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Istanbul Innovation Days 2025 | Institutions in the Age of AI Agents: Two Scenarios
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 from the conversations on institutional innovation. From reimagining partnerships to leveraging frontier technologies, these stories showcase opportunities to rethink and transform institutional paradigms. In our […]

Istanbul Innovations Days 2025 | Reimagining Institutions in the Age of AI Agents
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 Welcomes Sui as Technical Partner to Advance SDG‑Aligned Pilots
Sui’s high-performance blockchain will power pilots advancing censorship-resistant access to healthcare and other critical development initiatives. September 29, 2025 — The United Nations Development Programme […]

Green Innovation Takes the Spotlight as BOOST Demo Days Kick Off in Ukraine and Moldova
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central is set to spotlight a new generation of green innovators this autumn as the BOOST: […]

UNDP and Exponential Science Foundation Partner to Develop Government Blockchain Academy to Advance Public Sector Innovation
September 15, 2025 – Istanbul/London — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Exponential Science Foundation have announced a partnership to develop the Government […]

UNDP launches BOOST II in support of businesses in Kosovo*
UNDP Kosovo launched the second edition of the BOOST x Kosovo programme to support green recovery in the private sector. This edition: The Kosovo Green Challenge: NextGen […]

Eastern Partnership Mayors gather in Batumi, Georgia, to look into future-fit cities prospects
4 October 2023, BATUMI – More than 200 participants from Eastern Partnership cities convened in Batumi, Georgia, for a two-day urban forum organized by the Directorate-General […]

No language left behind: How to bridge the rapidly evolving AI language gap
New developments in artificial intelligence (AI) arise every day. AI offers us a vast array of opportunities for labour optimization, refinement of education systems, disease […]

Tadamon brings together more than 200 CSOs and partners at UNGA78
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISFD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) successfully organized […]

M4EG Urban Forum: Future-Fit Cities kicks off in October
Next week, Mayors for Economic Growth, a joint UNDP and EU initiative, will host the Urban Forum: Future-Fit Cities, a gathering of over 300 representatives […]

Green innovation: A biohacking lab opens doors in Skopje
Originally published by UNDP Eurasia. Edited by Karen Cirillo, Digital Communications Specialist, UNDP IRH. Biowaste. It’s not just your average trash. Biowaste – anything from egg shells […]

Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future – Yoda
Recent crises demonstrate that the future will not necessarily mirror the past. We face a multitude of possible, probable, and preferable futures that we need […]

Unleashing innovative financing for SDGs – A UNGA78 side event
The Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organization […]
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