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SDG Blockchain Accelerator: Driving SDG Impact in 2025
In 2025, the SDG Blockchain Accelerator delivered 46 pilot- and implementation-ready solutions, with 12 already entering real-world testing. Developed across two global cohorts, 70% of these solutions are embedded within ongoing national and regional programmes – positioning them to move beyond standalone experiments and into active use. The SDG Blockchain […]
UN Blockchain Talks #6: What real supply chains demand from traceability systems
By the time a product or service reaches the end user, most of the difficult work has already been done elsewhere. Someone had to collect […]
UN Blockchain Talks #5: What Bhutan’s national digital identity tells us about privacy and implementation
During the fifth session of the UN Blockchain Talks series, the discussion moved beyond whether blockchain can support digital identity. A more useful examination was […]
How four Ukrainian cities are seeking their future during the war
On the eve of the fifth year of full-scale war, four Ukrainian cities have taken on what seems like an impossible task: to determine their […]
What is the portfolio approach and how does it work? Ukraine’s experience
In 2025, four Ukrainian cities – Khmelnytskyi, Bucha, Zhytomyr, and Slavutych – joined the Mission-Oriented Economy local transformation programme, part of the EU-funded Mayors for […]
UNDP Launches Green Urban Tech Open Call to Boost Greener, Smarter and More Resilient Cities
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia has launched the BOOST x CEF: Green Urban Tech open call, inviting innovators worldwide to […]
From Silos to Systems: Rethinking Urban Governance Through Portfolio Approaches
Following the Istanbul Innovation Days held in March 2025, we are releasing a series of articles capturing key insights, bold ideas and solutions that emerged […]
SDG Blockchain Accelerator Announces the Start of a Virtual Hackathon
UNDP Alternative Finance Lab (AltFinLab), in partnership with the Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA), EMURGO Labs (with funding from Project Catalyst), Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) […]
UNDP Releases 2024 Slovak Transformation Fund Annual Report
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia has released its 2024 Annual Report for the Slovak Transformation Fund (STF), spotlighting how […]
United Nations Development Programme Announces Stellar and FLock.io as New Partners in SDG Blockchain Accelerator
Together with existing partners Blockchain for Good Alliance and EMURGO Labs, the initiative will pilot blockchain solutions for sustainable development. August 19, 2025 — The […]
Istanbul Innovation Days | Blockchain-based solutions in action
Following the Istanbul Innovation Days held in March 2025, we are releasing a series of articles capturing key insights, bold ideas and solutions that emerged […]
Smart Futures: Harnessing Blockchain and AI for Sustainable Innovation
In Berlin, on 12-13 June 2025, the Smart Futures event convened a global community of innovators, policymakers and technologists to explore how frontier technologies – […]
My Journey as an Online Volunteer with the City Experimental Fund
Andrii Nahornyi is a GIS specialist with a background in spatial data analysis, cartography, and remote sensing. He holds a BSc in Geomatics and specializes […]
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