Rethinking Institutions for a World in Flux
Lessons from Istanbul Innovation Days 2025
Solutions Mapping
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Her Journey, Her Story: Women Shaping Tech
We organized the “Her Journey, Her Story: Women Shaping Tech” event, which brought together 55 women in STEM to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field, with the goal of fostering a supportive environment for their career development.
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Green transitions and climate action: when women are leading the way
The event “Women Leading the Way” at COP29 highlighted the crucial role of women in the green economy and climate action, showcasing inspiring stories of women leaders worldwide.
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Catalysing Serbia’s Green Transformation
How UNDP Serbia Innovation Challenge Calls turn green ideas into reality
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A Hurdle Marathon
How Can Women Become Winners of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Blog by Kristina Nikolic, Jelena Jovicic, Maja Djundic and Marina Iles.
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Tačka povratka podcast episode 63: Jelena Jovičić
Returning Point podcast, interview with Jelena Jovicic (Head of Solutions Mapping)
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Carta Serbica
Carta Serbica is a program designed for individuals of Serbian origin from the diaspora who are interested in living, working, or retiring in Serbia. It offers a streamlined procedure for obtaining temporary residence and work permits, specifically for foreigners of Serbian origin who do not hold Serbian citizenship.
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Mentorship Programme
The Returning Point’s Mentorship Initiative aims to assist the Serbian diaspora in returning to Serbia through connecting them with successful returnees who volunteer their time to help others make a decision and assist with reintegration into local society.
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We know business as usual doesn’t work. But what does the alternative look like?
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
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2nd Accelerator Lab B-day recording
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.
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Euronews: “No Magic Wand: Depopulation is becoming a frequent topic – how many people are leaving Serbia and where are they going”
Euronews article on depopulation, with video interviews with Depopulation Data Challenge winners and mentor (Serbian only)
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RTS: “The South and Southeast of Serbia are practically empty, 10 percent of the academic population has left Serbia”
RTS article with interviews with Depopulation Data Challenge winners and Irena Cerovic (Serbian only)
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Euronews: “Serbia’s Migration Profile – Combining official and alternative data reveals areas most affected by depopulation”
Euronews article about the winning solutions of the Depopulation Data Challenge (Serbian only)
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Depopulation Data Challenge Solution #4 – Biosense – Depopulation sensing by integrative knowledge discovery from big data
The solution developed by the PopInsight team of researchers from the BioSense Institute in Novi Sad (a winner of the Depopulation Data Challenge) used mobile, satellite and open data in order to better understand state-level depopulation trends
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Depopulation Data Challenge Solution #3 – Infostud – Understanding the process of depopulation with Infostud data
The solution developed by the InfostudData team from the Subotica company Infostud (a winner of the Depopulation Data) using data on job advertisements, the structure of jobs offered, as well as the number and characteristics of people from different local communities in Serbia who are looking for employment abroad
