INCLUSIVE DIGITAL CO-CREATION IN RESILIENT AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS

Involving women is key – Opportunities for gender-responsive digital solutions

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With a particular focus on the role of women and marginalized groups in technology co-design vis-à-vis Germany's nascent Feminist Foreign Policy, the event will present the lessons learned from the AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping (AID-CSB)'s 2021 implementation and host a panel discussion on potential areas for improvement, collective engagement, and cooperation among governments, UN bodies, civil society, and the private sector to scale human rights-based technology co-design.

Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and in close collaboration between project partners ICARDA, HiveTracks, and icipe, the AID-CSB project works to bridge the digital gender divide by using a human rights-based approach to the development of The Beekeeper's Companion - an app for beekeepers. Working with women beekeepers across Ethiopia and Uzbekistan, the project's gender-responsive approach addresses barriers to meaningful participation. It empowers women to increase their livelihoods in a planet-positive economic activity.

Agenda:

Speakers:

• Luise Amtsberg, Special Envoy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, German Federal Foreign Office
• Akmal Akramanov, Regional Manager, Central Asia and the Caucasus, ICARDA
• Andrea Gardeazábal Monsalve, Monitor, Evaluation and Learning Manager - ICT for Agriculture, CIMMYT
• Workneh Ayalew, Programme Coordinator of the MOre Young Entrepreneurs in Honey and Silk (MOYESH) Programme, icipe
• Max Rünzel, CEO, HiveTracks
• Laura Becker, Project Coordinator of AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Women, ICARDA-MEL