The 2023 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be held on January 31, 2023, from 9:00 am to 5:45 pm (EDT), back-to-back with the Council’s Coordination Segment, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Under the main theme of the 2023 ECOSOC and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), “Accelerating the recovery from the […]
On the margins of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2023 in New York, under the umbrella of Business and Industry Major Group, the International Organization of Employers (IOE), in cooperation with USCIB, is leading a spotlight event. The event brings together international partners to discuss concrete steps to enhance financing to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals […]
The USCIB SDG WG will hold its first meeting of 2023 on Wednesday, February 1 at 9:30am–11:00am ET. The meeting will: focus on the 2023 – 2024 UN calendar and decision-making relevant to the private sector; provide an update and overview of UN SDG-related meetings in the coming year UN preparations for the 2023 SDG Summit and the 2024 Summit […]
USCIB and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for a virtual briefing on February 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. (ET), on The Changing FDI Landscape: ISDS Reform, the Future of Investment Treaties, and Outbound Investment Screening. To register and receive a Zoom link for the event, contact Ashley Harrington (aharrington@uscib.org). FDI is needed today more than ever to advance pandemic recovery, promote a […]
The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) will meet in Paris on February 7-8. Contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org) for more details.
The first of a series of Business Partner Roundtables, an initiative of The USCIB Foundation, will be held on February 7 from 8:30am-10:30am. This meeting is virtual. For more information contact Jen Faucon (jfaucon@uscib.org).
UC Law San Francisco, 333 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA We encourage professors to extend this invitation to their law students. Organized as a hybrid-style town hall discussion, this event will provide an insider’s view into a career in international arbitration. Junior and senior practitioners working at law firms, arbitral institutions, and in-house will share their experiences and offer […]
The OECD Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) Launch will meet in Paris on February 9. Contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org) for more details.
Please contact me, Megan Giblin, at mgiblin@uscib.org if you would like to learn more about this Working Group and/or if you would like to be nominated to participate in the HS Working Group.
Per our recent CTFC meeting, we will be hosting a discussion about a possible USCIB submission into the WCO survey related to the Exploratory Study Project on the HS. Registration: please register here to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation.