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Update CEO/leadership names per 2026 transition

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Judith Hermetter (talk · contribs) has been paid by unknown.

I work for Zero Project/Essl Foundation and would like to propose the following change.

Suggested change: Current text: "Michael Fembek is the CEO of Zero Project." Proposed text: "Michael Fembek is President of Zero Project International. Anna Königseder and Robin Tim Weis serve as Executive Directors, jointly leading the organization's activities."

Sources:

"Zero Project International announces leadership transition". Beyond Words. 2026-04-17. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
"Führungswechsel bei Zero Project International". TOP Leader (in German). 2026-04-16. Retrieved 2026-07-27.

Please let me know if this can be implemented, or if additional sourcing is needed. Thank you. Judith Hermetter (talk) 10:17, 27 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi Judith Hermetter, I am not seeing the text "Michael Fembek is the CEO of Zero Project." in the article, so I was not sure where you wanted the proposed text. I did change "CEO" to "President" in the article infobox to reflect his title. Please clarify any additional changes you would like made to the text of the article. I am marking this request as answered; to re-open it, change "answered=yes" to "answered=no" in the {{edit COI}} template above. Best, Spencer^T•C 01:56, 20 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Spencer: Thanks for the reply, and no problem. I was referring to the infobox, so the change to Michael Fembek's title there is exactly what I was after. Could you also add the executive directors to the infobox? The page has not been updated in several years, so it is quite out of date in places. If that's alright, I will put together a more comprehensive list of suggested changes supported by third-party sources and post it here for review. Best, Judith Hermetter (talk) 09:17, 21 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Spencer^T•C 14:39, 21 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

UN partnership timeline update

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Summary of requested change: Update the "United Nations relationship" section to reflect the 2023–2026 UNIS partnership timeline and current awardee totals, replacing the outdated 2013/2014 cutoff.

Proposed text: Since 2013, the Zero Project Conference has been hosted at the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) in partnership with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Essl Foundation.^[1] In February 2023, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) marked the ten-year anniversary of this partnership, noting that the Zero Project had by then identified more than 800 proven-concept solutions from over 120 countries.^[1] In 2025, UNODC and the Zero Project/Essl Foundation jointly announced a renewed partnership agreement.^[2] As of the 2026 conference, the Zero Project Network had identified 1,035 Awardees across all research cycles since its founding.^[3]

Reason: The current article's UN-relationship content ends in 2014 and does not reflect a decade of continued institutional partnership, confirmed by UN Information Service press releases.

Disclosure: I have a declared conflict of interest with this subject — see User:Judith Hermetter for details. Submitting as a formal edit request rather than editing the article directly.

Judith Hermetter (talk) 12:33, 23 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

1 2 "United Nations and Essl Foundation Mark 10-Year Partnership on Disability Inclusion" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2023-02-20. UNIS/INF/587. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
↑ "Zero Project Conference 2025 at the United Nations in Vienna: Innovations in Employment and ICT" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2025-03-05. UNIS/INF/590. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
↑ "Zero Project Conference 2026 Highlights Innovations for Accessibility, ICT, and Crisis Response" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2026-02-18. UNIS/INF/591. Retrieved 2026-09-23.

[unis2023-1] 1 2 "United Nations and Essl Foundation Mark 10-Year Partnership on Disability Inclusion" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2023-02-20. UNIS/INF/587. Retrieved 2026-09-23.

[unis2025-2] "Zero Project Conference 2025 at the United Nations in Vienna: Innovations in Employment and ICT" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2025-03-05. UNIS/INF/590. Retrieved 2026-09-23.

[unis2026-3] "Zero Project Conference 2026 Highlights Innovations for Accessibility, ICT, and Crisis Response" (Press release). United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna. 2026-02-18. UNIS/INF/591. Retrieved 2026-09-23.

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Update CEO/leadership names per 2026 transition

UN partnership timeline update