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UNDP and the City of Bratislava sign agreement to support urban innovation in Europe and Central Asia
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the City of Bratislava have signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance development activities supporting cities across Europe and Central Asia. Coordinated through UNDP’s Istanbul Regional Hub, this partnership focuses on addressing urban challenges through innovative systems approaches, strategic learning portfolios, […]
Reimagining urban finance for a climate-resilient future
At last week’s COP29, nations faced an urgent priority – addressing the critical role of finance in adapting to climate change and tackling loss and […]
Transforming biowaste into business value
Is the biowaste industry becoming a new ‘green business’ opportunity in North Macedonia? How can we unlock its potential? Managing biowaste in urban centers […]
UNDP takes its Blockchain Academy global
UNDP, UN Volunteers, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund personnel can now participate in blockchain and web3 training provided by the Algorand Foundation NEW […]
UNDP announces selected participants for the BOOST: Urban Future Finance
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia, in partnership with SocialTech Lab, announced the selection of 19 innovative finance solutions for […]
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 […]
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.
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