Recent Activities

Eco-Innovation:

• June, 9 – 11 (2010)
  3rd International Conference on Eco-Efficiency: Modelling and Evaluation for Sustainability: Guiding Eco-Innovation and Consumption, The Netherlands
  Clovis Zapata chaired the “Green Transportation” session
http://cml.leiden.edu/news/3rd-international-conference.html

Health Innovation

• April 13 (2010)
  IBSA Academic Forum (Brasilia April 13, 2010)
  Organize and chair session on HealthInnovation, IPR and Access to Essential Drugs
  http://www.ipc-undp.org/ipc/Agenda.do


• December 11 (2009)
  Technical consultation: Access To Affordable Medicines: India’s Role Post- TRIPS , Delhi India
  Moderate panel d iscussion on “ India’s Role in Innovation and Health: Possible South - South S olutions ”
  

Social Innovation:

• March 16-10 (2010)
  UNECA-NA Growth and Employment Expert Meeting
  Presentation on “ Making Macro & Sectoral Economic. Policies work for Employment” and contribution to recommendations for the Third Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance Planning and Economic Development
  
• April 12 (2010)
  IBSA Academic Forum (Brasilia April 12-13, 2010)
  Co-organize session on cash transfers and employment;
  http://www.ipc-undp.org/ipc/Agenda.do


• 19 - 23 April (2010)
  The International Training Centre (ITC-ILO) and the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) of the ILO “Mitigating a Jobs Crisis: Innovations in Targeted Employment Programmes Pre-Validation Workshop”, Turin.
  Contribute to design of course and to the development of a module on innovations in payment systems (with Anit Mukherjee).
  
• May 13-15 (2010)
  UNDP Seminar on Employment , Bogota, Colombia
  Presentation by Radhika Lal: Policy Innovations to address un-employment: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act India.
  
• July, 14 – 16 (2010)
  UNECA ResearchWorkshop on Social Protection and Achieving the MDGs in Africa Nairobi, Kenya ; Presentation by Radhika Lal: “Rethinking the role of public works and employment programmes for social protection and the achievement of the MDGs” Paper: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper66.pdf
  http://www.uneca.org/eca_programmes/trade_and_regional_integration/events/SocialProtection/Index.html


• October, 11 – 14 (2010)
  A Policy Dialogue and a South-South Learning Event on Long-Term Social Protection for Inclusive Growth, Johannesburg, South Africa ; presentation on Public Works and Employment Programmes: Towards a Long‐Term Development Approach and chair for session on Social Protection: Towards a Holistic Response to Development Challenges
  http://pressroom.ipc-undp.org/about/3-day-workshop-on-social-protection.