A project called "Global Pulse" is quietly building and taking hold inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies.
The United Nations is one of the world's largest organizations--managing agencies like the World Food Programme, Unicef, and the High Commissioner for Refugees--but a new and innovative project has been quietly building in the last few months. The "Global Pulse Project" was initiated at the G20 Summit in New York last year, but only recently has the initiative begun to take shape. Having gone largely unnoticed, the shift actually indicates a monumental change, signaling a more participatory and grassroots approach to technology for social change.
Christopher Fabian works for Unicef in New York. He has been advising the Un Global Pulse for the last six months. The global Pulse is led by Director Robert Kirkpatrick and includes staff from several Un agencies.
"The Gp comes at the request of the G20 leaders...
The United Nations is one of the world's largest organizations--managing agencies like the World Food Programme, Unicef, and the High Commissioner for Refugees--but a new and innovative project has been quietly building in the last few months. The "Global Pulse Project" was initiated at the G20 Summit in New York last year, but only recently has the initiative begun to take shape. Having gone largely unnoticed, the shift actually indicates a monumental change, signaling a more participatory and grassroots approach to technology for social change.
Christopher Fabian works for Unicef in New York. He has been advising the Un Global Pulse for the last six months. The global Pulse is led by Director Robert Kirkpatrick and includes staff from several Un agencies.
"The Gp comes at the request of the G20 leaders...
- 11/18/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
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