2023 Challenge Fund is open!
We are happy to announce that the 2023 Call for Proposals for the Challenge Fund of the Czech-UNDP Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals is now open. The objective of the Challenge Fund: Czech solutions for SDGs is to facilitate transfer of Czech know-how and innovative solutions that would address development challenges and contribute to the achievement of SDGs in six priority countries: Bosnia and […]
Seminář o možnostech podpory projektů s využitím nástrojů Czech-UNDP Partnership for SDGs
Seminář pro realizátory projektů ze soukromého sektoru, neziskového sektoru,
akademické sféry a institucí veřejné správy
News of Czech-UNDP Partnership for 2022
Last month took place an annual Project Board meeting to discuss further direction of Czech-UNDP Partnership and its two components – Expertise on Demand and Challenge Fund. The 1st cycle of the Partnership took place from 2018 to 2021 and in Sept. 2021, the previous Project Board approved the extension of the Czech-UNDP Partnership for […]
A je to venku! CUP má svůj vlastní podcast! Pusťte si Globálně spolu
Co dělají české drony v Etiopii, jak fungují “chytrá města” a jak se pracovalo Nesehnutí na gruzínském venkově? Tohle a mnohem více o českých inovacích v zahraničí se dozvíte v našem novém podcastu Globálně spolu.
Looking Back at 2021: Czech-UNDP Partnership Turns 3 Years Old
2021 was a year that brought new things to all of us. From UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub to all of our partner countries, people around the world continued to face the pandemic of Covid-19 which changed the way we live, work and spend free time.
Using drones to locate new water sources in Ethiopia
As Ethiopia’s shallow water sources are becoming scarce and polluted, alternative water supplies sources need to be identified. Through the 2021 Challenge Fund, LIAZ Exploration uses its airborne exploration tools to locate sustainable deeper groundwater sources in one of the most drought-affected area, the Somali Region. In this article, Ms Zuzana Beranová shares her own experience from Ethiopia and explains what LIAZ seeks to achieve with their local partners.
České drony pomáhají při hledání hlubinných vodních kapes v Etiopii
Etiopie bojuje s nedostatkem vody. Existující zdroje se stále zmenšují a mnohé jsou znečištěné. Česká společnost LIAZ Explorations uspěla se svým projektem v letošním kole Challenge fondu chce využít drony své vlastní výroby k lokalizaci hlubinných vodních kapes v somálském regionu, který patří mezi nejsušší místa v Etiopii. O plánech LIAZ i životě v somálském regionu jsme si povídali s paní Zuzanou Beranovou, která dříve působila v diplomatických službách ČR v Africe a nyní je projektovou manažerkou LIAZ.
What makes city a „Smart City“?
An interview with Mr. Lukáš Blatecký, expert on Smart Cities from the Czech company INCINITY. In the beginning only large cities were interested in purchasing various sensors and systems for city management. Everything changed with the spread of mobile internet connection and coverage, which allowed many more companies to offer products based on wireless connection. Today, we can truly say that smart cities are a phenomenon across the globe and both large and smaller municipalities participate.
World Cities Day: making urban life more comfortable through modern technology (October 31)
The UN designated 31 October as World Cities Day to promote international community’s interest in opportunities and challenges of urbanization. CUP has supported the transfer of Czech know how of smart mobility mainly to Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and as of 2021, Georgia.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and the Czech-UNDP expertise
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction began in 1989, when the UN General Assembly called for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction (DRR). It has been held on 13 October since. This day celebrates how people and communities around the world work to reduce their exposure to disasters. It also seeks to raise awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. The Czech Republic has a long-standing tradition in developing and implementing DRR strategies.