{"id":300,"date":"2021-01-29T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/?p=300"},"modified":"2021-03-30T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:15:54","slug":"the-uscib-foundations-business-partners-to-convince-launch-covid-19-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/the-uscib-foundations-business-partners-to-convince-launch-covid-19-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Council for International Business (USCIB): The USCIB Foundation\u2019s Business Partners to CONVINCE Launch COVID-19 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent\u00a0press release<\/a>, The USCIB Foundation, the education and research arm of USCIB, announced that its Business Partners to CONVINCE (BP2C) initiative has launched a \u2018Global COVID-19 Workplace Challenge,\u2019 inviting companies and organizations around the world to listen to employees\u2019 needs and concerns about the impact and prevention of COVID-19 and encourage vaccine confidence and uptake, among other things.<\/p>\n

The BP2C initiative is the private sector arm of the global, multi-sector CONVINCE (CO<\/strong>VID-19 N<\/strong>ew V<\/strong>accine In<\/strong>formation, C<\/strong>ommunication, and E<\/strong>ngagement)\u00a0initiative that advances vaccine literacy and promotes vaccine acceptance.<\/p>\n

Members of the BP2C Steering Team, which includes global organizations such as Business Fights Poverty, Business at OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the International Organization of Employers, jointly agreed to develop vaccine literacy strategies based on science, facts and emerging information to counter hesitation and vaccination opponents through communication and education initiatives at the global, national and local levels.<\/p>\n

Companies joining the Global COVID-19 Workplace Challenge agree to do the following:<\/p>\n