Following the success of last year’s first United Nations Innovation Toolkit online event, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is proud to host a second edition , geared towards fostering innovations in partnerships.
This is the second event , taking place on 25 February 2021 14:00-15:00 CET is hosted in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Google, the Vice Minister of Tourism of Colombia, Telefónica and Refundit. In the form of a moderated panel discussion, this multi-stakeholder event will explore the use and contextualization of the UN Innovation Toolkit, with a special focus on one of the critical pillars of innovation: Partnerships.
UNWTO will outline how partnerships, cooperation, and the related exchange of knowledge, expertise and available resources, are an increasingly essential element for addressing the prevailing challenges they are encountering.
The private and public sector partners will share their perspectives, and delve into the prominence of public private partnerships by showcasing powerful success stories from their respective organizations.
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The 60 min event includes an information session followed by a panel discussion, and a live Q&A.
With opening remarks by the Secretary of the Chief Executives Board (CEB) and the Director of the CEB Secretariat, Simona Petrova; the Director of the UNSSC, Jafar Javan; and the UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili; , this event will outline how innovation is now more than ever critical to overcoming the challenges of our time. There is no doubt that committed joint action is required for the United Nations to adjust to new and complex realities.
The UN Innovation Toolkit is designed to support everyone, everywhere on the disruptive path of innovation, a path that cannot be travelled alone, and - as UNWTO, Google, the Ministry of Tourism of Colombia, Telefónica and Refundit will show us – this requires cooperation and collaboration.
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