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Meet us at Istanbul Innovation Days 2025!
Alongside regional partners and colleagues, the Innovation team at UNDP Europe and Central Asia is running several sessions at Istanbul Innovation Days (IID) 2025 to showcase how institutional innovation is taking shape across our region, and we’re eager to share ideas, learn from your experiences, and maybe grab a coffee […]
UNDP announces new cohort of cities for the City Experiment Fund
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Europe and Central Asia has announced the next cohort of 10 cities selected for the City Experiment Fund […]
Cities reimagined: Youth shaping the cities of tomorrow
Urban centers are becoming more age-diverse than ever, yet many cities struggle to meaningfully engage different generations. With the global population projected to reach 9.8 […]
Empowering the future: A strategic dialogue on emerging technologies and impact entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans
Fostering collaborative models to advance emerging technologies and drive structural economic transformation in the Western Balkans was at the heart of the strategic dialogue organized […]
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 […]
Designing a Future of Work portfolio for UNDP Uzbekistan (Part 1)
This blog kicks off a series on the joint portfolio design process by UNDP Uzbekistan, facilitated by the Accelerator Lab Uzbekistan and led by the […]
TvojCO2 | A new UNDP digital tool that’s bringing forests back to life
Our world is changing fast – often faster than societies can adapt. The seemingly imperceptible changes to our climate, brought on by the burning of […]
UNDP and CPI partner to launch new Urban Imaginaries programme in Eastern Partnership countries
Supporting cities to take a more complexity-informed approach to urban challenges. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Centre for Public Impact (CPI) have […]
Digital by default for people and planet
May 17 marks the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). In today’s age of an ever-evolving array of technologies, it speaks of a revolution, […]
Tadamon launches accelerator to support emergency response led by civil society organizations
Civil society organizations across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa can apply by June 10, 2022, to receive access to training and funding fast-track their […]
Testimonies from the joint EU & UNDP initiative Mayors for Economic Growth (Part 1)
I am standing on a podium in Baku, Azerbaijan, in front of 46 city Mayors, gathered together from all corners of the country. There is […]
BOOST announces selected champions in its Women Innovators program
55 regional champions will take part in BOOST’s new cohort to advance gender equality in Europe and Central Asia UNDP Europe and Central Asia’s BOOST, a regional […]
Systems lens into the cities: can we be “on time”?
In nowadays world immersed in multiple crises and in growing uncertainty, where the situation and dynamics change even on hourly basis, we should all embrace […]
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