MDG Countdown event to feature Muhammad Yunus, Rajiv Shah and Justine Greening
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and UK Department for International Development (DFID) are co-hosting “Innovating for Impact: The MDGs and Beyond” in partnership with the Governments of Australia and Sweden and the Omidyar Network. This MDG Countdown event will feature the announcement of a new Global Innovation Fund (GIF) to provide grants and risk capital to social enterprises, for-profit firms, non-profit organizations, researchers, and government agencies working on breakthrough solutions to global development challenges. This event, which will take place alongside the UN General Assembly, seeks to galvanize a renewed commitment to achieving current MDGs by 2015 and establishing a future development agenda. Featured speakers include USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening, and Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Press can arrive starting at 1 p.m. The Innovation Marketplace opens at 2 p.m. and the formal program begins at 3 p.m.
| Where: | New World Stages, 340 W 50th Street, New York, NY |
| When: | September 23, 2014; 2:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Special guests include: |
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Director-General Charlotte Petri-Gonitzka Yunus Centre Chairman Professor Muhammad Yunus Omidyar Network Managing Partner Matt Bannick Founder and Chairperson of BRAC Sir Fazle Abed Global Innovation Fund Chair Russell Seigelman Rockefeller Foundation Vice President for Initiatives and Strategy Zia Khan |
Space will be available for TV cameras at the event.
For more information, please contact usaidpressofficers@usaid.gov
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