3 December 2020, 3:00 pm (Bangkok time; 8:00 am GMT) Virtual event   Join UNESCAP and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) for impact investment digital policy resource launch: "Towards an Enabling Policy Environment for Impact Investment in Asia and the Pacific".

26 November 2020, 9am CET (Geneva time) Virtual event  

2 NOV 2020 TO 3 NOV 2020 BANGKOK, THAILAND VIRTUAL Grassroots innovation is a modality of inclusive innovation that enables affordable, niche-adapted solutions developed by members of informal sector at community level, like farmers, artisans, workers, mechanics, children etc., to address unmet needs or local problems, often unaided by public sector or actors in the formal sector, including firms, science and technological institutions, and non-governmental organisations.

Final National Consultation on Myanmar’s Draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy VIRTUAL MEETING, MYANMAR October, 27th (Tuesday) at 2pm MMT

Mrs. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, ESCAP Executive Secretary, and Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, M.D., President of Mahidol University witnessed signing of a Memorandum of Agreement  on SDG Solutions Lab by Mr. Adnan H. Aliani, Director, Strategy and Programme Management Division, ESCAP and Assoc. Prof. Jackrit Suthakorn, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University. 

November is AI for Social Good Month. Join a virtual series of investigative discussions, conversations, and policy briefings with leading AI thinkers and doers from Asia and beyond Artificial Intelligence demonstrates immense potential for bringing economic and social benefits by revolutionising areas such as healthcare, public services, finance, education and communications. However the benefits of AI’s potential are at risk of being offset by a list of challenges including job losses, data privacy concerns and increasing inequity.  

National Consultation on Myanmar’s Draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Following the five round table discussio

Inclusive Business Partnerships to Address Challenges Ahead Virtual Event, Bangkok 29 September 2020 | Thailand Time: GMT+7

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) invite researchers to submit proposals for innovative research papers relevant to the theme of the use of digital technologies in support of accelerating results in the transition from the informal to formal economy. The deadline for submission has been EXTENDED to 11 September 2020. ILO Call for abstracts: Link

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched a call for research proposals which will provide up to US$ 25,000 in funding to a maximum of 6 proposals, to undertake human centered design inspired research. The research should explore the nuanced challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in accessing financing at different stages of their enterprise journey and offer solutions to those challenges.