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eTIR National Application (eTIR NA)
UNECE TIR Secretariat, Sustainable Transport Division
Discover the eTIR National Application, an open-source solution to connect national customs authorities with the eTIR international system faster and at no cost. It allows customs officers to execute eTIR procedures, access transport information, and generate accompanying documents efficiently.
Key features:
- Send and receive all eTIR messages related to customs
- Supports multiple languages and integration with national and international systems
- Flexible hosting: SaaS, on-premises, or hybrid
- Open-source license: Apache 2.0
GENIE.AI – Global Empowerment, Intelligence and Equity
GENIE.AI is a global initiative led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through its Telecommunication Development Bureau. Emerging from the AI for Good track on Open Source Generative AI for Digital Public Goods, GENIE.AI promotes equitable access to advanced AI capabilities.
The initiative provides a low cost, lightweight, open source framework designed to meet the needs of low and middle income countries. It enables governments and development partners to design, build, and deploy AI powered digital public services such as chatbots, assistants, and decision support tools, either locally or in the cloud.
Built on open source Large Language Models, Retrieval Augmented Generation pipelines, and modular microservices, GENIE.AI supports interoperability, multilingual inclusion, and responsible AI governance aligned with UN values and international standards. The framework encourages collaboration, local ownership, and sustainable innovation.
What GENIE.AI Delivers
- An open source reference architecture aligned with the OSI definition and the Digital Public Goods Standard
- Tools for local deployment, capacity building, and model fine tuning
- A growing global community of contributors and partners
- Demonstration projects advancing AI for sustainable development
Current Adoption
National institutions in Bangladesh, El Salvador, the Gambia, Kenya, and Lesotho are actively developing GENIE.AI powered services. International partners include Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, IEEE Humanitarian Technologies, and UNICC.
GENIE.AI is the first Digital Public Infrastructure integrated into the GovStack sandbox and is released open source under the UN source code repository. Read more
FireForm
FireForm is the 1st Place winner of the Reboot the Earth 2025 hackathon, hosted by the United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT) and UC Santa Cruz. It is an open source system designed to reduce administrative workload for first responders by automating incident report documentation.
Firefighters often need to submit the same incident information to multiple agencies, each with its own reporting templates and forms. This creates hours of repetitive paperwork at the end of shifts. FireForm addresses this challenge with a "report once, file everywhere" approach.
A firefighter records a voice memo or enters a single description of the incident. The system transcribes the input and uses a locally running open source language model to extract key details such as names, locations, and incident information. The extracted data is structured into a JSON file, which is then used to automatically populate multiple agency specific PDF forms.
FireForm runs locally and uses open source models through Ollama, allowing sensitive incident data to remain on the device. The system is designed to work with existing fillable PDF templates, making it adaptable across different departments and agencies.
By reducing repetitive paperwork, FireForm helps first responders spend less time on documentation and more time on operational duties.
Repository:https://github.com/fireform-core/FireForm
Demo: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ecPjipOemyJjCmErbXsiNGFO0R4pycgm
License: MIT License