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AI x Cities webinar series: Session 1 – Starting where cities actually are
While information about AI is abundant, space to make sense of what it means in practice is not. That gap between the global AI conversation and where cities in our region actually stand is the focus of the first session of the AI in Development Practice series. Hosted by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Regional […]
UNDP and the Stellar Development Foundation extend partnership to scale proven digital payment solutions
UNDP and the Stellar Development Foundation extend their partnership to scale blockchain-based digital payment solutions across country office programmes.
What blockchain VDAP opens for UNDP colleagues
What blockchain VDAP opens for UNDP colleagues Connecting internal talent with live blockchain and AI workstreamsJune 26, 2026 | NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT UNDP teams […]
UNDP launches open call for the BOOST: Innovation Ecosystem Accelerator in Moldova and Ukraine
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, is launching the BOOST: Innovation Ecosystem Accelerator – a new […]
UN Blockchain Talks #9 | AI Agents, Federated Learning, and the Sovereign AI Stack
The ninth and closing session of the spring UN Blockchain Talks handed the floor to three private-sector builders working at the edge of AI and blockchain, […]
From Russia to Tajikistan: Changing the way money moves
Could blockchain-based payment systems make financial access easier for migrant workers sending remittance payments from abroad, make the transfer cheaper, faster, and more secure?
10 Steps to Successful Crowdfunding
UNDP Indonesia experiments with innovative and alternative financing models to tackle development challenges effectively. Here are the ten things that helped their crowdfunding campaign raise […]
Crowdfunding Academy Ukraine 2017
The following piece was first published on the AltFinLab blog and was originally published on July 18, 2017. Crowdfunding Academy in Ukraine is a three […]
Crowdfunding SMEs for SDGs – and how we do it in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina…
This year, our efforts are geared toward seeing to what extent crowdfunding can help small entrepreneurs accessing funding in places where it is prohibitively expensive […]
Mašenjka Feels Happy, From A to W, Twelve Campaigns Will Go Out Crowdfunding!
After two months of intensive work with the Crowdfunding Academy team, twelve teams are ready with their campaigns. Check out the teams and their videos, […]
UNDP Moldova is keeping the doctor away from more than 3000 school-age children
UNDP Moldova explains the challenges and lessons from their mission of increasing children fruit consumption through their first crowdfunding campaign.
Crowdfunding is not (only) about the money
From conducting a successful campaign to setting up Crowdfunding Academy and UNDP Alternative Finance Lab, helping to launch more than 15 campaigns in 10+ countries […]
Crowdfunding As a Potential Behemoth: A Billion Euro Industry Waiting To Happen
Zagreb Crowdfunding Convention comes as a manifestation of the Crowdfunding Academy’s goals to contribute to the development of a crowdfunding market in Croatia. It’s the […]
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