Innovate UK
ClimateTechIQ
A two-year funded project to develop a benchmarking model and AI platform for climate technology start-ups in the energy industry. Co-applicant: Improvability AI, London.
Track record
Work we were
asked to do.
Research, advisory and technical assignments delivered for development banks, United Nations agencies, government departments and global corporations since 2020.
Commission a studyEighteen
assignments.
Climate technology is where our work sits now. It rests on a decade of commissioned research into technology, data and development — the same question asked of different systems.
Clients include the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Google, Meta, Innovate UK, the UK Department for Business and Trade and Garanti BBVA.
Selected assignments
Most recent first.
Each of these was commissioned, scoped and delivered by OCTD or by its founder-director.
Garanti BBVA
A white paper on the circular economy for the financial sector
UK Department for Business and Trade
The Climate and Diplomacy Fund
A UK study visit for a delegation of senior financial-sector leaders from Türkiye on climate risk.
ICMPD
Integration of artificial intelligence into the Electronic Case Management System
EMPATHY Project, International Centre for Migration Policy Development.
ICMPD
Supporting Türkiye’s efforts to strengthen border management
SAFE Project, covering the eastern and south-eastern land borders.
ICMPD
The European Union’s use of artificial intelligence in managing undocumented migration
World Food Programme
Data analysis and machine learning for vulnerability assessment
Targeting and assurance in humanitarian action.
Google
Addressing data scarcity: case studies and methods to access marketing data
IOM Asia-Pacific
Mobile data for mobility tracking in Mongolia
Capacity-building for the National Statistics Organization of Mongolia.
UNICEF
Technical analysis of software used to support schooling of refugee children
Reviewing the systems used by ASAM, the Association for Solidarity with Asylum-Seekers and Migrants, in Türkiye.
Bath University, MENASP Fund
Increasing social protection for Syrian refugees
In the Jordanian and Turkish garment industries.
Turkish Ministry of Labour / WYG
Attracting high-skilled labour to Türkiye
In IT, education, health and tourism. Funded by the European Union.
EBRD
Digital identity for the financial inclusion of Syrian refugees in Türkiye
In collaboration with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
ICMPD
Comparative analysis of the digitalisation of asylum applications
Across the EU, the United States, Canada and Türkiye.
International Federation of Red Cross
DIGID — Dignified Identity Project, Kenya
Blockchain-based digital identity for cash transfer.
Facebook
Digital citizenship in Türkiye
EBRD
Addressing grey areas in regulation for the financial inclusion of refugee entrepreneurs
Digital identity and digital credit solutions.
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Mobility control and socioeconomic consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic
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