Technological innovation and digitalisation enable comprehensive, transformative change and are key factors for social, economic, and organisational change worldwide. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leveraging the potential of innovative technologies will remain of central importance.
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Until its decommissioning on 31 December 2024, the techDetector offered a strategic and analytical assessment of innovative technologies and their relevance for sustainable development. This tool provided a systematic evaluation along the GIZ sustainability dimensions and was unique in the landscape of international technology rankings.
With more than 100 technologies, the techDetector represented a wide selection of relevant technologies from various sectors within GIZ’s expertise. Each technology was evaluated based on its technological readiness level and its potential impact on sustainability and gender equality.
The tool was developed in collaboration with Envisioning and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (FIAO) but has since been discontinued.