Helvetas Symposium: Private Sector Engagement – from Aspirations to Reality

Through partnerships with large companies, development organizations and donors hope to achieve impact and reach with their operations, sustainability, and innovation. This will be key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the same time, such collaborations carry risks since the goals and values of the unlike partners differ. What does it take to reach benefits for the poor and the companies based on the sustainable use of natural resources? And how can mutual understanding be fostered and pitfalls be avoided?

Program highlights

• E-Game Private Sector Engagement: Let’s play together! Learn more about the topic in the web-based role-playing game developed by Ukrainian game designers based on a real case.
• Live guided tour through the processing halls of Nature Bio Foods, India: Pay a visit to a large rice-producing company near New Delhi and ask CEO Rohan Grove your questions.