{"id":90204,"date":"2019-11-30T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T10:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12067"},"modified":"2019-11-30T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T10:35:34","slug":"undp-launches-accelerator-lab-in-india-to-work-on-tackling-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/undp-launches-accelerator-lab-in-india-to-work-on-tackling-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDP launches Accelerator Lab in India to work on tackling pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its Accelerator Lab in India.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About UNDP\u2019s Accelerator lab:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Accelerator Lab is an innovative initiative by the UNDP, Qatar Government and the Federal Republic of Germany to find 21st century solutions to today&#8217;s complex new challenges.<\/li><li>These labs seeks to identify grassroots solutions together with local actors and validate their potential to accelerate development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key approaches of Accelerator Lab:<\/strong>The four key approaches sit at the core of the Labs\u2019 work are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Building on locally-sourced solutions, finding things that work and expanding on them<\/li><li>Rapid testing and iteration to implement what works and go beyond the obvious solutions<\/li><li>Combining the best understanding, ideas and expertise to generate collective knowledge<\/li><li>Accelerating progress by bringing expertise, creativity and collective intelligence to bear.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Accelerator Lab in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The lab has been launched by UNDP in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission and will look to solve issues through innovative solutions.<\/li><li>It will seek to address some of the most pressing issues facing India, such as air pollution, sustainable water management and client-resilient livelihoods through innovation.<\/li><li>The vision is also to make faster progress in meeting the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations(UN) by 2030.<\/li><li>India&#8217;s Accelerator Lab will be part of a network of 60 global labs covering 78 nations that will test and scale new solutions to global challenges like climate change and inequality.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About UNDP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN\u2019s global development network.<\/li><li>UNDP was established in 1965 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.It is headquartered in New York,US.<\/li><li>It provides expert advice, training and grants support to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.<\/li><li>UNDP is central to the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG).<\/li><li>UN SDG is a network that spans 165 countries and unites the 40 UN funds, programmes, specialized agencies and other bodies working to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Atal innovation mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) was set up by NITI Aayog in 2016.<\/li><li>It aims to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/li><li>It seeks to create institutions and programs that enhance innovation in schools, colleges, and entrepreneurs in general.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its Accelerator Lab in India. Facts: About UNDP\u2019s Accelerator lab: The Accelerator Lab is an innovative initiative by the UNDP, Qatar Government and the Federal Republic of Germany to find 21st century solutions to today&#8217;s complex new challenges. These labs seeks to identify grassroots solutions together with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/undp-launches-accelerator-lab-in-india-to-work-on-tackling-pollution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UNDP launches Accelerator Lab in India to work on tackling pollution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[7579,2068],"class_list":["post-90204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-accelerator-lab","tag-undp","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700800766,"cached_date":1704801683},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}