Baku:A panel session titled 'Country Innovations in Action What Works, Why and at What Scale?' was held as part of the UN Governance Innovation Summit Advancing Future-Ready Institutions in Baku. This session brought together leaders and senior representatives from national governments and regional organizations to discuss governance innovations and their effectiveness in various national contexts.

According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the session focused on sharing lessons learned from the implementation of these innovations and exploring opportunities to adapt and scale successful approaches across different countries and regions.

The discussions examined how governments have transformed reform ambitions into tangible results, highlighting the leadership, institutional arrangements, and partnerships that facilitated success, as well as the obstacles encountered. The panel was moderated by Sara Hamouda, Senior Continental Governance Officer at the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the African Union.

Prominent figures participating in the panel included Ambassador Dr. Merve Kavakci, First Deputy Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC); Elvis Muñoz, Vice-Minister for Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Public Administration of the Dominican Republic; Paraskevi Charalampogianni, Greece's Deputy Minister of Interior; Margaret Moumou, Cabinet Secretary of Seychelles; and Ayubkhon Sultonov, Uzbekistan's First Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies.