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GNation at the United Nations, ECOSOC Partners Forum

GNation
4 Apr, 2018 - 5 Apr, 2018
United Nations Headquarters, New York City


The 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum has taken place on Wednesday, 4 April 2018 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the theme of “Partnering for resilient and inclusive societies: contributions of the private sector.”

The morning session has presented present innovative business practices aimed at promoting inclusion and participation of vulnerable populations. The afternoon session has explored the potential of establishing partnerships with the private sector to harness the potential of big data in the achievement of the SDGs, especially towards promoting the inclusion and participation of “vulnerable” groups.


The 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum has brought together a large number of high-profile and multi-stakeholder representatives, including from governments, civil society, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, local governments, parliamentarians, the UN system, academia, etc. GNation was honored to participate in this event as well.


The 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum has featured inspirational conversations and panel discussion composed of high-level multi-stakeholder experts to spur interactive policy dialogue with the participants. Sergey Sholom, the founder of the GNation has made a speech. During which he signed out the most core values of GNation. Sergey shared organization's core ideas and thoughts, which could lead to bringing social impact methods to the whole new level. The speech was met with considerable interest of the forum participants and is an innovative, promising exercise for making philanthropy more available and attractive for the great amount of people all around the world.

Full video of Sergey’s speech via link: GNation in the UN