THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE HELD BY COLLATED LAB
The COVID-19 pandemic has dubiously launched an unparalleled impact on the global economy and has accentuated systemic shortcomings in developing countries. Amid the crisis, youth initiatives have shown promise towards a more sustainable society. In the summer of 2020, founder and CEO of CollatEd Lab, Sara Ketabi, took heroic action to mobilize the African public sector to effectively respond to the health, political, and economic effects of COVID-19 by hosting the first annual Global Governance Summit (GGS).
Incredible effort by CollatEd
CollatEd Lab is one of the first organizations to apply geopolitical innovation as a means of pedagogy to propel the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in over 100 countries.CollatEd has gained recognition by the United Nations high-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and assists world ministries and prime ministers alike to find practical policy applications of technical knowledge to deliver solutions to institutional sustainability issues, all while strengthening research-based input to global policymaking and pioneering an ethical, socially-conscious foreign policy approach in developing countries.
From June 26th-28th, CollatEd Lab invited world leaders, governments, and United Nations agencies to convene at Global Governance Summit 2020. Facilitating policy dialogue on aligning sustainable finance, resilient healthcare systems, global government capacity-building, and combatting COVID-19 in light of recent events,
An attempt by Sara Ketabi
Sara Ketabi analyzes recent events for sustainable finance, global government capacity-building, and health policy in leveraging the Global Political Economy to Achieve Sustainable Development, endorsed by H.E. President of Rwanda and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, interviews organized by CollatEd Lab, an international data-driven and government-backed foreign-policy consulting organization led by its founder, Sara Ketabi, expose promising international development strategies and their respective political risks and extensive social impacts.
Sara Ketabi on the success of the event
Ketabi says that she hosted 200+ high levels, including prime ministers, presidents, ministers of foreign affairs, country ambassadors, United Nations officers, embassy representatives, political advisors, etc. These officials heard from members/organizations of the academic community at Harvard and Stanford University. Several topics inclusive of the theme of uniting global governments include foreign policy, public health, redesigning digital democracy, evidence-based policymaking in developing nations, the use of financial mechanisms for the SDGs, the political economy of humanitarian crises, ESG partnerships, and more. She also thanked the African Union and ICA for collaborating and coordinating with guest speakers across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Positive outcomes of the summit
It has since then been over a year since the summit. ‘The data indicates that we have seen massive improvements to pandemic management in developing nations and appropriate adjustments to sustainable diplomacy.’ says Sara. Ultimately, both GGS and Leveraging the Global Political Economy to Achieve Sustainable Development unite political and economic stakeholders to accelerate the United Nations Development Goals, kicking off a decade of efficient and innovative action.
