The student teams in SIPA’s Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice (the EPD Workshop) have been working this year on cutting-edge projects with seventeen clients in over twenty-two countries. Notably, three of the projects involve SIPA alumni as clients, and five faculty advisors (as well as the workshop director) are alumni. This year’s projects support climate resilience and AI innovations in agriculture, education, social entrepreneurship, private sector investment (including gender lens investing), post-conflict reintegration, renewable energy, and indigenous trade. On April 25 and April 26, the teams will present highlights of their work in a hybrid conference hosted by SIPA.
Workshop clients, faculty advisors, members of the Columbia/SIPA community, SIPA alumni and the general public are warmly invited and encouraged to join any sessions of interest.
This event will be hosted in person (for CUID holders only) and online. Registration is required to receive a Zoom link.
This year's workshop clients Enabling Qapital, Fundación Corona, globalbike, Inc., International Trade Centre, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Oxfam Indonesia, Open Development Cambodia, Pencils of Promise, Rwanda Social Security Board, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, United Nations Development Programme, UN Department for Peace Operations, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Mongolia and Pakistan, Value for Women, World Economic Forum India, and World Food Programme's Regional Center of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition.
Click here to view the final presentation schedule.
The Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice is sponsored by the Economic and Political Development Concentration at SIPA.
