TEHRAN –The  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Panter Group have signed a three-year partnership agreement titled ‘Creativity for All Children’ to improve the lives of the most vulnerable children and adolescence in Iran.

The agreement was signed on July 8  by UNICEF Iran representative,  Robin Nandy, and Founder of the Panter Group, Mehrdad Aalipour Herisi, the UNICEF website announced in a press release on July 9.

The partnership provides financial support to UNICEF programs. As per this partnership, the Panter Group will donate part of the proceeds from the sale of its selected products to UNICEF.

“UNICEF highly appreciates the support of Panter Group to enable investments in priorities for children of Iran, such as healthcare, nutrition, social protection, clean water, and education,” said Nandy.

He went on to say, “We look forward to more such partnerships with the private sector to join forces and leverage the strengths of the corporate sector for the benefit of children in Iran.

UNICEF stands ready to support companies to achieve both their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and business objectives.”

Aalipour Herisi,  for his part, said, “In line with our strategy of building a value-creating brand, we go beyond profit and aim to be a beneficial company.

This can  be achieved through fulfilling our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and exchange of knowledge and expertise with reputable organizations such as UNICEF.”

He further noted, "Panter is excited to join UNICEF in helping children in Iran to live their dreams with smiles lighting up their faces."

UNICEF has been supporting Government Ministries and partners in their work for Iran’s children since the early 1950s, initially assisting in the vaccination of children against tuberculosis and equipping the country's first pasteurized milk factory.

Later UNICEF’s focus shifted to supporting children's health programs in Iran, such as promoting breastfeeding, vaccination, and preventing diarrhea.

The current country program between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and UNICEF, from 2023 to 2027, is focused on the following areas: Health and Nutrition, Education and Adolescent Empowerment, Child Protection, Social Policy, Emergency, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene as well as the climate change.

Panter Entrepreneurship Group, as a knowledge-based, innovative, and nanotechnology-oriented company in the field of stationery strives to apply the "Brandpreneurship" model to develop a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem in Iran.

On the basis of the idea of entrepreneurial management, Panter makes efforts to maintain its place as a respected and major brand at national and international levels.

In the last week of May, the Vice Presidency (VP) for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  organized a training session for VP directors on child rights, the UNICEF website announced in a press release on June 3.

A total of 18 VP directors and experts specialized in the fields of innovation, artificial intelligence (AI), knowledge-based economy, and cultural technologies attended the one-day training.

During the session, the participants gain insight into Results Based Management (RBM) and UNICEF’s Innovation Strategy.

The session also covered government sectoral accountabilities, in developing national plans that contribute to the identification and addressing of the child rights deprivations in the country

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