22/03/2019
Mayors from eight countries have joined forces with UNDP on a new initiative to boost financing for solar energy.
20/02/2019
AltFinLab, UNDP Egypt, and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center partnered together to foster crowdfunding in Egypt to unlock investment for achieving SDGs.
19/10/2018
The Alternative Finance Lab, together with UNDP Panama, organized sessions to learn about advances in innovation with practical cases and thus be able to exchange with organizations that are already promoting blockchain, fintech, and crowdfunding initiatives.
23/07/2018
We've led 35 crowdfunding campaigns at UNDP since 2015 and mobilized US$1.2 million. Here's our take-away.
10/07/2018
UNDP Istanbul Hub and Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra put their heads together and thought about the challenges around impact bonds-what comes to preventing and solving wicked societal problems, the core idea, and the benefit of impact bonds.
23/05/2018
Considering that the 21st century is an urban one, key attributes of our cities should be used as assets to harness urban development scenarios, primarily density and diversity. Crowd urbanism serves as a key bottom-up initiative, which gives tools to all city members to co-steer local development.
30/04/2018
UNDP Crowdfunding Academy has the first successful crowdfunding campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the "Talas" magazine team. Let's dive into Talas magazine's story and the first Global UNDP Crowdfunding Academy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
16/02/2018
Argan trees are, in many cases, the only income for local indigenous women. However, most of them lack cash for expanding their businesses beyond just simple collecting nuts as conservative funding is not easily assessable for local cooperatives and farmers. Crowdfunding can help in bringing the necessary funds to Argan oil cooperatives and make their business more sustainable.
03/11/2017
Displaced people often struggle with identity loss. Having the digital footprint of blockchain can help refugee families in transit and those of us in the humanitarian arena to get a better sense of what displaced people want. This way, we could get better at tailoring our toolkits to assist them.