It was great to have Alex Maaza from @Cardano_CF and Sebastian Küpers from @MasumiNetwork 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.

Thank you @asadahlborn for leading this 🏃‍♀️, for the great 🎶, energy & route 🍁🍂 & to @F_Gregaard for brining us together 🙏🏽. l 🩵 the @CardanoSummit formula of combining social + running + work. Maybe we should bring it to the UN 🇺🇳 @UNDP ? 😊

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

Presenting our work in UNDP at @CardanoSummit with @f_pickup and @icerovic @AltFinLab

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

At FfD4, @RPasicko, co-founder of @UNDP's @AltFinLab, talked about the need to rethink outdated aid delivery methods and how blockchain is showing promise in crisis settings.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 👉 https://t.co/rJZJgw3Akv Sponsored @StellarOrg

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Federal Housing Finance Agency issues order to count Bitcoin & crypto as an asset for a mortgage.

In #Algiers for #2025IsDBGroupAMs, #IsDB President H.E. Dr. Al Jasser met with UN ASG @UNDP’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 & @ISFD_IsDB, 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 @GruppoCDP. We explored collaboration opportunities based on UNDP’s regional strategy & the green financing platform, aligned with 🇮🇹’s #MatteiPlan & CDP’s role in Africa & MENA

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

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

Doors open on the new Blockchain Academy. This new training is now offered to our 🌍 team of more than 24,000 @UNDP, @UNVolunteers & @UNCDF personnel where they will learn about blockchain and how it can enhance our development solutions. https://t.co/aJJB9ItNT7

If you are from @UNDP @UNVolunteers @UN_Women @UNCDF - apply for first ever UN Blockchain Academy in cooperation with @AlgoFoundation

Launching the 1st #SwitchIt crowdfunding initiative — a pan-African push to bring clean, sustainable energy across Africa 👇🏾Discover how solar-powered kitchens in #Angola empowers women, transforms lives & unlocks new opps 🗓️14 Nov 🕓4pm GMT+1 🎥 https://t.co/LylQaXKQv7

Honored for invitation to give a vision on how #blockchain #web3.0 and #crypto can do for sustainable development and #SDGs, and hand out firat Web3.0 Oscar awards - with @BurcuMavis29763 @AltFinLab @UNDP_innovation

Proud to take part in first ever Blockchain Oscar event in Bangkok in few days! So many impactful projects emerging and we need to incorporate them in our work at @UNDP_innovation

The US is giving $157 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon to help repair damage from the $8.7 billion military aid just sent to Israel. Doing the math, that’s like offering displaced North Carolina residents $750 after sending $226 Billion directly to Hurricane Helene

We are thrilled to launch our #crowdfunding campaign, OMID=Hope. Through this initiative, we aim to raise US$ 1 million to support displaced #Afghans by establishing 1,000 local businesses, creating thousands of local jobs. #Donate now to provide displaced Afghans with the

Welcome @RPasicko, Project Manager at @UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub, as one of our speakers at the Institutional Digital Assets Forum! 👋 See you in Brussels! 🇧🇪 + info: https://t.co/uKieGR7d2n