Rebuilding from the bottom up
28 June 2020, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Join the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we discuss the role of civic engagement and regional government in coordinating a just transition and recovery from COVID-19 with leading experts Georgia Gould and Elly Schlein, chaired by Mariana Mazzucato.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Around the world, governments' responses to the global pandemic have been diverse, reflecting different state capabilities, governance structures and their readiness. While central government responses are critical in securing macroeconomic conditions and jobs through the storm, a variety of approaches at the local and regional levels have also emerged. We have seen different solutions experimented across places in response to both the immediate health crisis and the need for a quick recovery. Municipalities, councils and regional governments play a key role in providing and experimenting tailored policies, rebuilding the socio-economic fabric from the bottom up, and stimulating civic engagement. This talk will engage policy leaders at the forefront of the crisis and discuss how to coordinate multi-level government responses towards a just transition and recovery.
Please note there are limited virtual seats available for this event. We will also be live-streaming the event on YouTube, soplease follow IIPP on Twitterwhere we will be sharingthe YouTube link on the day of the event if you are unable to register for a ticket.
A recording will be available to watch online after the live event.
A global engagement series: Public purpose in the time of COVID-19
Hosted by the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), this virtual events series will ask the questions: Whatis‘public purpose’ in the time of a global pandemic? What is the role of the State in shaping a social and economic recovery with a new directionality?Throughout the series, IIPP will be in conversation withleading global thinkerson today’s most pressing challenges, from the macroeconomic policy response to the effectiveness of different public governance solutions and civic engagement experimentation.
This series will also explore how to give public purpose to powerful digital technologies and rebuild more resilient economic systems and institutions, as well as what is needed across emerging economies to avoid spiralling intomore debt and inequality.
Thecurrentglobal COVID-19 crisis is awake-upcall for a new public purposewhich works for a more inclusive and sustainable global society.
Follow the conversation at#IIPPCOVID19
About the Speakers
Georgia Gould
Leader and Deputy Leader at Camden London Borough Council and London Councils
Elly Schlein
Vice President at Emilia-Romagna
Mariana Mazzucato (chair)
Founding Director at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose