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- 🔒 UNICEF: Interview with Mac Glovinsky
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Interview with Mac Glovinsky, UNICEF Lead for the Learning Passport
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We cover the United Nations, the UN Human Rights Council, the WTO, and specialized agencies in the UN system in Geneva, New York, Vienna, and its regional offices around the world.
We also cover the EU and other multilateral organizations that are convening the private sector and governments to shape regulatory frameworks that support the rapid technological transformation of the various sectors of the global economy.
We interview technology executives and venture capital investors who are keen on financing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and support democratic institutions and the ethical use of emerging technologies around the globe.
These are leaders and tech companies that are harnessing technology to reduce economic inequalities. They create prosperity around the globe by integrating the most vulnerable citizens in the digital economy, be it in a developed or developing economy.
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13 min - 🔒 UNESCO: Interview with Guilherme Godoy
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The UN Brief interviewed Guilherme Godoi, Chief of the Section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, to speak about support mechanisms for independent journalism, media literacy programs, and information as a public good, this years’ theme of the World Press Freedom Day.
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Source: UNESCO
Guilherme Canela holds the position of chief of the section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. For 8 years, he held the position of Communication and Information Regional Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNESCO Montevideo Office. During those years, he performed as Regional Coordinator of the UNESCO Initiative for the Promotion of Democracy and Freedom of Expression in judicial systems in Latin America. He was also the Secretary of the Regional Committee of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean, and focal point of the Organization for issues related to the safety of journalists. He has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Brasília (UNB) and a Master’s Degree on Political Science from the University of São Paulo (USP).
For 8 years (2000-2008), Guilherme coordinated the media and journalism research area of the News Agency for Children’s Rights (ANDI). In this period, he was responsible for several surveys that evaluated the news media coverage on issues such as children’s education, rights, violence, health, sexual abuse, human and social development, drugs, participatory democracy, entrepreneurial social responsibility, human rights, among others.
He is co-author of 10 books published by ANDI on these issues (Series Media and Social Mobilization, Cortez Publisher) and several brochures, magazines and discussion texts on various topics related to the universe of human rights, of the rights of children, in particular of development and of democracies. He was research consultant for the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and for the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award.
Guilherme was senior member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil to Provide Advisory Services to the Regulation of TV Programs’ Rating System and associated researcher at the Nucleus for Studies of Media and Politics of the University of Brasilia. He was president of the Consultative Committee on Children and Media in Uruguay. Jointly with Solano Nascimento he published the book Access to Information and Public Policies. He actively participated in the process of discussion and implementation of Access laws in Brazil and Paraguay, and acted as an international observer in the Uruguay Open Government process. He was/is a member of several advisory boards and juries related to journalism and freedom of expression.Subscribe to our newsletter https://theunbrief.substack.com/
11 min - 🔒 Dr. Simons CIFOR
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16 min - 🔒 UNEP: Tim Christophersen
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Hear what policy makers and government leaders say.
Interviews. Insights. Analysis.
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15 min - 🔒 ITU: Interview with Joanne Wilson
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The UN Brief interviewed Joanne Wilson, Deputy to the Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.
The UN Brief spoke with Wilson about the upcoming 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), as preparations are underway in full swing. The last one, hosted by the government of Egypt, saw more than 3,400 delegates from 163 country members, 129 institutions and private sector entities.
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17 min - 🔒 ITU: Interview with Maximilian Jacobson-Gonzalez
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Interview with Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez, ITU
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15 min - 🔒 From 2020: Interview with former Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Swiss Ambassador to the US, Martin Dahinden
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Maya Plentz interviews Ambassador Martin Dahinden in July 2020
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Interview with Ambassador Martin Dahinden
Source: ICT4Peace
Until his recent retirement from the Swiss government, Dr. Martin Dahinden was Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America.
Prior to that, he was Head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Director of Corporate Management in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. During his long career in the Swiss diplomatic service, he held assignments in Paris, Lagos (Nigeria), New York, Brussels, Geneva and Bern. Martin Dahinden earned a Ph.D. in Economics (Business Administration) from the University of Zurich. Before joining the diplomatic service, he was employed by a bank and a publishing house.
Martin Dahinden has a longstanding and deep interest in peace and security affairs, beginning during his academic studies at the University of Zurich, practised inter alia during his posting at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to NATO in Brussels, as Ambassador and Head of the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and as Ambassador of Switzerland to the US.
Already during his tenure at GICHD in Geneva, he took an interest in and was advising the founders of ICT4Peace in 2004.Subscribe to our newsletter https://theunbrief.substack.com/
17 min - 🔒 ITU: Ageing Hackaton / Interview with Danielle Duplin
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12 min - 🔒 Berghof Foundation: Interview with Andrew Gilmour, CEO
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24 min - 🔒 Bamboo Capital: Interview with Founder and CEO
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About THE BRIEF by Maya Plentz
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Maya Plentz is the founder and chief editor of THE BRIEF, a weekly newsletter with exclusive interviews and analysis focusing on tech policy, and the global digital economy. She has over two…
decades of experience in the news media sector. Her work has aired at UN Radio, BBC World, RFI and Bloomberg TV.
During her tenure as a producer and presenter at Bloomberg TV in New York, she covered Google, Microsoft, and the 2000 dot-com boom. She also produced a daily segment on science, medicine, and technology.
At the UN News and Media Division in New York, she served as a broadcast producer and website news editor, conducting interviews with UN officials, government representatives, and diplomats. Her programs reached millions of viewers weekly across the globe, airing on UN national broadcast partners in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
As a member of the European Commission High-Level Group of Experts, under the leadership of Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director General and Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, she was tasked with reviewing the EU's research and innovation funding framework, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She provided advisory on communication strategies to promote innovation funding at the EU.
During her tenure as a producer and presenter at Bloomberg TV in New York, she covered Google, Microsoft, and the 2000 dot-com boom. She also produced a daily segment on science, medicine, and technology.
At the UN News and Media Division in New York, she served as a broadcast producer and website news editor, conducting interviews with UN officials, government representatives, and diplomats. Her programs reached millions of viewers weekly across the globe, airing on UN national broadcast partners in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
As a member of the European Commission High-Level Group of Experts, under the leadership of Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director General and Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, she was tasked with reviewing the EU's research and innovation funding framework, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She provided advisory on communication strategies to promote innovation funding at the EU.