SDG Technology Transfer: The Foundation for Establishing Successful Global Business Partnerships
The overarching theme of his year’s UNGSII SDG Lab was based on SDG 10 ‘Nobody left behind’. This philosophy lies at the heart of ‘SDG Technology Transfer’, which is based on the idea of successful business partnerships between Europe and countries in the Global South that benefit all parties.
In the lab, examples of successful technology transfer, green transformation, and the integration of artificial intelligence were presented. Andrés Carvallo from ‘Project Austin’ explained how technology transfer can activate the hidden potential of regions and improve their innovation performance. Swen Heinemann from Integrata Stiftung explained how companies are trained to use human-centred AI. Steve Williams, the President of Grand River Six Nations Ltd in Brantford, Ontario, gave insights into the importance of capacity building for the Canadian indigenous community. Jonas Svenson, Cleado and Executive Director of UNGSF, presented how living space can be created quickly and affordably with prefabricated houses. In a further workshop, Carlos Villalba, CEO of GreenSinnergy, provided insights into the large-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industrialisation hub in Chubut, Argentina. This hub has a local value chain and uses the expertise of local specialists.
How ‘SDG Technology Transfer’ works in in practice is presented in the video. Many thanks to Roland Schatz from the UNGSII Foundation for uniting people from various countries and disciplines and making the SDGs a reality.
‘SDG Technology Transfer’ is a concept developed by Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg and first presented by Bertram Lohmüller at the SDG Lab 2022 @WEF Davos.