<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Nobel laureate Professor Yunus has visited Venice and Milan to finalise the partnership between&nbsp; &nbsp;Milan Cortina Winter Olympic and Yunus Sports Hub.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During his visit to Venice on March 18, Prof Yunus was the honorary host of the launch event of Impact 2026, the social procurement programme delivered as a partnership between Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 (organizer of the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games), Yunus Sports Hub and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aim of the programme is to make sure that social businesses benefit from the economic opportunities of the 2026 Games.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He opened the event with a keynote speech promoting the concept of social business and the world of three zeros in sports.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event was hosted by the&nbsp; Ca’Foscari University of Venice, the Veneto region and the City of Venice, said a press release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The&nbsp; Ca’Foscari University of Venice established a&nbsp; Yunus Social Business Centre five years back during Professor Yunus's&nbsp; visit to the university at the invitaion of the university, dedicating the Centre for implementation of social business in the academic curriculum.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Faculty members of several other Yunus Social Business Centres in different parts of Italy also arrived in Venice to participate in&nbsp; the launching ceremony and meet Professor Yunus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On March 19, Prof Yunus addressed the students of the university of Bocconi , the topmost Italian management school.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prof Yunus expounded his vision about a world of three zeros, social business, and its link with sports . The event was organized within the framework of the launch of the Executive Master in Events, launched in partnership between University of Bocconi and Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During his visit to Milan Professor Yunus received the Italian rapper, singer, songwriter, social media personality and businessman, superstar Fedez.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fedez expressed his interest in partnering with him in the movement towards building a World of Three Zeros.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When&nbsp; Fedze expressed his desire to create a social business in Europe jointly with Professor Yunus, he accepted the offer and invited him to visit Bangladesh to finalise the partnership. - UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>