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SUMMARY:Youth Peace Challenge 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Youth Peace Challenge (YPC) is a global citizenship education program for youth leadership and stewardship for peace and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development/SDGs including climate change (SDG 13) in the context of the UN Summit of the Future(SOTF) in New York on 22-23 September 2024. \nGeneral Theme: “Youth for Sustainable Future – Role of the youth for climate and peace” \nHow to Prepare : Read the SOTF 2024 Policy Briefs and Zero Draft declarations (Available at the provided Google Drive link) \n\nZero Draft Pact for the Future (26 January 2024) \nNo 1 Future Generations \nZero Draft Declaration for Future Generations (26 March 2024)\nNo 3 Meaningful Youth Engagement\nNo 9 A New Agenda for Peace \n\nWho can participate? \n\nYouths aged 15 to 30 (born between 1 Jan 1993 and 31 Dec. 2008) of any nationality\nRefugees\, asylum-seekers\, and internally-displaced persons are welcome to apply\n\nHow? Individual or Group (2 or 3 persons) \nLanguage – English \nSubmission \n\nWritten essay between 3\,000 to 5\,000 words excluding footnotes and references\n\nHow to Submit \nPlease email your written Essay in PDF to\nPOPDialogue2023@gmail.com on or before 7 July 2024. \nImportant Dates \n\n23 April ~ 7 July – Application (Google Form)\n26 May – UN Future Summit (SOTF) & Theme Introduction Webinar (Virtual)\n7 July – Final Application and Essay Submission (via Email)\n17 July – Announcement of the Group Discussion’s Selected Participants\n27 and/or 28 July – Group Discussion (Virtual)\n12 August (International Youth Day) – Presentation of Essays by the Winners of YPC and Award Giving Ceremony\n22-23 Sep – Virtual Participation of UN Summit of the Future (SOTF) – New York\n1 Oct – Evaluation of UN Summit of the Future (SOTF) and follow-up\n\nContact and Inquiry  \n\nPOPDialogue2023@gmail.com -> About YPC\nAllianceofYouthPeaceAmbassador@gmail.com -> About YPA\n+82-10-4293-0707 (Organizing Committee for YPC)\n\n\nRegister\nDownload Template Essay\n  \n 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/youth-peace-challenge-2024/
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SUMMARY:World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event
DESCRIPTION:The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event will mark a significant milestone of twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society\, which took place in two phases — Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Twenty years ago WSIS set the framework for global digital cooperation with a vision to build people-centric\, inclusive\, and development-oriented information and knowledge societies. \nThe WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event will serve as a platform for multistakeholder discussions with the objective to take stock of the achievements and key trends\, challenges and opportunities since the Geneva Plan of Action in 2003. \nThe WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024\, co-organized by ITU\, UNESCO\, UNDP and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation\, with the support of remote participation. \nInvitation Letter\n\n\nLearn More\n\nhttps://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2024/
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/the-wsis-moon-shot-celebrating-20-years-and-crystal-balling-the-next-20/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Recommended Events,UN-NGO Collaboration
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SUMMARY:The WSIS Moon Shot: Celebrating 20 years and crystal-balling the next 20!
DESCRIPTION:WSIS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate two decades of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and explore our digital journey ahead! Dive into successes\, challenges\, and cutting-edge tech shaping our digital future. Join experts from diverse backgrounds as we pave the way for a more connected and inclusive world! \n\nReflecting on WSIS milestones & lessons learned\nTackling digital challenges & promoting inclusion\nCrafting a roadmap for the next era of global digital growth\n\nJoin us for a dynamic discussion shaping tomorrow’s digital landscape\, as we reflect on our achievements and envision the boundless possibilities ahead in an ever-evolving digital era. \n\n\n\nSession 354\n\nMonday\, 27 May 2024 \n09:00–09:30 (UTC+02:00) \nPhysical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation\nMain Stage\, Room D\, CICG\, 1st Floor\nHigh-Level Plenary\n\n\n\n\nMr. Tomas Lamanauskas\nDeputy Secretary-General\nInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU)\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMr. Thomas Coughlin2024 \nIEEE President\nInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)\n\nThomas Coughlin\, 2024 IEEE President \nTom Coughlin\, President\, Coughlin Associates is a digital storage analyst and business/ technology consultant.  He has over 40 years in the data storage industry with engineering and senior management positions.  Coughlin Associates consults\, publishes books and market and technology reports and puts on digital storage-oriented events.  He is a regular contributor for forbes.com and M&E organization websites.  He is an IEEE Fellow\, 2024 IEEE President\, Past-President IEEE-USA\, Past Director IEEE Region 6 and Past Chair Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section\, and is also active with SNIA and SMPTE. For more information on Tom Coughlin go to www.t \n\n\n \n\nMs. Maria Fernanda Garza\nChair\nInternational Chamber of Commerce\n\nMaria Fernanda Garza is a Mexican businesswoman\, CEO of Orestia\, a manufacturing home improvement- water solutions company\, with exports to USMCA region\, Latin-America and Asia. Her interest in improving the business environment\, made her a prominent business leader at a young age. Board member of Mexico´s leading business organizations such as COPARMEX\, CCE\, ALIARSE\, among others. \nFor ten years\, she was Mexico’s Employer Delegate to the International Labour Organization Conference\, where she became appointed Employer’s Vice Chair at the ILO’s 98th Session. Maria Fernanda Garza was Chair of ICC México from 2014 – 2020; Regional Coordinator for the Americas 2012-2020\, and a member of the Governing Body of the International Court of Arbitration. \nShe is currently Chairwoman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)\, a Member of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Urbanization of the President of the UN General Assembly’s\, and a Member of the International Advocacy Caucus of Indonesia B20. She was appointed to serve on the United Nations Secretary-General’s inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel for two years since 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nMs. Anriette Esterhuysen\nSenior advisor global and regional internet governance\nAssociation for Progressive Communications (APC)\n\nAnriette Esterhuysen served as the chairperson of the Multistakeholder Advisory Committee of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF)from 2019 to 2021.\nShe was executive director of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) from 2000 to 2017 and continues to work with APC as Senior Advisor on Internet Governance.\nShe convenes the annual African School on Internet Governance\, an APC collaboration with Research ICT Africa at the University of Cape Town\, and the African Union Commission. She serves on the governing bodies of the IGF Support Association\, Connect Humanity\, the Digital Empowerment Foundation\, and the South African Tertiary Education Network (TENET).\nAnriette was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as a Global Connecter in 2013 for her work in extending internet connectivity in Africa and received the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award in 2015 for her work on defending and promoting human rights online.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/the-wsis-moon-shot-celebrating-20-years-and-crystal-balling-the-next-20-2/
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