Global Best Practice Programme
Shining a light on projects that are providing real solutions to the world's biggest challenges, in line with the globally-sourced Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to expanding them elsewhere.
Applications for this programme have closed. If you still have a story to tell and would like to apply for the Untold Stories programme, please email your interest below.
Our jury comprises a Chairing Committee and an Evaluation Committee with representatives from international development organisations from across the world.
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His Excellency Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales
Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
Co-Chair of The Global Best Practice Programme -
Dame Polly Courtice
Director at University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Co-Chair of The Global Best Practice Programme
Our focus areas
The programme calls for projects related to five priority development topics and touching on at least one cross-cutting theme and enabler for development.
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Inclusive and sustainable service delivery
Reliable service provision in urban, suburban and rural areas, as well as in fluid environments such as informal, nomadic, post-disaster, emergency, and refugee settlements.
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Livelihoods and enterprise development
Promoting alternative employment and income opportunities, women in the workplace, competitive products and services, and improved market access.
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Resilient habitats
Better protecting human, economic and natural assets in urban, rural and fluid environments (informal, nomadic, post-disaster, emergency & refugee settlements).
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Social development
Reliable, affordable and appropriate healthcare and education systems and delivery.
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Water, food and energy security
Smarter consumption and resource management to better meet increasing water, food and energy requirements for a growing global population.
Our aims
The Programme seeks to enhance visibility of best practices for a better 2030, and bring stakeholders together to chart action for greater results, at a global platform that will see 25 million visits and worldwide media attention.
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Collaboration
Facilitate and encourage partnership and cooperation between relevant stakeholders.
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Creativity
Use of art, film, storytelling, music or other media to communicate projects creatively.
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Sustainable impact
Demonstrate sustainable and tangible impacts (social, economic, environmental) of projects from around the world.
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Transference
Create points of connection between people, partners, communities and countries so project impacts can be adapted, replicated or scaled.
Untold Stories can come from nations, international organizations, businesses, educational institutions, NGOs, social enterprises, communities and individuals from across the world.
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