SDPI

📅 2-5 November 2026 | Islamabad

Development is being disrupted. The question is: how do we rethink it?

Join SDPI at the 29th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC 2026) as policymakers, researchers, development practitioners, businesses and thought leaders come together around the theme:

Rethinking Development in an Age of Disruption

This year’s conversation is anchored in 3 interconnected priorities:

Economy. Environment. Equity.

Alongside SDC 2026, SDPI will also host the 4th Sustainability Investment Expo (SIE 2026) under the theme:

Connecting Ideas, Investment and Impact for Resilient Development

📍 Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan

🔗 Learn more: sdpi.org/sd-conference/

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Session A-10 tiled "Digital Skill Development of Women Entrepreneurs on Enhancing Business Opportunities". Ms. Mehnaz Akber Aziz, Former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan & Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Global Network (CGN) Pakistan "She called for simplifying women’s business registration, noting that only 163,000 of 11.86 million women-owned businesses are registered. She urged stronger digital connectivity, institutional support, and online marketplaces to expand market access for women entrepreneurs and rural artisans"

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Plenary 1.5 Titled Building Climate-Resilient Communities: Linking Nature-Based Solutions and Social Protection". Ms. Meriem El Harouchi, Programme Manager | Migration, Forced Displacement & Resilience, EU Delegation to Pakistan emphasize that "Building climate resilience communities and households needs investments that actually reduce climate risks at local levels and funding large sustainable and quality infrastructure that EU is aimed to achieve in Pakistan by its global strategy. Further, there is a need for better development spending by unlocking the capacity of larger investments."

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