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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 and businesses advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This collaboration brings together UNDP’s global innovation and finance expertise with Trigger’s strength in sustainable and scalable […]
UNDP joins forces with Blockchain for Good Alliance and EMURGO Labs to launch SDG Blockchain Accelerator
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the SDG Blockchain Accelerator, harnessing blockchain technology to develop, pilot, and scale innovative solutions to advance the United […]
Be part of the SDG Blockchain Accelerator – Call for blockchain solutions
The SDG Blockchain Accelerator is a global initiative designed to identify, support, and scale blockchain-powered solutions that tackle real-world development challenges aligned with the UN […]
Be part of the SDG Blockchain Accelerator – Call for UNDP challenges
Unlock the power of blockchain for sustainable development The SDG Blockchain Accelerator is now looking for UNDP challenges for the 2025 cohort! Led by the […]
United Nations Development Programme and Stellar Development Foundation join forces to advance blockchain solutions for financial inclusion
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at harnessing […]
Green Aral Sea initiative: Planting a forest
UNDP Uzbekistan’s Accelerator Lab launched the Green Aral Sea crowdfunding campaign, which will help resolve the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster.
UNDP and IsDB strengthen partnership to support Sustainable Development Goals
UNDP and Islamic Development Bank launched a renewed action plan to strengthen collaboration in support of national efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Supporting NGOs in the Muslim world; what Tadamon can offer
In the Arab region despite steady progress in reducing poverty and boosting health and education, many countries face daunting development challenges. Tadamon aims to strengthen […]
Working with Islamic Finance to achieve the SDGs: A win-win?
UNDP has been exploring ways to increase Islamic finance’s impact by linking Indonesia and Turkey together, through UNDP Alternative Finance Lab and UNDP Innovative Financing […]
UNDP launches new initiative with mayors to boost solar energy
Mayors from eight countries have joined forces with UNDP on a new initiative to boost financing for solar energy.
Introducing crowdfunding as an impact investment tool to finance startups in Egypt
AltFinLab, UNDP Egypt, and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center partnered together to foster crowdfunding in Egypt to unlock investment for achieving SDGs.
Adopting a cedar tree brings diaspora money home
Since its launch in 2009, Live Lebanon has implemented 67 projects and raised US$4.2 million from Lebanese communities abroad. From education to environment, it has […]
A fair deal for Ecuadorian cocoa farmers
Best known as the technology behind cryptocurrencies, blockchain is still too new and cutting edge for many industries. Blockchain data cannot be manipulated, it is fully […]
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