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Reimagining municipal futures: The evolution and aspirations of the M4EG
Written by the UNDP Innovation Team Istanbul Regional Hub in partnership with the European Commission. As the EU Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) concluded the Future-Fit Cities Forum 2025: Missions Possible in Chișinău, Moldova in early April, it is an appropriate time to reflect on its lessons for the EU-funded […]
City innovations: Exploring emerging tech solutions in the Western Balkans
In the Western Balkans, a wave of digital innovation has the potential to reshape how cities function. Imagine a city where public services operate seamlessly, […]
UNDP and Trigger team up to supercharge SDG startups and businesses with smarter investment and support
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Trigger Asset Management (Trigger) have launched a landmark partnership aimed at unlocking capital and strengthening support for startups […]
Innovating urban development: Lessons from M4EG & moving beyond growth
Two key lessons from our work in the Mayors for Economic Growth project, in collaboration with UNDP: 1) Innovation needs to occur at multiple levels […]
Future-Fit Cities Forum convenes in Moldova marking the next phase of the EU-UNDP M4EG initiative
The second international “Future-Fit Cities Forum” has officially concluded in Moldova, bringing together around 100 development actors, including mayors from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, development institutions, […]
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 […]
How to make a portal for startup development: A Serbian experience
Reposted from UNDP Serbia. How to build an Internet portal which offers start-ups simple and user-friendly information needed for their further business development? This was […]
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 […]
UNDP Serbia: How can women become winners of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
We live in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is rapidly transforming the economy and our way of life. Artificial intelligence, automation and […]
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 […]
From ‘SimCity’ to better urban reality
How “digital twins” of real cities can help guide innovation and transform our lives As a child, I loved playing SimCity, a popular video game […]
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 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 […]
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