Last week, Yunus Thailand had the privilege of presenting the White Paper on Catalysing an Innovation Ecosystem for People-Centred Justice in Southeast Asia on the second day of the UN Regional Conference on People-Centered Justice, held in Bangkok from 11-13 November. The regional conference gathered over 200 participants from across the Asia-Pacific region with a common vision of achieving just societies by leveraging people-centric approaches. The regional conference provided a space to gather wider insights from experts in various sectors across Southeast Asia and beyond during the panel discussion and a world cafe session organised by the UN Development Program’s Judicial Integrity Network for ASEAN.

During the session, our team presented insights from a multi-stakeholder consultation and initial actionable framework and recommendations toward catalysing an innovation ecosystem in this space. The White Paper is the result of a collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) and insights from over 45 innovation and justice sector experts across Southeast Asia and beyond. A three-layered framework toward catalysing an innovation ecosystem highlights key functions of ecosystem building that include gathering and cultivating actors and leaders, pipelining innovative solutions, and integrating proven innovation into systems at scale. The framework builds on previous research by the Thailand Institute of Justice on justice innovation, as well as insights on community weaving from the Together Institute, among others.

The regional conference provided a space to gather wider insights from experts in various sectors across Southeast Asia and beyond during the panel discussion and a world cafe session organised by the UN Development Program’s Judicial Integrity Network for ASEAN.

The event was co-hosted by the UNDP , UN Environment Programme Asia and the Pacific, UN Women Asia and the Pacific, UN International Children's Emergency Fund, and World Justice Project, Pathfinders, IDLO - International Development Law Organization, and the Thailand Institute of Justice.