This side event at the 2025 UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum will focus on Public-Private Partnerships that are needed to curate and use SDG knowledge as a Global Public Good.
On the supply of knowledge, we will discuss the outcome document of the 3rd World OER Congress, the Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources (OER) on digital public goods and emerging technologies for equitable and inclusive access to knowledge.
On the use of knowledge, we will discuss the UNIDO, UNITAR and SDSN’s Capabilities for the Future Hub, a space for government agencies, private sector and educational and training institutions to create the highest joint returns to prosperity, society and environment for those who participate in inclusive and sustainable Global Value Chains.
We will also look at examples related to Insurance and the SDGs, the BuildSkills Academy and degree programs that can contribute to an inclusive and sustainable knowledge commons.
Event Details
Organizers: University College Dublin and Government of Ireland SDG Champion
Partners: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), UAE, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), UNESCO, UNITAR, UNIDO, UN Major Group for Children and Youth, and BuildSkills Academy
Date: 5 February 2025
Time: 8:00-9:15am ET
Venue: Zoom
Proposed Agenda
Opening
Speakers
Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources (OER)
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- Zeynep Varoglu, Programme Specialist, UNESCO
Capabilities 4 the Future Hub in Multilateral Industrial Policy
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- Elena Proden, Senior Specialist, Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Unit, UNITAR
(Re) Insurance Partnerships and the SDGs
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- Lorcán Hall, Senior Advisor, SDG Academy, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
- Antony Ireland, Founder, Better Insurance Network
Built environment, green and digital skills
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- Maria Nakova, Project Manager, BuildSkills Academy; Manager of Strategic Development, Cleantech Bulgaria
Masters courses for inclusive and sustainable knowledge
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- Shannon Kobran, Head of Education and Training, SDG Academy, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Transforming attitudes about environmentalism
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- Dr. Adenike Akinsemolu, Founder and Director, The Green Institute
Chair
Professor Enda Murphy, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
