UNDP AltFinLab

✨ We were happy to join @StellarOrg Annual Event #Meridian2026 in Lisbon and connect with partners from across the blockchain, digital payments, and development ecosystem. Throughout the conference, @UNDP_AltFinLab engaged with foundations, technology providers, UN agencies, implementing partners, and innovators to exchange lessons, explore new collaborations, and discuss how emerging technologies could address practical challenges in payment delivery. 🌟 Our discussions on digital payments and financial inclusion applications focused on the practical steps needed to move beyond experimentation and assess opportunities for wider implementation while building the partnerships to support it. 🤝 Thank you to Stellar Development Foundation and the wider #Meridian community for bringing together such a diverse group of practitioners committed to turning innovation into impact.

✨ Over 1,600 public officials from 130+ institutions have joined the #GovernmentBlockchainAcademy across El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Argentina. 🌟 With thanks to our colleagues at @PNUDSV, @PNUDRD and @PNUDArgentina for their efforts in bringing the Academy's first country programmes to life. Learning is now underway to help public institutions make informed technology choices grounded in their priorities and public-service needs. 🔗 Learn more: innovation.eurasia.undp.org/…

🇲🇾 Last week, together with @MyUNDP, we met with Malaysia's Ministry of Digital (@kemdigital_gov) in Putrajaya to discuss strengthening public-sector capabilities in emerging technologies and their applications in public services. The meeting brought together Secretary General Datuk Fabian Bigar, Deputy Secretary General Ma. Sivanesan, and a UNDP delegation led by Resident Representative Edward Vrkić (@EdwardVrkic), including Government Blockchain Academy Lead @burcu_maviss. 🌟 Discussions centred on the proposed implementation of the #GovernmentBlockchainAcademy in Malaysia and opportunities for further collaboration, including participation across ministries and government agencies, supporting the country's digital transformation priorities and AI 2030 ambitions. We look forward to continuing discussions on how the Academy could support Malaysia's efforts to improve public services.

🎊 UNDP AltFinLab and @ChainforGood launched a 2-year programme at the Cybersecurity, Trust & Digital Safety Launch Summit in Singapore today. Together, we’ll strengthen cybersecurity knowledge and capacity across the UN ecosystem, advancing safer, more trusted & resilient digital systems.

📢 For UN Teams Only, Deadline extended to 10 October! UN teams with active programmes and implementation challenges still have time to apply to the #SDGBlockchainAccelerator. Technical support, ecosystem access and catalytic funding pathways are part of it. Apply: innovation.eurasia.undp.org/… *** The SDG Blockchain Accelerator is led by @UNDP_AltFinLab in strategic partnership with the @ChainforGood, alongside the @Cardano_CF, @dfinity, @flock_io, @StellarOrg, and @partisiampc.

🪙 During #UNGA week, @UNDP, @WFP and @circle Foundation came together for Stablecoins for Public Good: From Pilots to Programme Delivery. Whether it’s a cash-for-work wage, a community grant or humanitarian assistance, digital payments need to reach people safely, quickly and at a reasonable cost. And as regulations evolve, the discussion explored where stablecoins could help alongside existing payment channels. 🌟 Lessons from the #SDGBlockchainAccelerator are now informing UNDP’s new Digital Asset Innovation Pool. Learn more: innovation.eurasia.undp.org/…

For @UN teams only... ⏳ Still wondering whether your project fits the #SDGBlockchainAccelerator? Applications close on 30 September, and over the past few weeks we have been hearing some very practical questions during our regional briefings and conversations with Country Offices' teams. 🔗 Explore the FAQs and apply by 30 September: innovation.eurasia.undp.org/… *** The SDG Blockchain Accelerator is led by @UNDP_AltFinLab in strategic partnership with the @ChainforGood, alongside the @Cardano_CF, @dfinity, @flock_io, @StellarOrg, and @partisiampc.

🇸🇻 El Salvador officially joins the inaugural 2026 cohort of the #GovernmentBlockchainAcademy. ✨ Launched with @PNUDSV, the Academy will work with +300 public officials across @MedioAmbienteSV, @recolectoressv, @rnpn_sv and @AgenciaEsco. Over the coming months, they will build the knowledge and practical tools to assess where blockchain and related emerging technologies can support public-sector priorities, how they can fit within existing systems, and what responsible implementation requires. 💡 For El Salvador, the Academy connects with ongoing work on digital transformation and digital readiness, including the country’s 2025 Digital Readiness Assessment and efforts around digital inclusion and the governance and use of emerging technologies. Learn more: undp.org/es/el-salvador/noti…

🪙 Digital finance is moving fast, and governments need practical ways to assess where digital assets, tokenization, blockchain and DLTs can actually improve public systems. At @UN Headquarters, @UNDP joined the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN (@PakistanUN_NY), @UNCTAD, @ODET_UN and other partners to connect policy thinking with real implementation experience. The focus was practical value across payments, financial inclusion, digital identity and access to finance, with public value and safeguards at the core. 🌟 Supported by @UNDP_AltFinLab, the briefing also built on work through the #GovernmentBlockchainAcademy and #SDGBlockchainAccelerator, bringing country experience, institutional learning and implementation pathways into the room.