhancing the Organization’s capabilities in innovation, data analytics, digital transformation, strategic foresight and behavioural science to better support Member States and deliver on its mandates.

UN entity lead: Executive Office of the Secretary-General

Milestone 1 | Deadline 31 December 2024

Baseline assessment presented to the United Nations Senior Management Group on 5 December 2024, based on inputs from over 270 chief executives and experts, covering more than 100 organizational attributes.

Milestone 2 | Deadline 13 June 2025

UN 2.0 Week convened, bringing together over 16,000 participants for exchanges and dialogue on strengthening UN system capacities in innovation, data, digital transformation, foresight and behavioural science to accelerate the delivery of the UN’s mandate.

Milestone 3 | Deadline 31 December 2025

Strategic Plans 2026–2030 of over 20 United Nations system entities incorporate objectives related to innovation, digital, data, foresight and behavioural science.

Milestone 4 | Deadline 31 December 2026

UN 2.0 Action Plan (14 system-wide actions) with a final baseline assessment completed.

In a world facing fast-moving crises and complex global risks, the UN must be equipped to adapt, anticipate and act. This action helps ensure the UN can support countries more effectively – with the right tools, insights and capabilities to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.

The Strategic Plan introduces a dedicated indicator on strategic foresight – one of the pillars of UN 2.0 – measuring the number of regional and country offices applying foresight tools during planning processes to improve future readiness. Integration of all UN 2.0 pillars will be systematically tracked across country and regional programmes, as well as through annual reporting.

UN Women will continue collaborating with the UN Futures Lab to develop a gender-informed foresight guide, helping ensure foresight tools and processes are inclusive. In parallel, UN Women is scaling its AI School and Equality Lab to accelerate the ethical use of artificial intelligence for gender equality.