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  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    The SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Innovation Lab is founded to disrupt policy and decision-making practices in Armenia by making them more data-driven, human-centered, and behaviorally-informed. We envision mainstreaming the culture of innovation and experimentation by looking for "out-of-box" solutions and disruptive technologies.

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  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    The SDG Innovation Lab is founded to disrupt policy and decision-making practices in Armenia by making them more data-driven, human-centered, and behaviorally-informed. We envision mainstreaming the culture of innovation and experimentation by looking for "out-of-box" solutions and disruptive technologies.

    About us
    Projects
  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    The SDG Innovation Lab is founded to disrupt policy and decision-making practices in Armenia by making them more data-driven, human-centered, and behaviorally-informed. We envision mainstreaming the culture of innovation and experimentation by looking for "out-of-box" solutions and disruptive technologies.

    About us
    Projects
  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    We bring experimentation, evidence and collaboration into policy-making to imagine and build a sustainable development path for Armenia and beyond.

    About us
    Projects
  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    We bring experimentation, evidence and collaboration into policy-making to imagine and build sustainable development path for Armenia [and beyond].

    About us
    Projects
  • The world’s first National SDG Innovation Lab

    We bring experimentation, evidence and collaboration into policy-making to imagine and build sustainable development path for Armenia [and beyond].

    About us
    Projects
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Our Scope

Public Policy Innovation 

At the SDG Innovation Lab we use unconventional approaches such as data science, behavioral science, and design thinking to tackle persistent development problems or improve solutions that already exist. The SDG Lab runs experiments to provide evidence-based recommendations to the government on what would work versus not work in Armenia, thereby stimulating the introduction of impactful solutions to development issues. 

Public Service Innovation   

Our Lab helps the Government to be more responsive to changes when technology is developing exponentially. We create and test tools, redesign processes and digitalize public services to meet expectations of citizens and reimagine the public's experience of interacting with the government. The Lab provides a framework to facilitate the implementation of such innovations.

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Our Scope

Public Policy Innovation 

At SDG Innovation Lab we use unconventional approaches to tackle persistent development problems or improve solutions that already exist with the goal of “leaving no one behind”. The SDG Lab runs experiments to provide evidence-based recommendations to the government on what would work versus not work in Armenia, thereby stimulating the introduction of impactful interventions to development issues. 

Innovative Financing   

Our Lab helps to explore opportunities that can help mobilise new funding sources for development (such as Crowdfunding or Diaspora Bonds) to meet the SDGs. We design and test new instruments capable of engaging public and private capital in the drive to overcome the funding gap for development activities. The Lab provides a framework to facilitate the implementation of such instruments. 

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Behavioral Experimentation

  In the field of development, we tend to assume, because we are experts of certain fields, that what we know/believe to work, will eventually generate impact. What we may overlook, is that whatever we do has to do with humans and their complex behaviours, which are not always rational and may need to be nudged towards certain directions to ensure the desired effect.

We use findings from psychology, sociology, law, neuroscience, and economics to better understand human behavior and the choices we make.

This way, we can design interventions and test which nudges best work for behavioral change — choosing healthy diet, taking medicine, or saving money. The results help inform public policy, ameliorate public services, and improve the lives of citizens.

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Our Services

Innovation at its best
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Data Science

People increasingly rely upon online digital services to facilitate key aspects of their lives, and data scientists apply computational technologies to study and develop tools using the data footprint generated through these online activities. Armenia is no exception to the global trend․

Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing are widely used for  the major projects undertaken at the Lab, including the projects that ameliorate citizen-government correspondence, improve maternal health, develop sustainable tourism, bridge education to the labor market, and so much more. 

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Design Thinking

One of the underlying principles of the Lab is to make sure that all the products are created with the user in mind. Design Thinking helps us in the process of questioning: questioning the problem, questioning the assumptions, and questioning the implications. 

With a human-centered core, design thinking is premised in developing a deep empathy towards people for whom we are designing a solution, and on unlocking our creative potential to co-design and test those solutions with our stakeholders and users.

 

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Innovation at its best

Behavioral Experimentation

Psychological, social, cultural factors can drive individual decisions. Through small, subtle interventions – or nudges- that influence behavior in a way that benefit individual and public. 

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Data Science

We harness data for sustainable development, whether it be creating a tool to conduct sentiment analysis on Armenia’s tourist services; developing an integrated digital solution for agriculture; or building a platform, which will help students make better-informed decisions and plan their career journeys.

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Learning and Development

At the SDG Lab we demonstrate the value of experimentation to public servants and build knowledge of our adopted methods and approaches through full-fledged and hands-on workshops.

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What does SDG in our Lab's name stand for?

 

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

The Government of Armenia signed on to Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015.

The complexity and interconnectedness of SDGs require novel approaches, methodologies, strong data systems, and institutions that would have the capacity to provide ‘out of the box’ solutions that bring about transformative impact.

In view of this complexity, the Armenia National SDG Innovation Lab was set up in November 2017 to draw upon innovative methodologies from across the world to support and accelerate the SDG implementation process.

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BarevBalik.am

Jun 27

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A reliable maternal and child health platform and app will guide parents and prepare parents-to-be with answers to the most frequently asked questions throughout the first years of parenthood

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SDG 16 Innovation in Action

Apr 28

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UNDP OGC has launched a collection of stories on SDG 16 Data Practices featuring sdgmonitor.live — our innovative SDG 16 data initiative

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Re-framing road safety in Armenia: Connecting data, people, and policies for safer roads

Nov 26

Re-framing road safety in Armenia: Connecting data, people, and policies for safer roads

The project will use innovative tools to improve road safety in Armenia, contributing to a 50 percent reduction in road deaths by 2030

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26/1 V. Sargsyan st., Erebuni Plaza, 4th floor, 405 room, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia

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(055) 707 517 

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09:00 - 18:00

Address

26/1 V. Sargsyan st., Erebuni Plaza, 4th floor, 405 room, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia

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[email protected]

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We want to mainstream innovation and evidence-based policy-making in public sector with "out-of-box" approaches. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay tuned to the latest news and updates from the SDG Lab.

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