Summary: Everybody on this day and age are starting to understand the importance of Blockchain, United Nations isn’t any different as they’re planning on expanding its blockchain academy to upskill over 24,000 staff worldwide. They’re not doing this alone as this work is being continued as a partnership with the Algorand Foundation. The program aims to leverage blockchain technology for sustainable and equitable development.
Global Upskilling Effort
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced an ambitious and very progressive initiative to train a whopping 24,000 personnel in the latest technology called as blockchain technology. UN aims to equip their staff with the skills necessary to apply blockchain in real-world scenarios and projects which they believe will drastically enhance transparency and efficiency. This development is being conducted in collaboration with Algorand Foundation.
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Blockchain in Action
The blockchain academy launched in late 2023 initially only managed to train and certified only 30 personnel and had introduced 18 hours of allocated time for training. Now, its has seen a drastic and progressive expansion in its curriculum and is accessible to staff across multiple UN bodies. This course isn’t just for UN employees but also for UN Volunteers and the United Nations Capital Development Fund. Till now UN has only used blockchain to track cocoa supply chains and facilitate digital impact investments, hopefully we see more and social use of blockchain from the UN.
Pioneering with a Sustainable Future
This initiative by a global organization like UN puts and adds more and brings these stuffs in spotlight like the Guardian platform, launched with the HBAR Foundation for carbon market verification. Doro Unger-Lee of the Algorand Foundation said blockchain’s transparency and efficiency are key to driving impactful sustainable development programs.
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