GENEVA APPS FOR A BETTER WORLD GVAData is a comprehensive gateway to information of International Geneva with >500 resources easily searchable by Global Goals, organization, format and other parameters for academics, media and members of the diplomatic and development community. Find these apps and more on gvadata.ch
SheTrades
eLibrary App
An app from the International Trade Centre that connects women entrepreneurs with buyers across the world, helping them to grow their businesses and build new partnerships.
The International Committee of the Red Cross eLibrary app gives access to the latest PDF publications in up to eight languages.
SanctionsApp
UN Environment Publications
Initiative
An analytical tool that can be used in real time by both scholars and practitioners interested in examining, or working on designing and implementing UN targeted sanctions, managed by the Programme for the Study of International Governance at the Graduate Institute, Geneva.
IOM emergency manual Designed to provide practical, operational guidance to IOM staff working in emergency contexts. Content of the manual is publicly available, except for internal guidelines on management and administrative processes, so it can be used as a resource by all humanitarian actors.
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UN Environment’s library of research and knowledge products to enhance governments, scientists, NGOs, students’, private sector and public access to environmental information for a sustainable future.
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My Life as a Refugee
Every minute 8 people are forced to flee war, persecution or terror. If conflict threatened your family, what would you do? Developed by UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, based on real-life experiences of families torn apart by conflict or persecution.
UN Jargon Buster
My GEOSS
A searchable, offline glossary that clarifies hundreds of UN terms and acronyms with terminology from a number of PCP Partners including IOM, UNIDIR, UNIDO, UNOPS and UNRISD, compiled by UNU-MERIT.
A suite of apps using Earth observations for everyday decision making with data from the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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UNECE stats App
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ILOSTAT Country Profiles Easy access to country-level data for labour market indicators from the International Labour Office.
ILO InfoStories Understand the world of work, drawing on a wealth of information and analysis available to the International Labour Office. Each issue uses data-driven graphics, videos and interactive features to present a unique perspective on labour-related themes.
Zika app The World Health Organization’s Zika app aims to provide up-to-date information on Zika virus and its complications.
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"My World Weather" app by the World Meteorological Organization can automatically display the latest official weather forecasts for the city closest to the user from over 1,600 cities around the world.
Landmine & ERW Safety
Keep up with the latest World Food Programme news, pictures, videos, podcasts and social media posts all in one place.
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The 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR) by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction includes augmented reality icons that link the report to its companion app, GAR for Tangible Earth (GfT). Through GfT, a user can learn about the past several decades in the life of our planet, explore interactive risk scenarios from throughout the history of UNISDR & create scenarios on their own.
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MyWorldWeather App
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WFP Today
2015 was a milestone year for the United Nations – its 70th anniversary and the Member States adopted important frameworks on sustainable development, climate action and disaster risk reduction. For the 1st time in optimized mobile version, this Annual Report highlights stories and events across all three pillars of our work: peace, rights and well-being.
Keep the latest global health information at your fingertips. Daily updated with the latest news, feature stories, fact sheets, disease outbreak updates, and public health emergency information, and available in the 6 official WHO languages.
This tool, designed as an offline pocket book, presents 3,200 datasets of UNECE statistics on various subjects, such as the economy, forestry, gender, transport and development, collected from national statistical institutions.
Discover the SDGs and promote sustainable actions through picture & video sharing. Mapting invites each user to take pictures and videos of every act, project or idea that will help achieve the SDGs and share them on a world map.
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With contributions to GVADATA and to this inforgraphic from the Graduate Institute, Geneva; International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Trade Centre (ITC); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNRISD), Group on Earth Observations (GEO), World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
UNMAS tool to help reduce hazards of Landmine and Explosive Remnants of War on affected communities.
BRS App A window to the meetings of the global chemicals and wastes conventions and other information about the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
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