Due to COVID-19, this meeting will now be held via Zoom. Please contact Barbara Wanner (bwanner@uscib.org) for more information. The next meeting of the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy will take place on: April 27, 2020 in Paris close to ICC headquarters, at the Conseil Economique Social et Environnemental (CESE), 9 place d'Iena, 75016 Paris. It will be organized back to back […]
Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity A Virtual Dialogue on SDG 17 and Public-Private Partnerships: COVID-19 Response and Recovery in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda Organized by UN DESA, IOE, USCIB’s All In 2020 Campaign and the Business Partners for Sustainable Development (BPSD), this webinar will provide ideas about how partnerships can be catalyzed and scaled up in the COVID-19 era […]
USCIB's 'Geneva Week' is a unique member benefit designed to build and strengthen relationships in support of continued communication between Geneva-based UN institutions and the business community, as well as to ensure that UN Agencies and Missions clearly understand: Our shared values - how and where the synergies and areas of cooperation exist between business and multilateral institutions - and […]
The ICC Academy will be hosting a livecast on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 9:00 am NEW YORK / 3:00 pm PARIS / 6:30 pm NEW DELHI / 9:00 pm SINGAPORE on 'Is now a good time to settle your dispute?' This week's speakers are Katherine González Arrocha, Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Cristina Martinetti, Partner, ELEXI […]
This Forum has been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 5th STI Forum will be held May 12-13, 2020 in New York. The Co-chairs of the 2020 Forum, appointed by the President of ECOSOC Her Excellency Mona Juul are the Permanent Representatives of Ghana (Ms. Martha Pobee) and Israel ( Mr. Danny Danon) to the United Nations. The Forum will provide inputs […]
The impacts and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on our lives and our societies have been profound. What are some of the solutions to boost the performance of our healthcare systems, secure our businesses, maintain our jobs and education standards, and stabilize financial markets and economies? The OECD is compiling data, conducting analyses and offering recommendations on a range of […]
The recent preliminary results of the UN75 2020 and Beyond highlight the need for global cooperation, partnerships, knowledge sharing and inclusive policy making decisions. The private sector engagement with the UN has become more evident in the context of the economic disruption carried out by the Covid-19 health emergency. The UN Secretary-General has called for action to tackle the many social […]
2020 OECD Global Forum on Responsible Conduct will be held in two separate online sessions. The first session will be held on Tuesday, May 19th, and will focus on COVID-19 and Responsible Business Conduct (RBC). USCIB President and CEO, Peter Robinson will be speaking on the panel “SESSION 2 - Building value: The role of RBC in government support and […]
USCIB President and CEO Peter Robinson will participate in this podcast. Covid-19 has created an economic crisis of global proportions with a deep recession or depression widely forecast across many of the large economies. Is there a consensus emerging on what the global economy will look like post Covid-19, how we re-boot global value chains or what the opportunities are to strengthen […]
The Webinar will be held virtually on Tuesday, May 26, at 8:00 am ET. Blockchain Webinar Objective: • The webinar will feature presentations from OECD and Business to provide a strategic overview of the OECD work on Blockchain and the application of the technology in different business sectors. • The webinar will provide context for Business at OECD to further […]