Dans le cadre d'une formation sur l'analyse et l'innovation numériques, 23 participants ont exploré comment les nouvelles technologies peuvent renforcer leur travail quotidien d'analyse politique au service de la diplomatie préventive. [Lire la suite en anglais]

In the 7th edition of the E-Analytics and Innovation Course, 23 participants explored how new technologies can strengthen their day-to-day work in political analysis for preventive diplomacy.

Held from 2 to 5 December at UN Headquarters in New York for the first time, the course was organized by the Innovation Cell of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and its longstanding partner, the Qatar Computing Research Institute.

The training centred on three core themes:

  • Innovation theory and design thinking with practical approaches for integrating innovation into political affairs.

  • Social media and text analysis to monitor online narratives, identify emerging risks, and understand public sentiment.

  • Creation of generative-AI agents and applications to prototype new tools that support political analysis.

“Now with these tools, we have so many options, and our horizon is much broader," said Ignacio Saez-Benito, Americas Division, DPPA-Department of Peace Operations (DPO).

Wifag Hadra, Western Africa Division, DPPA-DPO added, “The fact that we were able to develop our own AI agent, that’s very innovative.” 

Experts from the University of Copenhagen, Transcend AI, and Qatar Computing Research Institute provided individualized coaching on practical tools to address specific needs.

Participants developed project ideas, exploring, for example, how agentic AI could be used in analysis to anticipate the risk of military coups or how a social media analysis tool could identify gendered hate speech narratives.

The course also underscored a broader reality: as conflicts evolve and information environments grow more complex, political affairs officers need the capacity to assess trends quickly and responsibly.

The E-Analytics and Innovation Course responds to this challenge. This year’s cohort joins a community of over 300 alumni since the course was launched in 2019.

The Innovation Cell is part of the Policy and Mediation Division in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA).