Geneva, 25/27 November 2024 – Andrea Giannetto IDA President has done a presentation regarding the impact that the Artificial Intelligence has in Africa; this speech follows the presentation done in Tokyo on September 2023. The Forum was focused on the “smart mix of measures” – national, international, voluntary and mandatory – has been central to the realization of the UNGPs over the past decade. Already into the second decade of implementation, this is the moment to reflect on what the “smart mix” means now and into the future, what has worked and not worked, and how should the smart mixes that are emerging in different parts of the world better integrate access to remedy as the third pillar of the UNGPs in view of novel challenges, including those presented by the fragility of global value chains.
Accordingly, this Forum will offer participants a multi-stakeholder platform to explore key trends and prospects at the national, regional, and global levels in relation to the implementation of the UNGPs through a “smart mix”. This may include specific application and implementation of a smart mix of measures in the following proposed, but not exhaustive areas:
- State action;
- Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI);
- Access to Remedy for all;
- Climate change, environmental challenges, and nature-based solutions;
- Indigenous Peoples rights; and
- Human rights due diligence.
These sessions and others will examine both the challenges and opportunities of the smart mix.