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Third CoNGO Global Thematic Webinar: Gender Justice, Youth, and Intra-/Intergenerational Justice  and Solidarity for Future Generations

Register here for online participation.

The webinar will be conducted in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.

CONCEPT NOTE

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1. The Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues, “Shaping the Future: The UN We Need for the World We Want,”  by CoNGO on 8 October 2021, highlighted global justice among all humanity’s significant global critical concerns. The Summit brought together over 1,000 participants worldwide to contribute experience and competencies, share doubts about our current world, and collectively articulate aspirations and proposals we must achieve for the world we want. The Civil Society Summit was rich in outlining concepts and actions needed to shape the future. 

2. As a direct outcome, the CoNGO General Assembly resolved to use the outcome of the Summit—the Synthesis Report—as a substantive basis for CoNGO’s programmatic direction, especially highlighting it in 2023, CoNGO’s 75th  anniversary year. It agreed to convene a series of six high-level global thematic webinars throughout 2023 to highlight and engage a  global constituency on the critical themes articulated at the Summit and to elaborate on the agenda, responses, and actions necessary to “define the present, shape the future, and make the change now.” This latter phrase is the anniversary’s theme.

3. The first webinar (March 2, 2023) focused on social justice, particularly migration, racial, and health justice. The second webinar (June 5, 2023) focused on pursuing global justice and solidarity, particularly realizing Agenda 2030, sustainable development and humanitarian action. This third iteration of the thematic webinar series (August 31, 2023) focuses on gender justice, youth and intergenerational solidarity, with a specific highlight on the responsibility of the present generation to protect and promote the human rights of future generations. The fourth webinar scheduled for Sept. 7 will focus on peace and the threats to the security and sustainability of people and the planet. Other webinars will focus on UN-NGO relations in revitalizing multilateralism and addressing the erosion and shrinking of civil spaces for democratic discourse.

4. The Synthesis Report emphasized the intersections of gender and other issues. Peace is not only the absence of war but the presence of justice in society. It stressed that “gender equality and justice foster conditions that make peace possible for all…Gender equality and justice foster conditions that make peace possible for all.” It also asserted that “the climate-gender-youth intersection requires our full engagement, recognizing that women and girls consistently carry the main social burdens” and that “a people-centered approach [is] crucial [in]…address[ing] the existing inequities in access to health, education, social protection and employment.” “Financing must also be gender-transformative,” the report added. “Human security includes protection for the vulnerable, gender justice, redress for victims, empowerment for rights holders and accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations. Human security is closely linked with Agenda 2030 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”

5. This third webinar will explore further what the Synthesis Report meant by advocating for Governments “to endorse  (and fund)  the Secretary-General’s intention to appoint a Special Envoy for Future Generations.” It is recalled that the 2014 CoNGO General Assembly supported a similar proposal, then entitled Ombudsman for Future Generations). CoNGO will “engage its membership in the shaping and empowering future generations as envisaged by the UN SG’s “Our Common Agenda,” including the proposed convening in 2024 of a Summit of the Future. “A robust, responsible and responsive UN – and multilateralism itself – must invest in our children and youth,” the Synthesis Report stressed. These will guide discussions on intergenerational solidarity for future generations, including an outcome document that NGOs want to address both in the drafting process and the substance of what is planned as the “Pact for the Future.” The webinar will also examine the key takeaways of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 proposals.

6. The keynote presentations will address the webinar topics, while three panels will address specific issues. Panel 1 will focus on gender justice in a transformed multilateralism. This panel will address gender equality as a fundamental human right and how a multilateral approach to gender justice with a transformative framework will influence societies’ economic, political, and social transformation. Panel 2 is a roundtable discussion with nine young people about the sources of their fears today and their hopes for the future. Panel 3 will explore the main principles that should serve as fundaments to ensure that states’ human rights obligations frame solidarity with future generations. The panel will address the tensions between the rights of present and future generations, will define how the human rights of future generations should relate to the present, especially in the context of an unequal world, will explore how to apply intra- and intergenerational justice to public policies and legislative processes, and how to protect the use of the concept of solidarity with future generations in a way that does not undermine women’s rights and gender justice.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

9:00 Anniversary Greetings by CoNGO 75th-Anniversary Honorary Co-Chairs

  • Gillian Sorensen (Former UN Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations)
  • Patrick Rea (ret.) (Grand Master Emeritus, Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, OSMTH)

9:04 Opening Remarks 

  • Liberato Bautista (President of CoNGO and Assistant General Secretary for United Nations and International Affairs of The United Methodist Church—General Board of Church and Society | Philippines | USA)

9:10 Keynote Addresses

The keynotes will connect UN and NGO perspectives on gender, youth and intra- and intergenerational justice and solidarity with a view in mind to contributing to the sharpening of both the discourse and action plans related to the UN Secretary General’s “Our Common Agenda,” the SDG Summit (2023), the UN Summit of the Future (2024) and related conferences and documents.

Moderator: Liberato Bautista (President, CoNGO)

Panelists:

  • Jayathma Wickramanayake (UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth | Sri Lanka)
  • Kim Won-soo (Rector, Global Academy for Future Civilizations, Kyung Hee University | International Advisory Board Chair, Taejae Future Consensus Institute | Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs | Republic of Korea)
  • Hibaaq Osman (CEO and Founder, Karama; Member, UN Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group | Somalia)
  • Abramo A. Chabib (Executive Director, Italian Diplomatic Academy | Italy)

9:45  Panel 1: Gender Justice in a Transformed Multilateralism 

This panel will address gender equality as a fundamental human right in achieving peaceful societies with full human potential and sustainable development. To achieve gender equality, a multilateral approach to gender justice with a transformative framework will influence societies’ economic, political, and social transformation. Gender inequality is intergenerational as oppression and discrimination pass on from a young girl to womanhood, institutionalizing the systemic oppression of women. Gender is part of the broader socio-political-economic-cultural context analysis, which includes class, race, poverty level, ethnic group, sexuality, reproductive rights and age. To have a secure, sustainable, and transformative future, gender justice must be addressed at socio-political-economic levels in all countries.

Moderator: Pamela Morgan (Co-Chair, NGO Committee on Status of Women, New York; Zonta International | USA)

Panelists:

  • Elizabeth Cox (Former Regional Head, Pacific Multi-Country Office of United Nations Women | Australia)
  • Indai Sajor (Senior Gender Advisor | Former Convenor, Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal | Philippines)
  • Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo (International President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF | Cameroon)
  • Lilly Be’Soer (Founder and Director, Voice for Change | Member, UN Women’s Civil Society Advisory Group | Papua New Guinea)

10:25 Q&A

Rapporteur: Mara Cohen (Montclair State University | New Jersey, USA)

10:35 Panel 2:

Youth: Sources of Their Fears Today and Their Hopes for the Future 

Any talk of the future cannot escape a discussion with young people about the present, significantly if the present and the future affect their lives today. This panel will address the sources of fears of young people today and how that is affecting their current lives and their hopes. Nine young professionals will converse with the CoNGO President about their fears today and hopes for the future. The panel is organized so that youth may also demonstrate their strategic role in addressing issues perpetuating gender inequality by promoting gender justice, which is the systemic redistribution of and access to power and opportunities for people of all genders without discrimination. The youth should play a significant role in breaking the inequalities between young women and men in responsibilities assigned, activities undertaken, access to and control over resources, and decision-making opportunities. If the hope of the future is in the youth, then their present condition matters, and the fight must be waged today against these inequalities that permeate all aspects of their lives.

Moderator: Liberato Bautista (CoNGO President)

Roundtable Discussion with French Young Professionals:

  • Elia Chevrier (Law, culture and international relations)
  • Jessica Champenois (Local and international solidarity, cooperation and social innovation)
  • Lea Hadjadene (Political scientist, social policy and innovation | education, migration and discrimination)
  • Victoria Charreyron (Human rights and international criminal justice)
  • Alice Lureau (Marine Protected Areas Project Officer | French Biodiversity Agency)
  • Chloe Moullec (Political scientist, international relations, diplomacy and conflict resolution)
  • Alice Fouillouze (Specialist in human-nature relationship and systemic societal changes for sustainability)
  • Cyprien Brabant (Industrial ecology, engineering, carbon emissions reduction, CSR)
  • Diane Ducleaux (Expert in international law, common law and the American legal system)

Live Intervention:

  • Angelica Tostes (World Student Christian Federation | Student Christian Movement | Brazil)
  • Pauline Masylgeline Mbong (Young WILPF Communications and Campaign Co-coordinator | Cameroon)

11:25 Q&A

Rapporteur: Kangwa Mabuluki (General Secretary, All Africa Theological Education by Extension Association | Former Co-General Secretary, World Student Christian Federation | Zambia)

11:30 Panel 3: Intra- and Intergenerational Justice and Solidarity for Future Generations 

This panel will explore the main principles that should serve as fundaments to ensure that states’ human rights obligations frame solidarity with future generations. The panelists will speak about how to solve the tensions between the rights of present and future generations and define how the human rights of future generations should relate to the present, especially in the context of an unequal world. Panelists will explore how to apply intra- and intergenerational justice to public policies and legislative processes, considering both the short and long term. The panel will also explore how to protect the use of the concept of solidarity with future generations in a way that does not undermine women’s rights and gender justice. The panel recognizes that gender equality is, first and foremost, a human rights issue. Equality and non-discrimination, regardless of gender and race, are fundamental human rights principles. If we don’t address the violence and systemic discrimination against women today, the cycle of violence is bound to be repeated, and future generations will continue to suffer.

Moderator: Ana Maria Suarez Franco (FIAN International | Colombia | Switzerland)

  • The Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations: Prof Sandra Liebenberg (Distinguished Professor & HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University | South Africa)
  • A Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations: Kenneth Stokes (President & CEO, World Sustainability Forum | USA)
  • Youth Perspective: Lucy Plummer (Youth Engagement Consultant & Practitioner – Social and Environmental Issues & UN Affairs, Soka Gakkai International | United Kingdom)

12:00 Q&A

Rapporteur: Susanne Seperson (Vice Chair, NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, Generations United: USA)

12:10 Break for Rapporteurs

12:15 Rapporteur’s Report in View of an Outcome Document

Lead Rapporteur: Cyril Ritchie (CoNGO First Vice President)

12:25 Closing Remarks by Liberato Bautista (President of CoNGO)

12:30 Webinar ends

HELPFUL RESOURCES

  1. Our Common Agenda
  2. Synthesis Report of the CoNGO Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues
  3. The Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations
  4. UNESCO Declaration on the Responsibility of Present Generations Towards  Future Generations
  5. A Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations
  6. Young People’s Proposals for the 2023 SDG Summit (Key Takeaways from the Youth and the SDGs Online Consultation

Coloniality of Knowledge in Hegemonic Psychology, II: Confronting Professional Discipline

SPSSI is proud to host a webinar series this semester entitled “Decolonial Perspectives on the Psychological Study of Social Issues,” which has been organized by the Readsura Decolonial Editorial Collective. All webinars in this series are free and open to everyone. Please join us for the fourth webinar in this series, on…

Coloniality of Knowledge in Hegemonic Psychology, II: Confronting Professional Discipline

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iBs_7cA5SEe5kvyhu4uzmQ

Convener/Discussant: Shahnaaz Suffla

Presenters:

  • Stephanie Grant, Stephanie D’Costa, & Kandyce Anderson Amie  |  Decolonizing school psychology research: A systematic literature review
  • Hugo Canham  |  Conundrums in teaching decolonial critical community psychology within the context of neo-liberal market pressures
  • Jesica Siham Fernández  |  “And now we resist”: Three testimonios on the importance of decoloniality within psychology

Read more about the webinar series here: spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=2818

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP. For more information on the NGO Committee on Mental Health, please visit ngomentalhealth.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, please email the co-chairs at tonkin@hartford.edu or fmhult@umbc.edu. 

 

President of the General Assembly Town Hall meeting with Civil Society Organizations

Dear civil society colleagues,

You are kindly invited to join the President of the General Assembly for a Town Hall meeting with Civil Society in the Trusteeship Council Chamber (UN Headquarters, NY) on 2 December 2022, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The meeting will also be webcast live on UN WebTV.

Background and Objective

In his vision statement, His Excellency Csaba KŐRÖSI, President of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly stated “It is my intention to hold impact-oriented consultations with civil society organizations, youth representatives, science-based knowledge centres and representatives of business communities, key finance institutions and faith-based organizations. I hope to be able to encourage them to bring their contributions to the General Assembly while keeping in mind the interlinked nature of the risk factors we face and the integrated character of the solutions we need.”

The PGA has further asserted that a more effective and responsive United Nations will require engagement with an array of relevant stakeholders, including civil society, businesses, philanthropic organizations, academia, the scientific community, and other partners on the key issues under discussion in the General Assembly. While Member States remain the decision-makers of the United Nations, all stakeholders must assume their role as decision-shapers.

In this light, the PGA will convene a Town Hall with civil society representatives to discuss his priorities for the seventy-seventh session, with a particular aim to hear proposals for solutions directly from civil society representatives. This Town Hall is supported by the Department of Global Communications, with additional support by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Format

The moderated event will consist of an opening statement by the President of the General Assembly followed by five short keynote statements from civil society representatives that will address the following topics:

  • Solutions through solidarity:  The pandemic has demonstrated how solidarity within societies and among countries has an impact on social and economic stability and security. In times of crisis, focusing on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable is more important than ever. Civil society is on the ground. What does sustainable solidarity look like?
  • Solutions through sustainability: We must get back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Next year’s SDG Summit at the UN will be a key opportunity to take stock of gaps and recommit to the achievement of the SDGs. Best practices that can be replicated are needed. Civil society will play a key role in this endeavor.
  • Solutions though science: Our efforts to tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the digital revolution have provided us with convincing proof of the role science can play in shaping decisions on complex issues. This transformative agenda must be based on scientific evidence and the political wisdom of negotiators.
  • Solutions from youth: It would be difficult to fix present crises and prevent new ones while adhering to the same mentality and logic that led to their onset. Youth already have a voice, but they need to be heard, particularly as every negotiating process affects them and future generations. In September, the General Assembly decided to establish a UN Youth Office to promote meaningful, inclusive and effective engagement of youth and youth-led organizations in the work of the UN.
  • Solutions through partnership: In times of interlocking crises, no country —without exception— can effectively address global challenges alone. Similarly, the complexities of these problems make it so that governments alone, even when working together, are unable to sustainably implement solutions without partnerships that reach beyond the State. Civil society participants are critical partners in highlighting best practices and lessons learned so that partnerships become the international default when addressing common threats.

The floor will then be opened for discussion and for questions from civil society representatives.

Logistics

Civil Society Organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC, formally associated with the Department of Global Communications, and other stakeholders are invited to attend the meeting in the Trusteeship Council Chamber in person.

All in-person participants are required to register in advance here.

For in-person events at the UN headquarters, the use of masks is strongly encouraged. By registering to attend in-person, all participants attest that their COVID-19 vaccination record is up to date to access the UN Headquarters complex in New York, based on the guidelines provided by local health authorities.

Please note: Civil Society Representatives are reminded to carry proof of COVID-19 vaccination while on UN premises in New York and must be prepared to show them if requested to do so by UN personnel.

To register an interest in delivering a keynote statement, please fill in the online form here no later than 14 November. CSO representatives will be selected by taking into account geographical and gender balance, as well as thematic diversity.

Due to time limitations, it will not be possible to accommodate all requests for interventions. A limited number of speakers will be contacted by the Secretariat. We appreciate your understanding. The time for interventions will be limited to 4 minutes for each speaker.

To ensure a wider participation from all geographical regions, CSO representatives will also have the opportunity to submit pre-recorded questions, a selection of which will be presented during the questions and answers segment of the event. Please register your interest in submitting a pre-recorded question here no later than 14 November.

Provisional Programme

  • Introductory remarks by moderator
  • Opening statement by the President of the General Assembly
  • Remarks by keynote speakers from Civil Society Organizations
  • Discussions, questions and answers with the PGA
  • Closing statement by the President of the General Assembly

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna, please visit ngocsdvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, please email the co-chairs at tonkin@hartford.edu or fmhult@umbc.edu. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com. 

61st Session of the Commission for Social Development

The 61st United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 in Conference Room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Priority Theme:

Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Review of relevant UN plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups:

(i) Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond;

(ii) World Programme of Action for Youth;

(iii) Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;

(iv) Family issues, policies and programmes.

Full schedule of events, more info on NGO participation, and background documents available here.

Hosting Side Events:

Most CSocD61 side events will take place virtually. In person side events are ONLY open to Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations and United Nations system entities.

Each side event organizer is responsible for hosting and choosing their virtual event platform. All participants of the CSocD and users of the CSocD online platforms, and any contributions they make, must comply with the United Nations Code of Conduct.

General Instructions for Side Events

Deadline for submission of online application forms for side-events is 22 December 2022 for in person events and 6 January 2023 for virtual events (EDT – New York Time).

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/NY, please visit ngofamilyny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/Vienna, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Migration, please visit ngo-migration.org.

Eliminating Extreme Poverty and Hunger Amongst Older Persons & People with Disabilities by Implementing a Supplementary Income Program: Evidence from Ethiopia

The NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity (COIGENS) proudly invites you to the first meeting in their new series on Social Trauma and Intergenerational Solutions! This inaugural meeting will focus on:

Eliminating Extreme Poverty and Hunger Amongst Older Persons and People with Disabilities by Implementing a Supplementary Income Program: Evidence from a Program in Lalibela, Ethiopia

To attend this exciting virtual event, please contact COIGENS Program Coordinator Kevin Brabazon at NGOcommittee.COIGENS@gmail.com to receive the Zoom access link, which will be sent out prior to the meeting.

About Nov. 11 Meeting:

This first meeting will focus on the traumas of extreme poverty and hunger and will offer a simple approach to eliminating both traumas. The social protection program that is often found in social security systems (in the USA it is referred to as Supplementary Security Income or SSI). This meeting will introduce you to a demonstration project in Lalibela, Ethiopia that is sponsored by COIGENS. The Mayor of Lalibela will introduce five recipients of the supplementary income part of the Lalibela Project and will interview them to show how their lives have changed since joining the program. This will be a live feed so attendees will be able to ask questions in the last 30 minutes of the program.

In the Lalibela Project, Supplementary Income is provided to eligible participants on a monthly basis. The income is set above the Extreme Poverty level and is intended to show the government and international observers that this “social trauma” could be eliminated on a national level by implementing a 1% income tax.

Program:

  • Keynote Speech: Dr. Kurt Johnson, Pioneer in the Knowledge Field of Science and  Religion Interface, “The Three Generational Family Model at the Interface of Social and Economic Sciences and Religion”
  • Program Presentation: Abebe Fentaw Sisay, Director of the Lalibela Project, “Honor Your Father and Mother and Love Your Neighbor as Yourself as a Basis for Social Development”
  • Mayor Tesefa Habte, Mayor of Lablibela, will introduce and interview five of the elders who have been lifted out of extreme poverty by the supplementary income program in the Lalibela Project

Please note: You do not need to be a member of COIGENS to join the Zoom meeting though we are offering free membership extended from December to run through April of next year. Any time you wish to join, let us know and we will add you to the list of members. If you prefer to follow our meetings as a non-member, we welcome that too. We are interested in building a community of common interests in which we can share ideas and shape the way the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be realized.  –  Dr. Susanne Seperson, Acting Chair, COIGENS; United Nations Representative, Generations United

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CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Vienna, please visit ngoageingvie.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Geneva, please visit ageingcommitteegeneva.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/NY, please visit ngofamilyny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/Vienna, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. 

Climate Action Day

In light of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, students and teachers from across the world will get together at a global online discussion to share ideas, solutions, and innovative projects for climate action. In an interactive session, youth leaders and innovators will present their ideas and recommendations. The online event will be an opportunity for schools to showcase their sustainability practices and environmental projects. It will also present the outcomes of the Climate Action Project, a six-week climate education initiative that has reached over 2.7 million people in 149 countries. Climate education for all!

Registration is open for all global classrooms. Watch live here on Thursday, November 3rd: youtube.com/takeactionglobal

View full event details here: climateactionday.net

Register here: bit.ly/cop27tag

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna, please visit ngocsdvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit un-ngocrip.net. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights/NY, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com. 

UNESCO-UNFCCC COP27 webinar #7: Climate Change Education

From April to September, UNESCO-UNFCCC hosted the first six webinars of eight for the Webinar Series, Climate Change Education for Social Transformation: On the Road to COP27, which is dedicated to the goal of greening every education policy and curriculum to be climate ready. Taking place on the last Tuesday of every month, each episode will explore the critical role of climate change education, and how to harness its transformative power, in leading up to COP27.

The seventh session, Getting Ready to Scale Up Climate Change Education at COP27, takes place on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 from 10:00 – 11:00 CET, and reviews the gaps, challenges, and opportunities in promoting climate change education for social transformation in education and sustainable development policies and curriculums. The discussion will present concrete strategies to promote the greening of every education policy and curriculum, particularly around COP27.

Register here!

The session will be in English with interpretation in French. The forthcoming Session 8 (November), next and last in the series, will focus on: “Post-COP27 climate change education: Where do we go from here?”

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna, please visit ngocsdvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights/NY, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP.

NGO Briefing by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights & Office for Disarmament Affairs

Dear Colleagues,
On Thursday October 27th our NGO Committee on Human Rights and the NGO Committee on Disarmament will be meeting from 1 pm to 4 pm in the Church Center’s 10th floor.
During this meeting the Director of the UN NY Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Craig Mokhiber, will be available to respond to specific concerns and/or questions. Please send these to bobbinassar@yahoo.om by Friday, October 21st.
Senior Political Affairs Officer, Christopher King, from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs will join us. Additional speakers focusing on challenges of migration and displacement will be announced shortly.
Our last half hour will focus on plans for both the NGO Committee on Human Rights and the NGO Committee on Disarmament.
All are welcome!

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, please visit  ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights/NY, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com.

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