ECOSOC will be hosting the UN multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology, and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. For more information visit the event webpage on the UN website: https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/events/2021/multi-stakeholder-forum-science-technology-and-innovation-sustainable-development-goals
Marking the UN Science Technology and Innovation Forum (UN STIF) RSVP here TODAY if you wish to attend. This side event will: Highlight innovations across a diverse range of sectors that are enabling SDG action, restoring livelihoods, and accelerating sustainable pandemic recovery Provide new and diverse examples of private sector contributions to strengthen the science/policy/business and society interface Invited speakers include: […]
We are pleased to confirm our next virtual meeting on Thursday, May 16 from 11:30 am – 1 pm. A provisional agenda is included below, and other materials will be shared prior to the meeting. Provisional Agenda 11:30 – 11:45 Opening comments and Objectives 11:45 – 12 noon Update: The UN and SDGs – 2021 Meeting and Decision Update […]
Join the IOE Policy Working Group on Migration on 25 May at 14:00 to 15:00 (CET) to formally endorse the publication on “The Key role of Labour Migration in the post-Covid recovery” Register here. On May 25, 14:00-15:00 (CET), the International Organisation of Employers Policy Working Group on Migration will convene to formally endorse the publication of the paper on […]
The second Joseph H. Alhadeff Digital Economy Conference will be held as a virtual event on May 25, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EST. Registration is open through Friday, May 21 and may be accessed here. The conference, titled “A Decade of OECD Internet Principles: Policy-Making in a Data-Driven World,” will focus on the OECD’s Internet Policy Principles (IPPs), which were adopted […]
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET | Lecture (1 CLE credit) 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. ET | Networking Breakout Sessions This year’s topic is Iura Novit Arbiter: Truth or Fiction? 2021 Selected Lecturer: Chiann Bao is an internationally recognized arbitrator with almost 20 years of experience working in Hong Kong, New York and London and is a member of Arbitration Chambers. […]
This meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss key policy developments, align on priorities for the remainder of 2021 and to take stock of the Commission's main achievements in the past months. For more information, contact Gabriella Rigg Herzog: gherzog@uscib.org
The International Labor Conference is the ILO’s highest decision-making body. It meets annually in June, bringing together the tripartite delegations from the Organization’s 187 member States. This year it will be held virtually. The Conference is composed of a plenary and of technical committees. The Conference opens and closes in plenary sitting; during intermediate plenary sittings, all delegates may participate […]
Economic regulation and competition policy are interdependent instruments of economic policy which, while distinct, can have overlapping scopes. Competition law seeks to strengthen the workings of markets by prohibiting certain forms of anticompetitive behaviour that, alone or in concert, have the ability to exercise market power. Economic regulation generally involves a State-directed, coercive alteration or derogation of free market mechanisms […]