26/05/2023

Did portfolios enable something in the city systems that was not there before?

Reflections on the first Regional Sensemaking with nine cities under Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG)  “When we started the project last year, I did not understand […]
29/03/2023

18 municipalities to receive support under the EU Response and Renewal Grant Programme

The Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Facility is increasing its support to members in Ukraine and Moldova  Brussels, Chișinău, Kyiv, 29 March 2023 – the European Commission and […]
22/03/2023

[Part 2] Behavioral change activities to reduce air pollution in Skopje

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 […]
20/01/2023

Dynamically managing Urban Transformation portfolios: Our M4EG journey

Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG), a joint EU and UNDP initiative focused on reimagining urban and local spaces, is running a Portfolio Journey with 10 selected […]
16/01/2023

UNDP North Macedonia creates biowaste audit dashboard

The biowaste audit dashboard visualizes how commercial entities working in the capital city of North Macedonia – Skopje, particularly in the HORECA (Hotels, Restaurants and Catering) […]
13/01/2023

Armenian communities test human-centered design for improved service delivery under the M4EG

Urban Imaginaries is a programme that supports towns and cities to reimagine local economic development and governance through new tools. Urban Imaginaries is one programme under […]
22/12/2022

BOOST x Kosovo acceleration programme announces grant awardees

BOOST x Kosovo, an acceleration programme aiming to promote green transition, announced the grant awardees for the first edition of BOOST programme in Kosovo. The programme […]
14/12/2022

Programme report: What BOOST’s women innovators learned

 In 2022, we worked with 55 changemakers from 16 countries and territories in Europe and Central Asia on harnessing innovation and technology to advance gender equality.  […]
08/12/2022

SafeYOU, an Armenian app, is taking on gender-based violence around the world

Two years ago, Mariam Torosyan, a human rights lawyer and social entrepreneur, founded SafeYOU, a social impact startup, in a bid to curb domestic and gender-based violence […]