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Urban Talks series | Summary and takeaways
Urban Talks is an interactive webinar series that spotlights cities and initiatives that are building new inclusive visions across Europe and Central Asia and wider, and showcases how cities are demonstrating resilience, reinventing their economies, transitioning to inclusive and smart cities, and building new partnerships. It is a space for […]

With support from Slovakia and UNDP, a Green Economy Hub has opened in Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast
On 30 July, the Green Economy Hub was opened in Nizhyn – a new space where residents, local authorities, businesses and academia can work together around […]

Blockchain for Public Good: Insights from UNDP’s Paris Convenings
Insights from UNDP’s Paris Convenings

Where does AI actually help a city? Ten municipalities spent three days finding out
Inside the CEF x AI Bootcamp in Podgorica, Montenegro – and what it taught us about building AI capability in local governments The CEF x AI Bootcamp, held […]

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 […]

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 […]

UNDP Alternative Financing Lab – the next big thing is a lot of small (and smart things)!
From blockchain to crowdfunding, Alternative Finance Lab mobilized over EUR 3 million across a series of experiments with new financial mechanisms.

UNDPCrowd: A new kid on the block?
The same as for software developers, we, development professionals, need a paradigm shift in how we do work, how that work gets financed and how […]

Tour Around the World with Global Crowdfunding (part two)
We are travelling around the world and meeting teams and projects of Global Crowdfunding Academy. All of them wish to make a change in their […]

Talking in tongues: From crypto currencies to breaking blockchains
From equity-based crowfunding and person-to-person lending, to crypto currencies and mobile money; entirely new players are disrupting the field of financing for development and public […]

Tour Around the World with Global Crowdfunding Academy (part one)
The first Global Crowdfunding Academy organized for and by the UNDP offices around the world had a really strong competition. After a tough selection process, […]
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