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people deployed in the field and local inhabitants. Moreover, similar recommendations are provided
in the field of IT Technologies,
Energy, Health and well-being,
Mobility.
As a final auspice the Report, having
recognized that innovation and
bureaucracy are organizational
antipodes, and that inside the UN
many structural and operational
barriers still contrast a deep cultural
improvement, yearns for a future
institutionalization of a dedicated
Office for Technology and
Innovation within the Department for Peace Keeping Operation.
Since 2014, when the Report was issued, the UN continued to encourage the changes needed to fill
the technological gaps in peace keeping operations. In the same year, following the
recommendations of the Panel, the Department of Field Support
(DFS), through the initiative of its Information and
Communications Technology Division, established “The
Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping”, aiming to bring
greater involvement to peacekeeping through innovative
approaches and technologies, in order to align the technological
and innovative capacities of the word with the specific needs of
field missions.
The Partnership, since then, organized four important symposia:
“Exploring New Partnerships” (hosted by Italy in 2014),
“Innovation and Next-Generation Peacekeeping” (hosted by
Austria in 2015), “Awareness, Protection, Innovation” (hosted by
Korea in 2016).
“Next Tech Peacekeeping”, the 2018 symposium, hosted by Germany, centered discussions
around innovations, focusing on new opportunities and technological discoveries suitable to match
with UN peacekeeping strategies.

written by:

Capt. Vito FRANCHINI
CoESPU Managing Editor

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