NOVEMBER 2014

Eurasian innovation

IN THE SPIRIT OF TRYING SOMETHING NEW, WE DECIDED TO PRODUCE THIS MONTH’S NEWSLETTER A BIT DIFFERENTLY.

INSTEAD OF OUR USUAL MONTHLY MAILER (WHICH, we have to BE HONEST HERE, ONLY 20% OF RECIPIENTS EVEr OPEN), WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE A FUN ALTERNATIVE.

PRETTY AND INFORMATIVE: SCROLL AROUND AND SEE HOW UNDP INNOVATED THIS MONTH IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA.

(Photos above and below from Armenia where we’ve been busting some ceilings last month. Read more)

Seven ways Twitter is like a house party

Check out how drawing parallels between Twitter and a party can help demystify social media and even further encourage its use for working out loud.

Candy for the brain in Kyrgyzstan

Read how our people at UNDP colleagues in Egypt and Kyrgyzstan came together to figure out new ways to tell the development story.

Every day is an innovation opportunity: Six things I learned in Pristina

Aim high but start small! Engage the youth on the their turf! Be a catalyst!

Check out more lessons from SHIFT Week in Pristina.

Pushing for partnerships: Piecing together the development puzzle

In the world of complex developmental challenges, the solution is a puzzle - where any number of different people, organizations, institutions, and companies may hold different pieces. The challenge for us: How do we find and bring them together? Read more.

After the nudge

Simon Ruda’s work has also been formative in much of our own innovation work here at UNDP – from nudging TB patients to take their meds in Moldova to advising Georgia on their new Innovative Service Lab.

Read this interview to see how cutting-edge research and experimentation is changing the way we approach development.

Moldova post-2015: Understanding the complexity

Recently, we blogged about how we are planning with citizens to improve the institutions Moldova will need in the post-2015 future. Join UNDP in Moldova as they journey ever further down the Futurescaper rabbit hole