18/04/2023

Community listening is not a luxury

Prototyping City Learning Circle amidst Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine  This blog is based on the experience of Ukraine cities who were part of prototyping […]
14/04/2023

UNDP Georgia: Learnings from Urban Imaginaries

Reposted from the Centre for Public Impact. The latest developments internationally demand responses that have not been tried before. It requires governments at the central and […]
03/04/2023

Reproducing inequality: How AI image generators show biases against women in STEM

Reposted from UNDP Serbia. In the last few months, you have probably played around with a generative AI application, asking it to create an interesting image, […]
03/04/2023

Applying systems thinking in a crisis context

The launch of the EU Response and Renewal Programme for local authorities in Ukraine and Moldova for M4EG  To support the new realities of local authorities […]
01/04/2023

UNDP’s entrepreneurship acceleration programmes: What we learnt and what’s next

In recent years, there has been a strong shift from investing in traditional businesses to investing in impact ventures, i.e. companies that aim to create positive […]
22/03/2023

[Part 1] Behavioral science: One way towards a smarter policy action to reduce air pollution

UNDP North Macedonia and its AccLab team embarked on a journey to understand how using behavioral sciences and experiments (nudges) can help us tackle air pollution […]
15/03/2023

M4EG Partner Dialogue: What’s needed for city transformation?

The Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) initiative held a Partner Dialogue in Istanbul on 28 February 2023, bringing together representatives from the EU and UNDP and prominent […]
14/03/2023

Can LinkedIn data help us measure the glass ceiling?

Gender disparities persist globally, particularly in positions of power and higher pay, where women face cultural and professional barriers to advancement, which are often referred to […]
07/03/2023

UNDP North Macedonia: Citizen-centered financial management at the local level

On a daily basis, we receive toxic news about problems in the local finance – poor property tax collection, low fiscal effort, limited fiscal capacities, debt-ridden […]