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Sören Gigler is Senior Digital Policy Officer at the Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit in DG Connect at the EC. He is working on access-to-finance for digital innovations with a focus on disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, supercomputing and 5G. From 1997-2016, Sören worked at the World Bank as Innovation Program Coordinator, Senior Governance Specialist and Economist. At the World Bank's Innovation Lab, he led Open Government Data, Citizen Feedback, Social Accountability and Mapping for Result programs. He was Visiting Associate Professor for Political Economy at Georgetown Univ. He holds a Phd from the LSE and MS in Economics from Univ. of Munich.
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Sören Gigler is Senior Digital Policy Officer at the Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit in DG Connect at the EC. He is working on access-to-finance for digital innovations with a focus on disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, supercomputing and 5G. From 1997-2016, Sören worked at the World Bank as Innovation Program Coordinator, Senior Governance Specialist and Economist. At the World Bank's Innovation Lab, he led Open Government Data, Citizen Feedback, Social Accountability and Mapping for Result programs. He was Visiting Associate Professor for Political Economy at Georgetown Univ. He holds a Phd from the LSE and MS in Economics from Univ. of Munich.
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innovation
international development
technology
digital
poverty
artificial intelligence
accountability
transparency
blockchain
empowerment
governance
information technology
economics
ict for development
open data
open government
human development
digital innovation
sustainability
deep tech
world bank
climate change
citizens
economic development
citizen feedback
european commission
mapping
social accountability
information and communications technology
internet
sustainable development
open development
ict
finance
europe
civil society
climate crisis
aid effectiveness
startups
digital inclusion
bolivia
well-being
tech4good
digital divide
investment
development effectiveness
nepal
data
sdgs
sustainable development goals
green deal
participation
environment
donor coordination
aid transparency
social media
citizen engagement
eu
transformation
ai
tech
development
public sector reform
open aid partnership
digital transformation
social
geography
geospatial
economy
social innovation
social exclusion
internet of things
scaleup
venture capital
equity
disruptive technologies
kenya
social development
mapping for results
impact
sustainable finance
citizen feedback loops
small business
incubation
youth
rural development
information literacy
human capabilities
amartya sen
good governance
crowdsourcing
voice
results
international aid transparency
maps
feedback
fragile state
green
investment fund
access to finance
european investment fund
communication
south eastern europe
central europe
startup
poverty mapping
open innovation
green growth
development assistance
climate
big data
smes
ghg emissions
funding
iot
africa
digitaltransformation
sector-wide approach
health
ontrack
inclusion
techn
and
information
machine learning
investing
santa cruz
vc
data value
innovation hubs
web 2.0
la paz
digital strategy
mdg
smart grid
smart cities
foundations
tanzania
climate action
international
inter-active mapping
government
civic engagement
cop28
bilateral donors
climat
cop26
germany
ecology
klimawandel
zambia
ict4d
on track
impact finance
community
ifad
data economy
nachhaltigkeit
grassroots
farmer organisations
decentralization
local government
income
e-governance
e-government
rural communities
information poverty
livelihoods
impact evaluation
agency
political participation
economic growth
it
gis
corruption
openness
freedom
quechua
gender
women
fintech
governance; information; and; communication; techn
international development aymara
dlt
ecosystem
convergence
european investment bank
ebrd
baltics
poland
sms
mobiles
eastern europe
monitoring
collaboration
european union
libya
sudan
haiti
guinea
crisis mapping
geocode
digital literacy
indigenous peoples
marginalized communities
peru
andes
cultural diversity
wellbeing
targeting
inequality
incentives
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