Baku:The UN Governance Innovation Summit, titled "Advancing Future-Ready Institutions," was recently held in Baku, co-organized by the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan and the United Nations. The summit featured a panel session focused on "Regional Solutions for Resilient, Adaptive and Anticipatory Institutions."

According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the session convened experts and leaders from various regional institutions and networks to discuss governance innovations with proven results across multiple regions including the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, Central Asia, and Europe. The conversation aimed to share insights from their implementations and identify opportunities to adapt and scale successful approaches.

The discussion highlighted how innovations can catalyze governance transformation, emphasizing the need for more resilient, adaptive, anticipatory, and citizen-centered institutions. The panel was moderated by Cristina Rodriguez-Acosta, a Governance and Public Administration Officer at the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Prominent figures on the panel included Dr. John-Mary Kauzya from South Africa's Stellenbosch University, Dr. Armando Guio Español of Harvard Law School, Dr. Richard Stirling, CEO of UK-based Oxford Insights, and Devon Rowe from the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD).