“The United Nations needs to be nimble, efficient, and effective. It must focus more on delivery and less on process; more on people and less on bureaucracy,” António Guterres,UN Secretary-General
In the face of current polycrises, the UN system is confronted with the need to shift towards a new version of an organization fit for 21st-century challenges and beyond. To continue to serve humanity, accelerate the achievement of the SDGs and long-term sustainability, safeguard the planet for future generations, and deliver relevant and system-wide solutions across the world, we must explore creative ways to strengthen UN capacities and change its modus operandi to more modern, agile, and future-forward practices.
Inspired by the practice of artistic residencies, the Beyond Lab Residency is a tool to promote creative, challenge-based collaboration with experts and thought leaders to go beyond conventional approaches to explore and craft solutions for long-term sustainability. It embodies a new version of the UN system as outlined in the UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda, advocating for a forward-looking multilateralism that is more diverse, impactful and networked.
Participating 'Innovators-in-Residence' from atypical multidisciplinary backgrounds will have the opportunity to investigate practical ways to incorporate principles of intergenerational equity and regenerative development into policymaking, expand available pathways to sustainable development beyond the mainstream, and reinforce the use of emotions and the broader field of affective science in the multilateral system, among other themes and topics.
The Residency is currently in its early pilot phase, so please check back soon for more information and updates.
A reinvigorated multilateral system that makes use of multidisciplinary and inclusive teams
A shaped post-SDG vision beyond 2030
An integrated, participatory futures design approach in sustainability policy and decision-making
A critical reflection on long-term sustainability principles within the multilateral system
Interested in finding out more? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us via email.
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The third and final Beyond Lab "What's Next" of 2023 focused on emotions and long-term sustainability. The dialogue explored how to better bring these two disciplines together in support of accelerating the shift to long-term sustainable actions.
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