Kamil Wyszkowski
UN Global Compact Network Poland
Meet our speaker - Kamil Wyszkowski
Kamil Wyszkowski
UN Global Compact Network Poland
BIO
Since 2002 he has worked for the United Nations. From 2002 to 2009 in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) he was responsible for international and multilateral cooperation and for developing programmes in Europe and Asia. From 2009 to 2014 Director of the UNDP Office in Poland. From 2004 to 2021 Country Representative and Chairman of the Board of UN Global Compact Network Poland – UN GCNP (a UN network coordinating on behalf of the United Nations Global Compact the cooperation with business, cities, universities, public administration and non-governmental organizations; more: ungc.org.pl). Since 2021 National Representative and Executive Director of UN GCNP. Since 2011, Director of the Knowledge Transfer Center – Know-How Hub.
Lecturer at, among others: Central European University, SGH, ALK, Collegium Civitas, SWPS – University of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cracow University of Economics, Ignacy Paderewski Institute of Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Warsaw University.
Expert in the field of UN and EU policies, in particular in the area of cooperation between business, administration and science and the inclusion of the private sector in the implementation of UN goals, policies and standards. Specialist in development cooperation, multilateral cooperation, knowledge transfer. As a UN staff member working on economic diplomacy, climate change, social and economic innovation, social economics and designing development leaps and megatrends in business particularly in response and adaptation to climate change. Lawyer specializing in international law. Graduate of the prestigious United Nations Development Programme Academy (UNDP VDA).
From 2003 to 2006 a member of the Strategic Group of the UN Deputy Secretary-General and the UNDP Regional Director for Europe and CIS countries. From 2009 to 2012 member of the Team of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland. On behalf of the Team of Advisors to the Prime Minister, among others, co-author of the Long-term National Development Strategy to 2030 and coordinator of the Human Capital Development Strategy to 2020. Since 2014 in the Expert Council of the National Centre for Research and Development on Innovation in the Economy and Social Innovation. Since 2016, among the members of the team for innovation in the Ministry of Development. Since 2018, advisor to the Minister of Investment and Development. From 2019, expert of the Senate of the Republic of Poland on international affairs, development aid and climate policies. From 2019 advisor to the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy.
