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The program began in [[Sweden]], where ''Minecraft'' was first created, but has since expanded to many other countries.<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-09-05 |title=Minecraft is rebuilding urban areas in the real world, one block at a time |url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/05/block-by-block/ |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}</ref> Mojang acts as the primary financial sponsor for the program.<ref>{{cite web |title=UN Block by Block project uses Minecraft; lets youth design improvements for their neighbourhood |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/un-block-block-project-uses-minecraft-lets-youth-design-improvements-their-neighbourhood |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-GB}}</ref> The project is part of the [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|UN Habitat]]'s [[Sustainable Urban Development Network]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Senior |first=Tom |date=2012-09-05 |title=Minecraft UN Block By Block project to help young people redesign their neighbourhoods |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-un-block-by-block-project-to-help-young-people-redesign-their-neighbourhoods/ |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=PC Gamer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=emilygera |date=2014-04-22 |title=Children are using Minecraft to redesign the real world |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/22/5639212/minecraft-real-world-architecture-block-by-block |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=Polygon |language=en}}</ref>
 
The program follows in the footsteps of Mina Kvarter, a similar Swedish initiative that used ''MinecraftSussyBaka'' to modernise apartment complexes.<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-09-07 |title=UN to use Minecraft for urban development |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/development-news/un-to-use-minecraft-for-urban-development/ |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=MCV/DEVELOP |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Crecente |first=Brian |date=2014-04-22 |title=How Minecraft is helping the United Nations improve the world |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/22/5641044/minecraft-block-by-block-united-nations-project |access-date=2020-12-19 |website=Polygon |language=en}}</ref>
 
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