UNDP Accelerator Labs

Overview

In 2019, UNDP built the world’s largest and fastest learning network on sustainable development challenges. started with 60 Lab teams covering 78 countries and are now expanding to 90 Labs covering 114 countries. create actionable intelligence, test solutions with national partners.

270 Lab team members bring bright, unusual talent into the development sector. 68 percent of us have experience in prototyping; 55 percent can work with citizen generated data; and 29 percent can perform tasks related to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Aligned with UNDP’s vision of gender equality, more than 50 percent of our new innovation experts are women, driving our exploration and elevation of women-led solutions.

Category:
Bilateral and Multilateral Agency
Sectors of Interest:
Education, Health, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Agriculture, Environment and Energy, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Information Communication and Technology, Waste Management, Climate Change and Global Warming
Subsectors of Interest:
Access to justice , Civil rights, Delivery of emergency goods , E-learning, Economic and social empowerment, Economic empowerment , Education policy , Education research , Employment and jobs creation, Health research , Higher Education, Municipal Solid Waste, National urban policies, Refugee protection, Renewable energy and green technology, Scholarships, Scientific research, Social and Economic Empowerment, Social entrepreneurship, Teacher training, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health, Water and wastewater supply
Country of Coverage:
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Headquarters:
United States

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Name	Category	Countries of Coverage	Sectors & Services
Qatar Fund for Development	Arab Organization	Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Youth Empowerment, Child Rights, Infrastructure, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Social Development
Open Map Lebanon	National and Regional NGO	Lebanon	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Environment and Energy, Humanitarian aid
Nesta	International Organization	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Environment and Energy, Arts and Culture, Information Communication and Technology, Climate Change and Global Warming
Palestine Techno Park	National and Regional NGO	Palestine	Health, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Information Communication and Technology, Industry
UNDP	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Industry, Infrastructure, Refugees and Migration, Trade, Urban & Rural Development, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
GIZ	International Organization	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship
German Ministry for Economic Cooperation	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Humanitarian aid