> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://bas-leurss-personal-organization.gitbook.io/undp-accelerator-labs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://bas-leurss-personal-organization.gitbook.io/undp-accelerator-labs/collective-r-and-d-a-practice-guide-for-sustainable-development.md).

# Collective R\&D: A Practice Guide for Sustainable Development

This practice guide helps changemakers explore and find new pathways to accelerate sustainable development in an uncertain world. It captures and celebrates six years of developing and testing R\&D practice across 115 countries through the UNDP Accelerator Labs network. This guide describes ways of engaging with complexity through collective learning and action: building on local knowledge, amplifying grassroots innovation, exploring possible futures with communities, and experimenting with new technology and non-traditional data sources. It offers practices that help us become smarter together and enable our innovation and development initiatives to take transformative leaps forward.

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Visit our website: <https://www.undp.org/acceleratorlabs> or download a [PDF version of this guide](https://www.undp.org/acceleratorlabs/publications/collective-rd-practice-guide-sustainable-development).