Technological transition

India starts Aadhaar updating facility through common service centres

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opengovasia.com (29.04.2020) 20,000 common service centres will offer an Aadhaar updating service, catering to a large number of citizens in rural parts of the country.

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india
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Bangladesh: Online Course on COVID-19 for Doctors

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Department of Health (29.04.2020) Online Course on COVID-19 for Doctors: The course is mandatory for physicians who volunteer to provide medical advice and services on the Department of Health's Covid-19 hotline system

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bangladesh
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Taiwan: Taiwan’s digital fence technologies dra... | Taiwan News

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Taiwan News (08.04.2020)Taiwan's phone-based tracking system to monitor quarantined people sought by multiple countries. 

The apparatus identifies a person’s whereabouts based on the location of his/her mobile phone relative to nearby cell towers, which reveals the distance of the phone from a specific cell reception tower and its direction in relation to the tower.

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Taiwan, China
Global challenges
Topics
Health
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
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Chatbots provide millions with COVID-19 information every day, but they can be improved - here’s how

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World Economic Forum (06.04.2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has helped widen global usage for chatbot technology. After the pandemic, the use of chatbots for healthcare applications will continue to grow. Public and private stakeholders must come together to maximize these benefits while minimizing risks.

Global challenges
Topics
E-services
Service quality

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High-risk Artificial Intelligence to be ‘certified, tested and controlled,’ Commission says

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EURACTIV.com (19.02.2020) Artificial Intelligence technologies carrying a high-risk of abuse that could potentially lead to an erosion of fundamental rights will be subjected to a series of new requirements, the European Commission announced on Wednesday (19 February).

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european union
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Large-scale automation
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Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor

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The Guardian (14.10.2019) In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide – while penalising the most vulnerable

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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How digital can transform healthcare in Asia for millions of people

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World Economic Forum (04.10.2019) More than half of the people on Earth still don’t have full coverage of essential health services and almost 100 million people fall into extreme poverty from paying for healthcare. In South-East Asia, while some positive progress has been made in achieving universal health coverage (UHC), it isn’t happening fast enough.

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Asia
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Economic impact
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France: La dématérialisation des services publics se heurte à l'« illettrisme numérique »

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Les Echos (22.08.2019) Les services publics doivent être entièrement dématérialisés en 2022, mais 13 millions de Français rencontrent des difficultés avec les outils numériques. Le gouvernement et les collectivités territoriales ont annoncé la création de dix nouveaux lieux de formation.

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france
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
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WHO launches digital app to improve care for older people

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WHO (01.10.2019) On the International Day of Older Persons – 1 October – the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching  a package of tools, including a digital application to help health and social workers provide better care for older people.The innovative interactive digital application known as WHO ICOPE Handbook App provides practical guidance to address priority conditions including mobility limitations, malnutrition, vision and hearing loss, cognitive decline, depressive sy

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Old-age pensions
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Societal Impact
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Impulsan medidas de protección social para el trabajo freelance

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iproup (17.09.2019) A partir de la aceleración del cambio tecnológico, la globalización y los cambios culturales, la norma parece girar alrededor de trabajadores que mantienen más cantidad de trabajos por períodos más cortos, muchas veces con intermitencias y modalidades diferentes de contratación.

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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