The United Nations is functioning on blockchain solutions for sustainable urban development in Afghanistan, per a report from tech news website The Sociable, printed on July 2.

Stephane Dujarric, representative for the UN Secretary-General reportedly told The Sociable that the UN workplace of Communication and information Technologies (UN-OICT) is developing blockchain solutions for land records and services transparency as a part of the UN’s “City for All” initiative.

The UN’s “City for All” program began in 2016 with a charter set to continue through 2020 and aims to advance 12 of Afghanistan’s cities, as well as the capital, Kabul. The initiative anticipates Afghanistan’s population turning into majority urban within the next 15 years. Its 3 stated priorities are effective land management, strategic urban planning, and improved municipal finance.

The new move to experiment with blockchain technology to resolve Afghanistan’s infrastructural challenges is that the product of a recent memo of understanding between the UN-OICT and UN-Habitat, the latter of that is accountable for technical support on “City for All.”

Per the memo, the 2 offices of the UN are wanting to expand collaboration across South Asia and to figure on “the development of rising technology tools and digital platforms for urban design and planning.”

The UN has antecedently used blockchain in development in such areas as health services in East Africa, as Top Market Group reported in December 2018, and to determine a blockchain-based credit bureau in Sierra Leone at the UN’s General Assembly in Sept 2018.

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