Secretary General to Convene United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change
The Forum provides a unique opportunity for the private sector to make the case to Heads of State and Government that business has a strong interest in the negotiation of a balanced and effective United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen this December...
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The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on UN-Business Partnerships
by Julia Steets and Kristina Thomsen, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin
Cassandra-like predictions that the global economic crisis would force most UN-business partnerships to significantly reduce their activities have not yet come true. While it is certainly too early to assess the overall impact of the crisis on the partnership agenda, a number of trends have emerged...
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Tilting the Balance Away from a Multi-Polar World and Toward a Multi-Partner World
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launches Global Partnership Initiative
by Robert Tice Lalka, Global Partnerships Liaison, U.S. Department of State
The launch of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Global Partnership Initiative demonstrates how the Obama Administration is putting partnerships with the private sector, civil society and multilateral organizations at the heart of what Secretary Clinton refers to as "smart power"...
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Incentive to Innovate Conference Stresses Open Collaboration and Incentivized Competition
by Will Kennedy, UNOP
The UN Office for Partnerships (UNOP) worked with the X PRIZE Foundation, BT Global Services and the John Templeton Foundation to stage the “Incentive to Innovate” Conference which highlighted two essential tools with which to solve today’s challenges: open collaboration and incentivized competition...
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The Power of Networking
by Scott Schirmer, IOM
How can an organization expand awareness of its work and attract new support? How can the organization leverage its current activities in a simple, cost effective manner to accomplish these same goals? This is the power of networking...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Kazakhstani Business
by Botagoz Buralkieva, UNDP Kazakhstan
In order to understand the dynamics behind the CSR promotion in Kazakhstan, UNDP, jointly with the Forum of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, decided to carry out a sociological study to research the current status and prospects for development of CSR in Kazakhstan...
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Anti-Corruption and Public-Private Partnerships: Working Towards a Common Goal
by Maria Adomeit and Giovanni Gallo, UNODC
On 1 May 2009, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from some of the world's leading companies took the unprecedented step of calling on Governments to implement the United Nations Convention against Corruption...
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Access to Finance for SMEs Workshop Conducted in Phnom Penh
by UNDP Cambodia Poverty Reduction Cluster
A recent event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia discussed key issues regarding access to finance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia...
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Winners of 2009 SEED Awards Announced: Local Entrepreneurship Celebrated at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
by Helen Marquard, SEED Initiative
The winners of the 2009 SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development were announced 12 May 2009 at a high-level award ceremony and reception. The international award recognizes innovation in local, socially- and environmentally-responsible and sustainable entrepreneurship...
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