Making Space
for the Beyonds

The Beyond Lab is UN Geneva's policy innovation hub focused on long-term sustainable development, intergenerational equity and the future of international cooperation.

Our Key Projects

Youth Moving Beyond GDP

Futures Balance

Spillover-Innovation Learning Journey

What's Next

Beyonds Challenge

Beyond Action Platform

The Hope Project

Residency

Building Bridges

Our Focus Areas

Rethinking Development

How can we shift from sustaining to regenerating?

Intergenerational Impact

How can we have a positive intergenerational impact ?

Emotions

How can we hope a better world into reality?

The Unknown

How can we accommodate for the unknown?

What We’re Excited About

Make Shift Happen!

Welcome to the Beyond Lab's Sustainability Letter!
Offering unique perspectives on driving the shift towards long-term sustainability. Our second Issue is out now!

Beyond 2030: UN Geneva’s Beyonds Festival Connects Global Voices, Creative Thinking and Youth Participation

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What happens when bold ideas meet real-world conversations? The Beyonds Festival turned the Palais des Nations into a meeting place for creativity, collaboration and fresh thinking, opening new conversations on the world we want to build beyond 2030.

What’s New

Insights / Articles

Analysis | A Shift from Consultation to Partnership: How the Youth Network on Beyond GDP Shaped the Elements Paper

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Meet the Winners of the Beyonds Challenge 2026

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The Youth Network on Beyond GDP's Contribution to the Elements Paper

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Upcoming Events

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Our Institutional Partners

https://www.fdfa.admin.ch/deza/en/home.html

https://www.bmz.de/en

https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

https://www.uninnovation.network/

https://www.iisd.org/

We Collaborate With

UN Trade and Development

Rethinking Economics

United Nations Human Rights

United Nations Youth Office

United Nations Development Coordination Office

UN Global Pulse

Open Quantum Institute

Geneva Graduate Institute

Universite de Geneve

Building Bridges

The Club of Rome

World Economic Forum

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