Collaborate so that innovation produces real benefits for sustainability. This is the message launched at the opening of the European Innovation for Sustainability Summit, underway at Palazzo Taverna in Rome. At the center of the event, organized and hosted by the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability (Eiis), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) of the United Nations and with the institutional support of the European Parliament, the red thread that unites climate, health and nutrition, but also the need for public and private cooperation to seize the opportunities offered by innovation.
At the opening of the event, Ifad and EISS signed a memorandum of understanding which aims to promote collaboration on sustainable agricultural development and food security in developing countries, leveraging the expertise of both parties to create innovative and high-performance solutions. impact. “The message that comes from this summit is very clear: collaboration is the key to success”, underlines the general director of EIIS, Andrea Geremicca.
“Everyone’s cooperation is necessary because no one can prosper in a society that otherwise risks failure,” he adds. “”As a financial institution, IFAD is able to offer a wide range of products such as guarantees, risk-sharing mechanisms and public-private partnerships,” says Alvaro Lario, President of IFAD. “IFAD is committed to engaging directly and co-investing with the private sector,” he adds. The institute’s challenge is to “expand its investments to connect millions more people in rural areas to the private sector. For us, the future – he concludes – is to mobilize the local and international private sector, bringing it where it is needed to solve global challenges”.
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