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Innovating urban development: Lessons from M4EG & moving beyond growth
Two key lessons from our work in the Mayors for Economic Growth project, in collaboration with UNDP: 1) Innovation needs to occur at multiple levels and 2) If we’re to be effective, we must remain humble. The increasingly complex challenges of urban development require us to think ever more innovatively. […]
Future-Fit Cities Forum convenes in Moldova marking the next phase of the EU-UNDP M4EG initiative
The second international “Future-Fit Cities Forum” has officially concluded in Moldova, bringing together around 100 development actors, including mayors from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, development institutions, […]
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 […]
Ministry of Data: A digital launch of UNDP IRH’s handbook on data innovation challenges
UNDP Europe and Central Asia is launching the Ministry of Data (MoD) handbook – a guide to run successful data innovation challenges, co-created and tested […]
Eco Innovation in Belarus – Urban digitalization for breathable cities
Urban digitalization can accelerate our progress towards cities with cleaner air, creating a more eco-friendly environment in Belarus. Urban green spaces’ natural ability to filter […]
[RECORDING] EU & UNDP Joint Forum | Embracing complexity & system innovation, and its implications
EU & UNDP organized a joint forum on “Embracing Complexity & System Innovation, and its Implications,” on 28 October 2021. The purpose of the forum […]
The EU and UNDP on a learning journey to embrace complexity in economic development
The joint EU and UNDP Partner Forum discussed how to address today’s dynamic challenges through new approaches that embrace uncertainty and discovery. Brussels/ New York/ Istanbul/ Skopje, 28 October […]
UNDP North Macedonia: A new way forward
We are living in an age of long, interlinked emergencies that cannot be adequately addressed unless nations and governments can look beyond the horizon of […]
Join our Community of Practices #STEM4ALL
To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, we at UNDP Kyrgyzstan are reaching out to innovators across Europe and Central Asia to promote our […]
How to ‘hack’ your strategy document to introduce innovation
UNDP Kazakhstan Accelerator Lab team decided to experiment with a new approach to organizational strategies and ‘hack’ our own Country Programme Document (CPD), a strategy […]
UNDP announces the winners of BOOST’s Innovation Challenge Fund
UNDP announced the five organizations and startups that have been selected as the winners of the 2020 BOOST Innovation Challenge Fund.
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