If you are from UN Development UN Volunteers UN Women UN Capital Development Fund - apply for first ever UN Blockchain Academy in cooperation with Algorand Foundation

Doors open on the new Blockchain Academy. This new training is now offered to our 🌍 team of more than 24,000 UN Development, UN Volunteers & UN Capital Development Fund personnel where they will learn about blockchain and how it can enhance our development solutions. go.undp.org/oFp

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New randomized, controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. 6 weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind

In #Algiers for #2025IsDBGroupAMs, #IsDB President H.E. Dr. Al Jasser met with UN ASG UN Development’s Dr. Al Dardari. The two leaders explored ways to deepen strategic cooperation and joint initiatives and also discussed the reconstruction challenges facing Syria 🇸🇾

Proud to co-host a high-level #Tadamon 2.0 session with IsDB Group & Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), reflecting on Phase 1’s success - 700+ CSOs empowered in 34 countries. In Phase 2, we emphasized the importance to design & nurture multi-actor partnerships🤝to address evolving global challenges🌍

Constructive exchange with Paolo Lombardo, Dir. of Intl Cooperation & Development Finance at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. We explored collaboration opportunities based on UNDP’s regional strategy & the green financing platform, aligned with 🇮🇹’s #MatteiPlan & CDP’s role in Africa & MENA

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At FfD4, Robert Pasicko, co-founder of UN Development's AltFinLab, talked about the need to rethink outdated aid delivery methods and how blockchain is showing promise in crisis settings. Time to scale what works across borders 👉dvx.cm/Blockchain4Dev Sponsored Stellar

Stellar Meridian opening with Candace Kelly - where we present our 20+ real world problems as pilots on digital payments with Stellar

Exciting discussions on how blockchain can power inclusive, sustainable solutions.

Presenting our work in UNDP at Cardano Summit with Francine Pickup and Irena Cerovic AltFinLab

Blockchain is becoming part of the toolkit for humanitarian and development work. 🕊️ At Cardano Summit 2025, Bernhard Kowatsch, Francine Pickup, Diana Ruano and Alexandre Maaza discussed how transparent infrastructure can support food security, cash assistance, and climate

Thank you Åsa Dahlborn for leading this 🏃‍♀️, for the great 🎶, energy & route 🍁🍂 & to Frederik Gregaard for brining us together 🙏🏽. l 🩵 the Cardano Summit formula of combining social + running + work. Maybe we should bring it to the UN 🇺🇳 UN Development ? 😊

It was great to have Alex Maaza from Cardano Foundation and Sebastian Küpers from Masumi join us at #IDD2025 to continue the strategic discussions initiated in Copenhagen and Berlin over the past month, aimed at achieving sustainable impact through blockchain across UN agencies.

This September, the Algorand Foundation hosted the Humanitarian Aid Payments Council in Berlin. Leaders across humanitarian aid, finance, and blockchain convened to discuss how to scale blockchain-enabled payments for humanitarian assistance. Featuring insights from UN Development,

Fascinating brainstorm on potential role of stablecoins in lifesaving humanitarian action. Drawing on expertise from innovators, and pilots at UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, UNDP and beyond. Listening and learning as we work on the reimagination strand of the humanitarian reset.

Everything you wanted to know about blockchain for development but there was noone to ask... 42 use cases across UNDP for SDGs!