by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The challenge was to integrate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guatemala and Honduras as new suppliers for commercial chains and to boost their competitiveness in the retail sector supply chain. This would be achieved by replicating the platform...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Magazen is a small community located in the eastern portion of the Northern Massive in Haiti, close to the Dominican Republic border. The community consists of 120 families living in conditions of extreme poverty in a highly-degraded environment. Magazen is...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Small-scale rural producers often struggle to compete on price with standardized products in commodity markets. For these producers, a new trend signifies major opportunities, as increasing numbers of consumers search for authenticity and are willing to pay...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The Silk Roads have represented routes of integration, exchange, and dialogue between different cultures and civilizations over more than two millennia. Situated at the convergence of the many Silk Roads, the Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge What happens when urbanization outpaces a city’s ability to cope? Rapid urbanization has brought about enormous challenges, including increased urban poverty, growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, especially for the most vulnerable...