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DESCRIPTION:Irena Zubcevic\, Chief of Intergovernmental Policy and Review B
 ranch at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Als
 o presenting is our member Elira Karaja\n\n\n\nA Conversation on the UN 20
 30 Agenda for Sustainable Development\n\n\nWith close to three decades of 
 professional experience in sustainable development and international relat
 ions\, Irena Zubcevic has certainly proven herself as an extraordinary pro
 fessional and expert in the field.\nHer most current area of focus is on t
 he United Nations high-level political forum on sustainable development. M
 s. Zubcevic is supporting countries as well as stakeholders ranging from t
 he private sector to civil society in preparation for voluntary national r
 eviews on implementation of sustainable global goals. She has put strategi
 es into play for a wide range of sustainable development issues such as cl
 imate\, oceans\, cities\, sustainable consumption and production and trans
 port. Ms. Zubcevic&rsquo\;s key areas of expertise include Intergovernment
 al Processes\, Sustainable Development\, Rule of Law\, Governance\, Policy
  and Strategy Development at National Regional\,and International Levels\,
  Advocacy and Outreach. Working alongside many high-level functionaries wh
 ich include\, Heads of States and Governments\, Ministers\, CEOs in privat
 e sector\, also many media platforms\, foundations\, academia and civil so
 ciety in general. Along with these efforts\, she has contributed to variou
 s reports and authored publications.\n\n \n\nElira Karaja\, Ph.D.  is and 
 Economist\, Fellow at Columbia University\, and Sustainability Specialist 
 within the United Nation System.  \n\n\n\nShe has an extensive experience 
 bridging research\, policy implementation and stakeholder engagement.  For
 mer economist fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New Yor
 k and a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. Currently working for 
 the 2030 Agenda implementation within the United Nations System and previo
 usly on international development with the World Bank Group. Board Advisor
  and Associate of the Stakeholder Forum advancing sustainable development 
 and promoting the effective engagement of stakeholders with international 
 policy processes. She has recently co-founded AGOR&Agrave\; a startup focu
 sing on connecting research policy and innovative technologies for resilie
 nce building and is also an affiliate of C-RASC Center for Resilience of G
 eorge Mason University.\n\nZoom link to join:\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j
 /82884193774\n
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SUMMARY:Irena Zubcevic 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2><img height="1010" src="https://clubrunner
 .blob.core.windows.net/00000003633/Images/sustainable-goals.jpg" width="19
 80" /><strong><span style="color: rgb(35\, 35\, 51)\; font-family: Lato\, 
 Helvetica\, Arial\; font-size: 14px\;">Irena Zubcevic\, Chief of Intergove
 rnmental Policy and Review Branch at the United Nations Department of Econ
 omic and Social Affairs. Also presenting is our member Elira Karaja</span>
 </strong></h2>\n\n<p><img height="340" src="https://clubrunner.blob.core.w
 indows.net/00000003633/Images/Zubcevic_20210517-174249.jpg" width="560" />
 </p>\n\n<h1><span style="color:#000080\;"><strong>A Conversation on the UN
  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</strong></span></h1>\n\n<h2><br s
 tyle="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(35\, 35\, 51)\; font-family: Lat
 o\, Helvetica\, Arial\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<span style="font-size:18px
 \;"><span style="color: rgb(35\, 35\, 51)\; font-family: Lato\, Helvetica\
 , Arial\;">With close to three decades of professional experience in susta
 inable development and international relations\, Irena Zubcevic has certai
 nly proven herself as an extraordinary professional and expert in the fiel
 d.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(35\, 35\, 51)\; fo
 nt-family: Lato\, Helvetica\, Arial\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<span style="
 color: rgb(35\, 35\, 51)\; font-family: Lato\, Helvetica\, Arial\;">Her mo
 st current area of focus is on the United Nations high-level political for
 um on sustainable development. Ms. Zubcevic is supporting countries as wel
 l as stakeholders ranging from the private sector to civil society in prep
 aration for voluntary national reviews on implementation of sustainable gl
 obal goals. She has put strategies into play for a wide range of sustainab
 le development issues such as climate\, oceans\, cities\, sustainable cons
 umption and production and transport. Ms. Zubcevic&rsquo\;s key areas of e
 xpertise include Intergovernmental Processes\, Sustainable Development\, R
 ule of Law\, Governance\, Policy and Strategy Development at National Regi
 onal\,and International Levels\, Advocacy and Outreach. Working alongside 
 many high-level functionaries which include\, Heads of States and Governme
 nts\, Ministers\, CEOs in private sector\, also many media platforms\, fou
 ndations\, academia and civil society in general. Along with these efforts
 \, she has contributed to various reports and authored publications.</span
 ></span></h2>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Elira Karaja\, Ph.D.&nbsp\;
  is and Economist\, Fellow at Columbia University\, and Sustainability Spe
 cialist within the United Nation System. &nbsp\;</strong></h3>\n\n<p><img 
 height="468" src="https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000003633/Ima
 ges/ELIRABEST_20210517-174215.jpeg" width="534" /></p>\n\n<h3><span style=
 "font-size:18px\;">She has an extensive experience bridging research\, pol
 icy implementation and stakeholder engagement. &nbsp\;Former economist fel
 low at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York and a postdocto
 ral fellow at Columbia University. Currently working for the 2030 Agenda i
 mplementation within the United Nations System and previously on internati
 onal development with the World Bank Group. Board Advisor and Associate of
  the Stakeholder Forum advancing sustainable development and promoting the
  effective engagement of stakeholders with international policy processes.
  She has recently co-founded AGOR&Agrave\; a startup focusing on connectin
 g research policy and innovative technologies for resilience building and 
 is also an affiliate of C-RASC Center for Resilience of George Mason Unive
 rsity.</span></h3>\n\n<h2>Zoom link to join:</h2>\n\n<p><span style="font-
 size:26px\;"><strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82884193774" style
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 nitial\; color: rgb(14\, 113\, 235)\; text-decoration-line: none\; font-fa
 mily: Lato\, Helvetica\, Arial\; font-size: 14px\; overflow-wrap: break-wo
 rd\;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82884193774</a></strong></
 span></p>\n
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