Drones for SDGs Toolkit (Sustainable Development).pdf

It is related to sustainable development in drone technology

1. Drones for SDGs Toolkit
Session 1 -Tuesday 23rd November 2021, 2:15 PM Kathmandu | 8:30 AM GMT
Session 2 -Wednesday 24th November 2021, 9:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM GMT
UNICEF Office of Innovation & ICTD

2. Session 1 -Tuesday 23rd November 2021, 2:15 PM Kathmandu | 8:30 AM GMT
Session 2 -Wednesday 24th November 2021, 9:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM GMT
UNICEF Office of Innovation & ICTD
Introduction of UNICEF Innovation
Presentation of the Drones for SDGs Toolkit
Presentation by ICAO on UAS regulations
Audience Q&A

3. Drones for SDGs Toolkit
UNICEF is using Uncrewed Aircraft Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as
drones, to deliver life-saving medical supplies, to collect aerial
imagerythat helps map risks and save children’s lives in emergencies,
and to help bridge the connectivity gap.
For Every Child … Drones

4. UNICEF has been a leader in the drone ecosystem, especially through
enabling better public policy around drones and funding of drone innovation.
Key outcomes of our work has been –
1.Improving the regulatory environment for testing of drones through the
establishment of drone corridors.
2.Identifying and supporting the development of digital public goods.
3.Building local capacity through the African Drone and Data Academy.
Our work
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5. Registerednurse, Miriam Nampil, 55
years, vaccinates the first baby with
a commercial drone delivered
vaccine. Baby Joy Nowai, one month
old, receives vaccines BCG to prevent
tuberculosis and Hepatitis B.
•Vaccines delivered to 1,100
children in 48 last mile locations.
UNICEF Vanuatu 2018
Vaccine Deliveries
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6. Near the Lifupa health centre in
central Malawi, UNICEF-supported
community health worker Elizabeth
Pemba holds lifesaving medical
supplies delivered by drone.
•Over 27,361 vaccines and 95,011
doses of antibiotics delivered in
Malawi to-date.
UNICEF Malawi 2019
Medical Commodities
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7. Students from UNICEF Innovations
Lab study UAV during drone testing
for search and rescue operations in
Kazakhstan.
•Strengthening local capability of
the first responders in Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and
Afghanistan.
UNICEF Kazakhstan 2019
Search & Rescue
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8. UNICEF Innovation has funded the
establishment of three (3)
permanent drone corridors
globally.
Drone Corridors:
•Malawi
•Kazakhstan, and
•Sierra Leone.
Seeding innovation in drones
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9. Safe space for innovation to
help governments learn
-Test tech readiness of UAVs
for delivery, mapping and
connectivity in the Malawi
context
-FlyBVLOSand get
certifications and approval from
aviation authorities (CAAs)
-Community and government
engagement, and
sensitization
UNICEFINNOVATION
Drone corridors
Kasungu,
Malawi
@unicefinnovate

10. -Support government’s disaster
reduction agencies to use UAVs
for emergency response and
search and rescue
-Test UAVs in the most extreme
weather conditions
-Create opportunities for
local drone companies to
provide services to their
governments
UNICEFINNOVATION @unicefinnovate
Drone corridors
Akmola and Almaty,
Kazakhstan
UNICEFINNOVATION

11. UNICEFINNOVATION @unicefinnovate
Drone corridors
Njala, Sierra Leone
-First medical delivery was
conducted on Friday the 19th of
November, 2021. Deliveries to
250 locations commencing soon.
-Test UAVs in monsoon and flood
conditions whilst supporting
Government response efforts
-Act as enabling infrastructure for
proof of concept of drone and
other DPGs, as part of Sierra
Leone’s Digital Public Good
pathfinder activities.

12. Two students at the Africa Drone
and Data Academy in Malawi
soldering drone components. The
ADDA is a global leader in drone
training developed by UNICEF and
Virginia Tech.
•25 Graduates from 9 countries
https://adda-malawi.org/
UNICEF Malawi 2019
Developing local capabilities
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13. UNICEF Venture Fund has backed
six (6) drone companies from six
(6) different countries with grant
funding of over $100,000 each for
the development of Open Source
Drone Solutions which are eligible
for Digital Public Good
nomination.
Investing in Digital Public
Goods
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14. COUNTRY REGION
SOUTH AFRICA
TECH AREA
Drones
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Revenue streams: B2B and B2G
Funding to date: $10 million
PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS
WFP, FastCompanytop SA startup, Raba
Capital, TimonCapital
Project Description
Cloudlineoperates small-scale autonomous airships, providing a
delivery service to governments, international agencies and
enterprises for delivering essential goods such as medical supplies.
Autonomous airships leverage the advantages of existing drone
operations –while addressing some of the biggest challenges: They
carry large payloads (from 5 kg to 1 tonne) with very high endurance (>
24 hours), using consumer grade technology. The inherently safe
failure mode of helium airships (when systems fail, they float not fall)
suits them to a variety of applications near populated areas.
Results to date
Final airship launched, with a payload capacity of 10kgs
-Full endurance capability (40km/h) along with automated waypoint
flying.
-Contributed flight control software to the PX4 upstream community
by introducing a new mode of aircraft to the open source community
in the form of airships
Demo video here
Cloudline

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16. Drones for SDGs Toolkit
https://unicef.github.io/drone-
4sdgtoolkit/
The toolkit has two target audiences:
1) users of the tools such as the UN,
other agencies, governments, and
non-profit and private sector drone
practitioners or Startups.
2) developers of relevant drone
solutions that are looking to increase
visibility and use of their solutions; or
are looking to build on existing open-
source code for development of new
applications.
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17. We want contributions -
The Drones for SDGs Toolkit is open to contributions in the following areas;
1.Open datasets, a.i. and machine learning projects.
2.Technical and decision-making guides.
3.Open courseware and training programs.
4.Non-commercial standard operating procedures and regulatory frameworks.
5.Open-source software and hardware.
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18. Criteria for contributions to the toolkit
All submissions to the Drones for SDG Toolkit must meet the following criteria;
1.Must be a project that uses Open Standards, Open Data, Open Source, and
Open Innovation in its development, hosting, publishing, and support.
2.Must be contribute to the achievement of at least one (1) of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals.
3.The project must have clear ownership.
4.The project must use approved open source licenses.
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19. How to contribute
Go tohttps://unicef.github.io/drone-4sdgtoolkit/
Navigate to the “About the
toolkit” Section.
Here you will find
information about the
toolkit criteria and the link
to the project submission
form.
Why it’s important
Answer the questions about your project and submit
your application which will be reviewed within 90 days
against our criteria.
Open-source drone tools will enable
faster scaling of solutions globally
and accelerate innovation. Many of
the world’s challenges can be solved
using digital public goods and the
Drones for SDG toolkit is a pathway to
Digital Public Goods development.
Contribute your project to the toolkit
and join us in deploying solutions at a
global scale.
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20. Drones for SDGs Toolkit
SDK. The Digital Public Goods Standard is a set of
specifications and guidelines for: open-source
software, open data, open AI models, open standards,
and open content that adhere to privacy and other
applicable best practices, do no harm by design and
are of high relevance for attainment of the United
Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What is a Digital Public Good?
Visit https://digitalpublicgoods.net/for more
information on DPG criteria and vetting process.
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SDK. The Venture Fund was launched by UNICEF in 2016 –a US$17.9
million investment fund –undertaking the complex work of
helping to identify and grow innovations for children.
The UNICEF Venture Fund makes $50–100K early stage
investments in technologies for children developed by UNICEF
country offices or companies in UNICEF programme countries.
Funding for developing contributions to
the Drones for SDG toolkit.
Follow us on twitter @unicefinnovateor check the website
(https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/#/submit) for our next
drone-focused call for applications.
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