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UNDP releases 2025 Slovak Transformation Fund Annual Report
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia has published the 2025 Annual Report for the Slovak Transformation Fund (STF), highlighting how cities across the region are strengthening their capacity to manage complex urban transitions and connect local priorities with innovation and emerging pathways to finance. STF_Annual_Report_2025_for_webDownload […]
M4EG: Leading cities when the compass fails
Originally posted at M4EG’s website, read the full article here. When familiar maps no longer work and the compass starts to spin, leadership is about […]
M4EG: What if the project is not the point?
Originally posted at M4EG’s website, read the full article here. Cities rarely move in straight lines. A tourism problem is also a skills problem, a […]
UNDP and DFINITY Foundation Collaborate on Exploring Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure and Decentralized AI Deployment for Public Good
Partnership supports UNDP country-office pilots, civil society organizations (CSOs), and public-sector engagement around responsible digital infrastructure and AI-enabled software development
UNDP AltFinLab invites UN teams to apply for the 2026 SDG Blockchain Accelerator
The third edition will help UN teams turn challenges from active programmes into practical, scalable solutions with support from leading blockchain and AI partners.
When learning questions are met with more questions
At the end of 2023, the Innovation team at UNDP Europe and Central Asia initiated a more structured exploration of how to strengthen the team’s […]
UNDP publishes 2023 Annual Report for the Slovak Transformation Fund
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia released its 2023 Annual Report for the Slovak Transformation Fund (STF), funded by the […]
Advancing sustainability with green tokens in Western Balkans
The Green Tokens project, led by the UNDP IRH Innovation Team, is a new pilot initiative designed to assess how using a reward-based token system […]
Navigating the AI Video Frontier
As an innovation team, we ‘re always looking for ways to use new technologies in our work. Whether that’s enabling digital payments, making urban planning […]
How we’re building Portfolio GPT
Portfolio GPT is an AI-powered tool designed to support UNDP Country Offices in applying the portfolio approach. In this conversation, Andi and Vid, members of […]
Adopting portfolio approaches in Kazakhstan: Almaty Air Quality Portfolio
In tackling escalating social and environmental challenges, it is becoming clear that traditional project-based innovation methods, with their predefined objectives, outcomes and fixed timelines, often […]
Emerging Futures: Digital Partnerships for Sustainable Finance
The Emerging Futures: Digital Partnerships for Sustainable Finance event, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from July 1-3, 2024 in Istanbul, brought together […]
Strategic partnerships for effective blockchain adoption for development
Emerging Futures: Digital Partnerships for Sustainable Finance, a blockchain-focused event organized in July by UNDP, with the financial support of ISDB, provided an in-depth exploration […]
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