On March 20-22, 2017 the 11^th session of the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships of the  Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is taking place in Geneva.

During the session's High-level substantive segment on the theme "Impact Investing - Financing Innovation and People-First Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Sustainable Development" the role UNECE can play in advancing impact investment in innovation and in PPPs is being discussed.

Delegations of member countries will sum up the results of the Committee's work in 2016 and will approve its work programme for 2018-2019.

The representatives of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Public-Private Partnership Development Support Centre, as well as of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine in Geneva participate in the annual session of the Committee.