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Listening to Cities: Insights from the 2025 City Experiment Fund Cohort
How do cities understand the needs of their citizens – and turn those insights into meaningful action? As part of the 2025 cycle of the City Experiment Fund (CEF), ten cities across Europe and Central Asia embarked on a community listening journey to explore how cities can meaningfully engage communities. The CEF […]
UNDP Europe and Central Asia Launches City Imaginarium to Reimagine Urban Futures
On World Cities Day 2025, UNDP in Europe and Central Asia launches the City Imaginarium — a regional creative campaign that invites artists and communities […]
UNDP AltFinLab and Blockchain for Good Alliance Launch Blockchain Impact Forum
The United Nations Development Programme’s Alternative Finance Lab (AltFinLab) and the Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) are co-organising a landmark two-day Blockchain Impact Forum. Hosted […]
Co-Creating SDG Solutions: Highlights from the 2025 Blockchain Hackathon
In a time of rapid technological advancement, the question is no longer whether emerging technologies like blockchain have a role to play, but how they […]
37 Teams Selected to Join Cohort 2 of the SDG Blockchain Accelerator
The SDG Blockchain Accelerator has concluded its 2025 virtual global hackathon sprint with 37 winning teams selected to join Cohort 2. Over the next four […]
What we’re learning from using generative AI in our innovation work
For the Innovation Team at UNDP Europe and Central Asia, much of our work revolves around creating, storing, managing, and sharing knowledge. Approaching the latest […]
An algorithm for more women in STEM
We live in a rapidly changing world where vast technological advancements are announced almost daily – think of the AI developments in just the last […]
Connecting innovation ecosystems and alternative finance: A three-day journey
In July, UNDP, in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, the Islamic Solidarity Fund, and the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, organized a […]
Announcing UNDP Europe and Central Asia’s new community listening guide for urban transformation
Cities are confronting unprecedented challenges and traditional linear approaches are no longer sufficient to address overlapping, interconnected issues efficiently. But there is an effective way […]
Learning to build response and renewal activities in municipalities in Ukraine and Moldova during the crisis
When we at the RBEC Knowledge and Innovation Team at UNDP Europe and Central Asia designed our four-week learning sprint with selected municipalities in Ukraine […]
The Mayors for Economic Growth Facility launches a “Foundations for Future Readiness” course
Istanbul, 26 July 2023 – The Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Facility, a joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme […]
Embracing a new way of working: Reflections on our first portfolio bootcamp
Our first ever portfolio bootcamp The climate crisis, urban development, and digital transformation are complex challenges that call for a new way of working. This […]
“It doesn’t rain in our kindergarten anymore. Both children and parents are happy”
The building of “Sălcioara” kindergarten, not repaired in last five decades, had undergone a makeover, and both children and parents are thrilled with the change. […]
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