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Jan 25 2021 
2020 for the CUP: The year of challenges and new opportunities
For international cooperation and development, the year 2020 proved to be challenging. With the COVID-19 pandemics, the workload and partnerships had to be switched to the online environment and new themes related mostly to COVID-19 response have emerged. Albeit filled with uncertainty, 2020 also gave space to new initiatives and innovations that have bridged the…
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Aug 05 2020 
Timely and relevant: Supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina´s efforts in the COVID-19 crisis
The Challenge Fund project “Improving the Approach of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Emergency Preparedness and Response” implemented by the company EGO Zlín brings more than just innovation- launched just a few weeks before the first cases of COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the project offers a timely and relevant response to the pandemic due to…
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Jul 23 2020 
Amid COVID-19, a solution that cares for people and benefits the economy
Socio-economic impact assessment remains one of the three key priorities COVID-19: UNDP´s Integrated Response and is crucial for the containment of COVID-19 crisis and protection of the most vulnerable.
For the past few months, Czech-UNDP Partnership has been successfully collaborating on the transfer of the Czech expertise in this area through a prominent Czech economist Lukáš…
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May 14 2020 
Our CUP of tea: The story behind the tea production project in Georgia
How difficult is the journey from tea leaves to a cup during the COVID-19 pandemic? And what are the current conditions and the future potential of Georgian tea production?
Petr Sič is one of the innovators that succeeded in the autumn 2020 Challenge Fund call and is currently implementing his project on a sustainable and more…
