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Blockchain for Public Good: Insights from UNDP’s Paris Convenings
Insights from UNDP’s Paris Convenings

Where does AI actually help a city? Ten municipalities spent three days finding out
Inside the CEF x AI Bootcamp in Podgorica, Montenegro – and what it taught us about building AI capability in local governments The CEF x AI Bootcamp, held […]

AI x Cities webinar series: Session 1 – Starting where cities actually are
While information about AI is abundant, space to make sense of what it means in practice is not. That gap between the global AI conversation […]

UNDP and the Stellar Development Foundation extend partnership to scale proven digital payment solutions
UNDP and the Stellar Development Foundation extend their partnership to scale blockchain-based digital payment solutions across country office programmes.

What blockchain VDAP opens for UNDP colleagues
What blockchain VDAP opens for UNDP colleagues Connecting internal talent with live blockchain and AI workstreamsJune 26, 2026 | NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT UNDP teams […]

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 […]

New technologies and finance to promote sustainable development in a changing world
The Alternative Finance Lab, together with UNDP Panama, organized sessions to learn about advances in innovation with practical cases and thus be able to exchange […]

The Future of People Power: Generation Z
Just when we need them most, our governance systems are letting us down. Structures that have been stable for seventy years are cracking under the […]

How to turn development organizations in development platforms?
We’ve led 35 crowdfunding campaigns at UNDP since 2015 and mobilized US$1.2 million. Here’s our take-away.

There are risks in doing something new, but there might be even more risks in doing the old!
UNDP Istanbul Hub and Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra put their heads together and thought about the challenges around impact bonds-what comes to preventing and solving […]

The Benefits of Crowd Urbanism
Considering that the 21st century is an urban one, key attributes of our cities should be used as assets to harness urban development scenarios, primarily […]

The future is decentralised: Block chains, distributed ledgers & the future of sustainable development
UNDP AltFinLab partnered with Blockchain.com, UNHCR, and WEF to explore how block chain technology works, but also how it is already being used to pursue […]

UNDP Global Crowdfunding Academy in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rides on a Great Wave!
UNDP Crowdfunding Academy has the first successful crowdfunding campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the “Talas” magazine team. Let’s dive into Talas magazine’s story and […]
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