"Bridge for Cities” is an annual event that aims to promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development via the Belt and Road Initiative, with which it shares many similarities, and to encourage municipal officials and development stakeholders to scale up their engagement in inclusive and sustainable urban and industrial development initiatives.

ASEAN NEXT 2021: ASEAN Summit on Spin-off Technologies

05 October 2021 | 09:00-17:00 (Philippine Standard Time) 

The ASEAN Summit will be a one-day virtual event that aims to bring together research and development institutes, business and industry players, government, and academe who are involved in generating spin-off enterprises, to encourage growth and competitiveness. This is a strategic initiative as the Southeast Asian region pursues a robust post-pandemic economic recovery. 

Create, Innovate, Recover: digitalizing creative industries for a sustainable recovery in Africa.

23 September 2021, 12.30-2 p.m. CEST

This event is part of the 5th edition of the Global Services Forum, from 22-24 September and in the context of the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.

The LKDF Forum 2021 will convene virtually on 22 September under the theme Digital Skills for an Inclusive Future, followed by a virtual hackathon on 23-24 September to build on the 2020 forum’s edition and compete to create the best green skills solution. The first day of the event will be open to the wider public, whereas the remaining days will be open only to selected applicants of the hackathon.