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Catalyzing global insight and action for the SDGs, one Room at a time 

The 17 Rooms flagship convenes diverse leaders and experts to pressure-test and strengthen “how” propositions that could drive widespread cross-cutting gains in sustainable development. Room convenings identify practical pathways for follow-through and translate insights into public-facing knowledge products.

What is an innovation in the how? We mean a tool, technology, or approach that improves how progress happens across multiple dimensions of sustainable development at once—by making it easier to scale what works, coordinate across actors, strengthen evidence and learning, mobilize resources, or translate insight into implementation. We are particularly interested in innovations across three themes: how to scale, how to deploy technology for collaboration, and new models for governance and organizing.

Each Room (or working group) serves as a neutral forum for workshopping an innovation with a small number of leading voices on the topic (say six to 10 people). Rooms will typically meet virtually one to three times over a few weeks to discuss and enhance the innovation. The process is highly collaborative, with opportunities for feedback and exchange, all aimed at enhancing the value proposition of an initial idea.

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