To Promote Sustainable Development Goals in Syria.. Launch of the Global Action Mosaic Platform

The "Humanitarian Tracker" organization, in collaboration with the "Tima" Development Foundation, launched its Global Action Mosaic platform (the Mosaic Project for Global Action) today, Monday, at the Digital Innovation Center "Digit" in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus, in the presence of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Marwan Al-Halabi.

According to "SANA", the platform aims to leverage public participation and artificial intelligence for the common good, enabling citizens to report humanitarian crises and human rights violations using technology. It integrates collective reports from field individuals with machine learning techniques and data extraction to analyze and verify information from various sources, track and measure progress towards achieving sustainable development goals, and use reports to create a live map and provide data to other organizations, journalists, and government bodies such as the United Nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of State.

During his speech, Minister Al-Halabi emphasized the importance of the platform in promoting sustainable development goals through the data produced by citizens.

For her part, Hind Al-Hanawi, Executive Director of the "Humanitarian Tracker" organization, explained that the organization is non-profit and based in Seattle, USA, and that its Global Action Mosaic platform is 14 years old. It is a flagship project for the organization that leads in employing public participation and artificial intelligence to achieve social impact.