Lazar Pop Ivanov

📌 Read our latest article exploring AI's role in Sustainable Tourism, featuring experiments from Kenya and Barbados. @UNDPAccLabs acclabs.medium.com/preserving-the…

Memorable five years invested in embedding innovation, impact & action driven research and building new partnerships for sustainable development. Proud of my contribution to @UNDPMK & @UNDPAccLabs

Memorable five years invested in embedding innovation, impact & action driven research and building new partnerships for sustainable development. Proud of the work we have done @UNDPAccLabs

Can AI meaningfully support prebunking and strengthen information integrity? Over recent months, I supported @UNDPAccLabs teams working on AI prototypes to counter misinformation, building on experiments in Bangladesh and Mexico. Blog available here: undp.org/acceleratorlab…

Happening now: final day of the #SDGClinic focusing on Climate Action. In this session our partners from Alkaloid shared their journey and experiences in implementing green investment and corporate social responsibility programs

Happening now: final day of the #SDGClinic focusing on Climate Action. The welcoming session hosted by @UNDPMK project manager: Jozhe Jovanovski.

Happening now: final session of the #SDGClinic for the day, welcoming professor Katerina Shapkova Kocevska from the Faculty of Law and her presentation on 'industrial symbiosis as a tool of environmental protection'.

Happening now: second day of the #SDGClinic where our friends from #Alkaloid are presenting their experience in implementing an integrity system in the company.

Happening now: second day of the #SDGClinic where our friends from #Alkaloid are presenting about their experience in implementing ethical audits in their company.

Happening now: second day of the #SDGClinic, where our @UNDPMK colleague Maja Stojanovska a project manager in the Democratic Governance portfolio, is discussing with the participants in the Clinic issues related with environmental justice in 🇲🇰

#SDGClinic officially launched. 💡30 students, 15 lecturers & keynotes, and a set of tailor-made case studies in one learning space. All with the purpose: to support students in moving ideas to action, exploring how research& innovation can drive real progress on the #SDGs

#SDG Clinic, a new pilot bringing sustainable development closer to young people, co-created in a genuine partnership between @UNDPMK and our academic and private sector partners. Read our blog: undp.org/north-macedoni… where our RR @ArmenGrigoryan8 and yours truly share more.

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'Knowledge lives in experiences and is expressed in action' undp.org/blog/knowledge…

In our latest article, now available on @UNDPAccLabs website and social media, we explore how #experimentation is shifting from the edges to a norm within @UNDP, why it matters, and what comes next. undp.org/acceleratorlab…

3/3 The report is also packed with inspiring stories from Labs around the world. My personal favorite, is the case from Guatemala, where they found creative ways to foster collaboration in highly polarized environments - a challenge many of our communities know all too well.

2/3 Highlighting our contribution in the office towards exploring alternatives for creating more inclusive futures through the Dream Labs, to our Bio-Lab as a platform for transforming organic waste into products, and experimenting with AI for consultations in urban planning.

1/3 Proud to share that the Global @UNDPAccLabs Annual Report 2024 features three interventions from North Macedonia that our team [cc: @IzotovThe, @ArditaZekiri] has been shaping over the years. 📄You can read the full report here: undp.org/acceleratorlab…

'The world faces an unprecedented water crisis that demands a paradigm shift in how we value and govern our most precious resource.' project-syndicate.org/commentary/new…