Depopulation portfolio (full version)
Real-time editable draft of our depopulation portfolio
The full collection of resources on what we are creating, testing and learning on our journey
First in a three-part blog series explaining the portfolio approach as an instrument for system transformation, what it means and looks like in practice and how it differs from a traditional project approach. Based on an interview with Irena Cerovic (Head of Solutions mapping) as an early practitioner in UNDP
Blog by Katarina Sajc (Portfolio Manager for SDGs, Private Sector Engagement) and Søren Vester Haldrup (Innovation Facility Fund Manager) on portfolio approach and system thinking applied on designing new portfolio on the SMEs sector in Serbia
On occasion of the second birthday of UNDP Accelerator Lab in Serbia, we talked with the winning teams of Depopulation Data Challenge. These solutions contribute to gaining new insights about in-country migrations, economic migrations, out-migration and scientific diaspora, as well as spatial aspects of depopulation, which will shed light on this phenomenon from different angles and enable the creation of new proposals for formulating demographic policies.
Blog by Millie Begovic (Strategic Innovation Advisor) and Søren Vester Haldrup (Innovation Facility Fund Manager) on the launch of a new approach to supporting strategic innovation in UNDP
Video recording of a session at the 2020 Belgrade Security Forum organized by the UNDPA Accelerator Lab and UNFPA on depopulation as a strategic challenge for the region, with participation of: Darrell Bricker (CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs), Ivo Belet (Deputy Head of Cabinet to Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography), Alanna Armitage (Director, UNFPA Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia) and Tim Judah (Journalist, The Economist), moderated by Mirjana Spoljarić Egger (UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States)
Description of a session at the 2020 Belgrade Security Forum organized by the UNDPA Accelerator Lab and UNFPA on depopulation as a strategic challenge for the region, with participation of: Darrell Bricker (CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs), Ivo Belet (Deputy Head of Cabinet to Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography), Alanna Armitage (Director, UNFPA Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia) and Tim Judah (Journalist, The Economist), moderated by Mirjana Spoljarić Egger (UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States)
Op-ed by Francine Pickup (UNDP Serbia Resident Representative) for the Belgrade Security Forum on the strategic direction for addressing depopulation in Serbia
Report by Wolfgang Lutz (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), commisioned by UNDP and UNFPA to address depopulation from a multi-dimensional demographic perspective, not only looking at population size and age structure, but also differentiating by level of education and labor force participation.
Video produced with Marka Zvaka, view of the citizens of Belgrade on depopulation
Blog by Neda Kurjacki (Communications Associate) on the journey of the Accelerator Lab in Serbia, marking our 1st year
Interview with Irena Cerovic (Head of Solutions mapping) on depopulation for the podcast Talasna duzina (Serbian only)
Blog by Francine Pickup (UNDP Serbia Resident Representative) on new approaches to address demographic change in Serbia
Blog by Gina Belle (Chora Foundation) and Giulio Quaggiotto (Head of the Strategic Innovation Unit) on portfolio approaches
Associated Press article on depopulation, covering our work with the Depopulation Studio