Posted 12/1/2023, 5:04:11 AM
UN Launching Blockchain Academy to Educate Staff on Crypto Technology for Development Goals
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch a blockchain academy in 2024 to educate its 22,000 staff across 170 countries on distributed ledger technology and blockchain
- The curriculum will include lectures, workshops, and hands-on assignments to equip staff to use blockchain for financial inclusion, supply chains, asset tokenization, digital IDs
- UNDP wants to help countries achieve sustainable development goals with blockchain technology
- The academy is being launched in partnership with the Algorand Foundation
- The UN has been researching blockchain applications for years, including past partnerships with Blockchain Charity Foundation and a focus on blockchain from the Secretary-General