✨ Today at @sciencespo, we moved into the policy room, focusing on institutional readiness, governance that can hold trust and people-centred services.
The #GovernmentBlockchainAcademy was also introduced as a practical route into that work.
🌟 More from the full recap soon...
🌟 After @proofoftalk and the launch of the @UNDP Blockchain Advisory Group, #ScalingBlockchainForPublicGood moves today into a public-policy and government-facing setting at @sciencespo.
Follow along as the programme continues to unfold!
In South Sudan, Cameroon and Zambia, @pbtokn is testing MultiKnip, a purpose-bound digital grant wallet for women and youth entrepreneurs, helping them access funds and spend them with vetted suppliers.
https://t.co/eficDzX3a4
In Armenia, @plastiks_io is testing blockchain-based traceability connecting plastic recovery and recycling efforts with verifiable records.
For environmental action, trusted data can help connect local work with wider accountability.
https://t.co/eficDzX3a4
In The Gambia, @FreedomPayWalet is testing how mobile payments and simple digital records can help entrepreneurs build usable financial histories.
This matters for people who may be active in the economy but remain invisible to formal financial systems. https://t.co/eficDzX3a4
Today we launched the @UNDP Blockchain Advisory Group, bringing together leaders across the blockchain ecosystem to explore how this technology can contribute to development – from financial inclusion & digital identity to effective public services.
https://t.co/ppec0AVnpT
As @UNDP convenes partners in Paris for #ScalingBlockchainForPublicGood, our publication New Tech, New Partners showcases over 40 solutions using blockchain technology & it is already being tested in development contexts.
Read the publication: https://t.co/AeKysxfkUd
Proud to launch the @UNDP Blockchain Advisory Group w/@HaoliangXu at @proofoftalk! @UNDP_AltFinLab
Trust, ID, financial inclusion, sustainability & skills—this is about where blockchain can drive real devt impact.🙏for a rich discussion. Let's carry this momentum fwd together!🤝
Touchdown in Paris 🇫🇷 for @ProofofTalk w/ an important question for the future: how can blockchain support sustainable devt & public-purpose digital transformation? 🔗💻
Excited to explore what this means in practice & 🆕forms of partnership for devt at scale!
@UNDP_AltFinLab
1.3 billion people still have no access to formal financial services. This afternoon, seven teams are pitching blockchain solutions to change that.
Haiti. Liberia. Bangladesh. The Gambia. Each one working directly with @UNDP on the ground to bring financial access, digital identity, and climate finance to the people who need it most.
This is why we built a room like this.
✨As @UNDP convenes #ScalingBlockchainForPublicGood at @proofoftalk, the conversation begins with what has already been tested.
🌟New Tech, New Partners shares practical cases across payments, identity, climate resilience, trusted data and public systems.
https://t.co/4Qjg1GxY7M
✨ At @sciencespo on 4 June, Xavier Juredieu, CEO of EUROPEUM-EDIC, joins #ScalingBlockchainForPublicGood.
He will bring a European public-infrastructure perspective on @EU_EBSI, digital trust and cross-border public services.
Register 👇
https://t.co/PpvXI9Ayy4
✨ At @sciencespo, @planetmaaz of @Cardano_CF joins #ScalingBlockchainForPublicGood.
He will bring an ecosystem and sustainability perspective to how blockchain-enabled solutions can be approached responsibly in public systems.
Register 👇
https://t.co/PpvXI9B6nC