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GENEVA / PARIS, April 2026 As the digital economy continues to reshape the global development landscape, the Global SDGs and Leadership Development Centre (GSLDC), in partnership with the Global Youth Leadership Development Council, recently facilitated a multilateral engagement mission to Geneva and Paris. The mission brought together representatives from Beijing’s digital economy ecosystem and key […]

“Cultivating Problem Solvers”: ESG as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development Leadership On 2 April 2026, the 64th Yunding Forum, themed “Unity of Thought and Action: ESG Practice and Capacity Building,” together with the launch forum for the inaugural Sustainability Report of the Xiamen National Accounting Institute, was successfully held in Xiamen, China. The event brought […]

GENEVA / PARIS, April 2026 – As the digital economy reshapes global development, the Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center, a UNITAR affiliated institution, organized and led a Beijing digital economy delegation on a mission to Geneva and Paris. Leveraging its multilateral coordination and capacity-building expertise, the Center helped the delegation engage key global digital […]

Geneva, 31 March 2026 – The Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center, a UNITAR affiliated institution, successfully co-organized and fully executed the 2026 Digital Economy Cooperation and Innovation Forum at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Serving as a founding partner of the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance (DEC40) and the designated implementing partner of […]

Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center (UNITAR-affiliated SDGs Center) Francis Gurry Attends Guanghua HK Alumni Association Event, Shares Global Tech Trends and Advocates for International Cooperation on Sustainable Development On February 3, 2026, the Peking University Guanghua academy of Management Hong Kong Alumni Association successfully held the “Guanghua […]

February 2, 2026 – The inaugural Summit Forum on Cultivating Young Talents for International Organizations (Hong Kong, China) grandly opened at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). The forum was jointly organized by the Hong Kong Center for International Cultural Exchange, the UN SDG and Leadership Development Centre, and the PolyU Mainland Affairs Office. Distinguished […]

From policy blueprints to deployable smart city systems, how 34 global leaders spent 9 days in Beijing co-creating the future of digital governance. Between January 27 and February 4, 2026, the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance (DEC40), in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy […]

On January 27, 2026, the “International Digital Economy Governance and Leadership Capacity Building Programme” was officially launched in Beijing, China. Co-organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance (DEC40), Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, and Administrative Committee of Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, the […]

On October 29, 2025, the”New Opportunities in AI” parallel session of the 2nd International Cooperation and Development Conference for Young Entrepreneurssuccessfully convened at Anji Convention and Exhibition Center (Zhejiang). As one of the core organizers, theGlobal SDGs and Leadership Development Centerpartnered with Dunola Oladapo, Youth Programme Officer of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), to host […]

Belém, Brazil, November 13, 2025 – During the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), the UNITAR Singapore Centre’s “Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center”, in collaboration with the OSG Youth Alliance and the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC), successfully organized the thematic event “Youth in Action: Digital Innovation for a Sustainable Planet” at […]