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
UNDP Serbia’s Head of Exploration, Drasko Draskovic shares what is Foresight as a method we use, and how the UNDP Accelerator Lab Network uses it to uncover signals and imagine what tomorrow will look like.
Accelerator Lab and Returning point collaboration on an online campaign “Work from Home, Work from Serbia,” in response to the general movement of remote work as well as in the face of the global COVID 19 pandemic
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
World Economic Forum Agenda coverage of the Future of Work report by the Accelerator Labs
Report summarizing the findings of our research on e-commerce related to post-COVID economic recovery
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.
Euronews article on depopulation, with video interviews with Depopulation Data Challenge winners and mentor (Serbian only)
RTS article with interviews with Depopulation Data Challenge winners and Irena Cerovic (Serbian only)
Euronews article about the winning solutions of the Depopulation Data Challenge (Serbian only)
Article in the Politika daily on our research about digital nomads, profiling Belgrade as a desirable remote work destination among digital professionals on the European level (Serbian only)
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
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
The Bootstrappers team of researchers from Harvard University and the Brookings Institution (a winner of the Depopulation Data Challenge) analysed emigration trends, including industry breakdown of emigrants, by collecting Facebook Ad data
