The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will convene a special event, titled “Partnering for innovative solutions for sustainable development,” as one of the preparatory events for the 2013 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), which will take up the theme “Science, technology and innovation, and the potential of culture, for promoting sustainable development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)”. The special event is organized by the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), in collaboration with the UN Office for Partnerships, the UN Global Compact, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Global Partnerships Forum. The draft programme is available here: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/philanthropy2/pdf/programme.pdf  

date: 24 April 2013   venue: UN Headquarters   location: New York, US   contact: Stephanie Rudy   e-mail: rudy@un.org   www: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/philanthropy2/#