On 18th May 2021 the UN General Council approved a joint application by the International Commission on Glass (ICG), the Community of Glass Associations (CGA) and ICOM-Glass that 2022 be declared a United Nations International Year of Glass . The Year is is now celebrating the essential role Glass has in Society. The opening ceremony in the Palace of Nations in Geneva took place on the 10-11th February and featured 30 world-class speakers. Although COVID restrictions limited the audience to 135, it was str
This IYOG event needed significant financial support and a Global sponsorship campaign was particularly successful. Our SPONSORSHIP leaflet explained how to become involved, as a key PARTNER or simply as a FRIEND . Unspent funds from the Opening Ceremony and future donations have been used to support adminstration costs and smaller events in the year (see pages on GRANTS) . A list of the programme and our sponsors is printed in the Conference Brochure .
What follows is based on the formal application made to the UN and is split into the following sections:
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