Caspian Week COVID Update. Goverments agile responce to COVID-19 on 14-15 May, 2020

"Goverments agile responce to COVID-19" as a part of ASAN Global Web Forum took place on 14-15 May, 2020. Great Caspian Association was a partner of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Forum started on 14 May with Opening Session.

The Ministerial level video-conference attached below was organized by SAPSSI to discuss the innovative measures taken against the pandemic, impact of the public innovations and e-solutions to mitigate the spread of the virus. This webinar enabled the participants to share their countries' innovative experiences and get information about the advanced practices applied in various regions during COVID-19. It was designed to assist the decision makers to come together, learn from one-another and find innovative solutions for overcoming challenges of COVID-19.

Moderator: Ian Khan - CEO, Founder & Chief Futurist (CNN, TEDx, Forbes)

The speakers were:
• Mr. Ulvi Mehdiyev - Chairman of SAPSSI (ASAN Service)
• Dr. Salim M. Al-Malik - Director-General of ICESCO
• Mr. Achim Steiner - UNDP Administrator
• Mr. Borge Brende – President of the World Economic Forum
• Mr. Luc Devigne - Deputy Managing Director, European External Action Service (EEAS)
• Mr. Alikhan Baimenov - Chairman of the Steering Committee of Astana Civil Service Hub
• Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi - Secretary-General of UCLG Africa

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Best regards,
Caspian Week Team