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Add to Preferred SourcesUNOPS Sweden-based Global Innovation Centre was inaugurated, harnessing the critical role that public-private partnerships can provide towards the 2030 Agenda.
Located in Lund’s IDEON Science Park, the center aims to create an environment that nurtures innovation and fosters partnerships leading to it – helping to identify the solutions and technologies needed to tackle the climate crisis and achieve long-term sustainable development.
“The scale and ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean that we all need to work together to find innovative solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. This centre provides a space to foster partnerships that help think outside the box and achieve a better world for all,” said Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director.
The government of Sweden will contribute to funding the centre over the next few years, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, and Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency. Sweden’s investment is part of its broader efforts to strengthen the connection between the country’s aid initiatives and innovation.
Global technology giant Sony is also getting behind UNOPS’s latest innovation centre. Through its Lund site – which houses one of Sony’s largest research and development centres outside of Japan – some of Sony’s experts in accelerating innovation and design thinking will provide support to help develop solutions to address global development challenges.
The inauguration comes after a series of successful innovation events were held at another of UNOPS Global Innovation Centres in the Caribbean. Several ‘hackathons’ held at UNOPS Antigua and Barbuda Science and Innovation Park brought experts from world-leading technology, media and renewable energy companies together with local innovators and entrepreneurs, to develop real-world solutions for climate and environmental issues.
Original source: UNOPS
Published on 21 October 2019