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SDG Impact Accelerator (SDGia), a global accelerator launched by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP in 2018, has opened its second global call for impact entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions for SDG-related complex development challenges. During the second SDGia program, startups will work on products and services in the field of financial inclusion in Bangladesh and digital agriculture in Uganda.

Following its pilot program successfully launched in 2019, Sustainable Development Goals Impact Accelerator (SDGia) partners identified Bangladesh and Uganda as partners for its second program to empower impact entrepreneurs who can provide innovative solutions to address the challenges faced by low income groups in these countries.

The Foundation Act was signed for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Impact Accelerator Foundation. Having started its activities under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Foundation had Limak, Eczacıbaşı, Özaltın and IC Holding as its founders.

Innovative solutions to improve the lives of refugees in Turkey have been presented on 16 December 2019 at the Spotlight Session co-organised by the Government of Turkey and UNDP on the occasion of the first Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.

Innovative solutions to improve the lives of refugees in Turkey have been presented on 23 September 2019 at a high-level side event co-organised by the Government of Turkey and UNDP on the occasion of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The “Demo Day” of Turkey’s first-ever international impact acceleration programme “SDG Impact Accelerator” led by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Eczacıbaşı Holding and Limak Holding was held in Istanbul on 13 September 2019.

Aiming to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the programme will support both Turkish and foreign entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions to current challenges.