Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and its Implementation
2024-04-22 13:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
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Investing in safe and inclusive digital public infrastructure: A case for advancing financial inclusion through risk mitigation Co-sponsors: An official side event during the 2024 ECOSOC FfD Forum Follow-up
2024-04-23 13:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
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NGO CSW/NY Working Group on Social Justice
2024-04-24 11:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Working Group on Social Justice

Join us next Wednesday, 24 April for Meeting 1 of our Working Group on Social Justice!

The Working Group on Social Justice is a dedicated body within NGO CSW/NY, focused on addressing issues related to social justice, equality, and the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls.
Date: Wednesday, 24 April
Time: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Where: Zoom

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CONFERENCE OF NGOs IN CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS (CoNGO) Regional Committee in Asia-Pacific (RCAP)
2024-04-25 - 2024-04-26
CONFERENCE OF NGOs IN CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS (CoNGO) Regional Committee in Asia-Pacific (RCAP)

Bangkok, Thailand – April 25-26, 2024

Notification and Invitation to RCAP 2024 Addressed to NGOs/CSOs in the Asia-Pacific Region

A. CoNGO has organized an RCAP Session each of the past six years generously hosted by Siam University, Bangkok, thanks to the hospitality of SU President Dr Pornchai Mongkhonvanit. During the Covid Pandemic, the event was held online to widen the sphere of participation for those unable to travel. RCAP provides an opportunity to strengthen regional solidarity and understanding, to exchange experience in crucial Sustainable Development and related areas, and to create new and invigorating partnerships.
B. RCAP is always held during the week of the Plenary Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to encourage attendance at both events. RCAP meets on the last days of ESCAP, when the main debates are over and the plenary is mostly engaged in adopting concluding resolutions. This year the ESCAP Plenary is scheduled a month earlier than usual, namely April 22-26, so RCAP will meet at Siam University on Thursday April 25 and Friday April 26. (See programme)
C. RCAP has two main features. The first is an analysis of regional, national or local implementation by Asia-Pacific NGOs/CSOs of the Sustainable Development Goals that are up for review this year at the UN High Level Political Forum (UN.HQ, July 8-17). This year the HLPF focusses on SDGs 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, and its overall theme is “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions.”
CoNGO hereby invites Asia-Pacific NGOs/CSOs to submit a report (4-8 pages) on their implementation activities for all or some of the five SDGs mentioned. Please focus on illustrating, by on-the-ground examples, the second half of the long UN title, namely the EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. Please send each report to firstvp@ngocongo.org by April 7 2024.
D. The second feature of RCAP 2024 will again be an Open International Panel, this year on the subject:
“AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND YET REAL – FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND HUMANITY”.
The themes will be:
– AI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS
– AI AND DIGITAL JUSTICE (Access and technology)
– REGIONAL ASIA-PACIFIC AI RESEARCH SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
We invite Asia-Pacific NGO/CSO with expertise in these areas to propose the name
and qualifications of a speaker. Please send such proposals with supporting
documentation to firstvp@ngocongo.org by April 7 2024.
E. Please consult the attached programme and logistical information, as well as
registration information. We greatly look forward to welcoming once again many
Asia-Pacific NGOs and CSOs to Bangkok in April.
Cyril Ritchie
CoNGO First Vice President
firstvp@ngocongo.org

Programme, Logistical Information, Registration
Venue: Siam University, 38 Petkasem Road, Phasicharoen, Bangkok
University Building 19, 18 th Floor, Telephone +66(0)2867.8088

THURSDAY April 25 (First Session)
11.00 – 12.30 Registration and Set up of exhibits
12.30 Lunch
15.00 – 18.00
Opening with musical performance, courtesy of Siam University
Welcome by Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, President of Siam University
Opening Statement by Cyril Ritchie, CoNGO First Vice President
Presentations of Asia-Pacific NGOs/CSOs actions on implementing the SDGs:
“Effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions”
Discussion and analysis
18.00-19.00 Reception
FRIDAY April 26 (Second and Third Sessions)
09.00 CoNGO Presidential Statement by Liberato Bautista, via Zoom from the USA
09.30 – 12.15
Open International Panel: “AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND YET REAL – FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITY”
Themes:

AI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS
AI AND DIGITAL JUSTICE
REGIONAL ASIA-PACIFIC AI RESEARCH SUPPORTING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

12.30 Lunch
14.00 – 16.30
Further discussion and analysis of SDG implementation: cross-cutting issues;
mutual support; partnerships; relationship to UN.ESCAP, to the HLPF, and to
the UN Summit of the Future (UN.HQ, September 22-23, 2024)
Concluding statement by the President of Siam University
Concluding statement by the CoNGO First Vice President
17.00 Closed meeting of the RCAP Steering Committee
General and practical information
A. Most of you will know that at the July 2024 HLPF the following Asia-Pacific countries will offer Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs): Laos, Micronesia, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. CoNGO has consistently advocated that national NGOs be involved by each government in the preparation of its VNR.
B. At RCAP 2024 we shall offer congratulations to the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) which celebrated its 60 th Anniversary recently. ASPBAE has regularly participated in RCAP, and serves on its Steering Committee. ASPBAE steadfastly “protects and defends the right of all to inclusive, gender-transformative and climate-saving education”.
C. Outside the RCAP Conference Room on the 18 th Floor of University Building 19 there will be an Exhibition space, and participants are welcome to bring posters and
documentation that illustrates their organization’s work. The displays can be set up
during the morning of Thursday April 25 and removed in the afternoon of Friday
April 26.
D. Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements.
However there is no registration fee, nor any charge for the reception, coffee breaks
and lunches.
E. There is a branch of Bangkok Bank on the University Campus.
F. For registration, please notify CoNGO (at firstvp@ngocongo.org) at your earliest
convenience of the name, title and email address of each participant.
G. WELCOME!

Reframing Climate Finance: Navigating Loss and Damage, An official side event during the 2024 ECOSOC FfD Forum Follow-Up
2024-04-25 13:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
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Genocide Prevention, Upholding United Nations Declaration for Human Rights & SDG's" 27 April at Fordham
2024-04-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

ASPBAE Virtual GAWE 2024 Regional Dialogue
2024-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
You are cordially invited to the ASPBAE Asia Pacific Regional Dialogue on Public Financing of Free Education Technology: Ensuring Equity, Inclusion, and Quality Education for the Most Marginalised.
30 April 2024
2-4 PM Manila Time
Virtual
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-GrqzkuHdHNH7AnU3O4zFkzWO5nVXvB
Join us as we discuss how education technology can be harnessed to support the right of all to quality education and transform education systems that will ensure equitable access for the most marginalised learners.
This online event is part of the Global Action Week for Education (GAWE), an annual international campaign week to advocate for improved national education policies and increased national education budgets organised by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE).
The concept note and draft programme are included below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please let us know if you haven’t received the meeting link.
Thank you and looking forward to your participation!
Warm regards to all,
ASPBAE Secretariat

ASPBAE Secretariat
Unit 106 Sterten Place Condominium, 116 Maginhawa Street,
Teachers Village East, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines.
Tel/Fax: 632 8441 4594
Email: aspbae@gmail.com

Web: http://www.aspbae.org

The Family Policy and Population Research Forum 2024: Exploring Global Fertility Trends, Family Dynamics, and Solutions
2024-05-01 13:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
DEAR FRIENDS OF THE NGO COMMITTEE ON THE FAMILY, NY
This is a friendly reminder!
TODAY

*

The NGO Committee on the Family, NY
in partnership with the
Permanent Mission of Hungary to the UN

Has Organized

The Family Policy and Population Research Forum 2024:
Exploring Global Fertility Trends, Family Dynamics, and Solutions

TODAY, Wednesday, 1 May, 2024, 1:15-2:30 p.m.
Conference Room 8, UN Headquarters, New York

REGISTRATION TO ATTEND EVENT IN PERSON AT THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY HAS CLOSED BUT THE EVENT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE UN Web TV.

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/LRwRXj3NYjf4A1fP9
Live webcast available on UN Web TV: https://webtv.un.org/en

Concept Note attached below!

240415 Family Policy Forum – Concept Note

Community, Housing, and Infrastructure for All Ages: A “focus area” for the upcoming UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) and a Count-down on OEWGA Final Preparations
2024-05-02 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The NGO Committee on Ageing calls your attention to upcoming event:
Community, Housing, and Infrastructure for All Ages:
A “focus area” for the upcoming UN Open-Ended Working Group
on Ageing (OEWGA) and a Count-down on OEWGA Final Preparations
Thursday, May 2, 2024
1:30-3:00pm. EST
This is a virtual Program. (no registration required)

Click Here to Join the Zoom Meeting
This program will address one of the two “focus areas” of OEWGA 2024—accessibility, infrastructure and habitat—from an age-friendly, intergenerational perspective and how to create better environments and living arrangements for people of all ages. There will also be important updates on final preparations for OEWGA and how you can support our advocacy work for a legally binding international document to protect the human rights of older persons.

Business Meeting
Welcome–William Smith, PhD, Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing/NY
OEWGA Prep–Bethany Brown & Frances Zainoeddin, Co-Chairs, NGO CoA Human Rights

Program: Community, Housing and Infrastructure for People of All Ages
Speakers: Roy Earnest, MSW, Associate Director, Center for Age-Friendly Excellence-CAFÉ
Ilonka Walker, MA, Intergenerational Coordinator, Generations United
Moderator: Sandra Timmermann, EdD, NGO CoA Program Co-Chair; UN Representative, IFA
Summary and Closing: Robin Fenley, PhD, Vice Chair and Chair, NGO CoA Programs

Special briefing of the WG on Crimes Affecting the Environment
2024-05-07 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
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Language Services and the European Union Special Briefing
2024-05-08 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
**Call for Participation**

Language Services and the European Union
Special Briefing

8 May 2024

The NGO Committee on Language and Languages will hold a special briefing on language services and the European Union on 8 May 2024.

With twenty-four official languages, the European Union (EU) is rich in linguistic and cultural diversity. Implementing multilingualism in the day-to-day work of EU institutions requires robust language services for interpretation and translation. This special briefing addresses the administration of these services (e.g., how they are funded; how resources, time, and workload are allocated; and how it is staffed) as well as practical considerations for implementing language services for highly multilingual intergovernmental work. Focusing specifically on the European Parliament, officials from the Directorate General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences and the Directorate General for Translation will discuss the provision of high-quality interpretation in meetings, training and succession planning that ensures sustainable and flexible service, managing interpretation processes, and strategic planning that transforms top-level vision into act on.

Format
The meeting will take place on 8 May 2024 from 09:00-10:00 EDT/New York via Zoom. It is anticipated that interpreting will be provided in English, French, and Spanish. Statements will be made by

Alison Graves
Director, Directorate General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences
European Parliament
Mads Nyegaard Outzen
Head, Strategy and Innovation Unit Directorate General for Translation
European Parliament

Open discussion following the statements will be moderated by Professor Francis M. Hult, Chair of the NGO Committee on Language and Languages.

Registration
Representatives of NGOs, UN Secretariat and agency staff, EU staff, colleagues from Member States, scholars, language professionals, and others interested in multilingual services are invited to register for the briefing using this general registration form no later than 7 May.

2024 UN Civil Society Conference
2024-05-09 08:00 - 2024-05-10 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join us at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi.
The United Nations Civil Society Conference is the premier event on the civil society calendar at the United Nations. The Conference offers civil society organizations an opportunity to put a global perspective on a specific issue and brings together senior UN System officials, prominent international civil society organizations, youth changemakers, academia, public opinion makers, and international media to discuss issues of global concern. This international forum, expected to host some 1500 participants, will provide preliminary discussions and data ahead of the Summit of the Future in September 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Since 1947, sixty-eight civil society conferences have resulted in successful outcomes due to previous interactions with civil society organizations.

“Civil society organizations were present in San Francisco at the founding of the United Nations and have been an integral part of the United Nations ecosystem from the outset. As part of our consultations, civil society has called for better engagement with the United Nations system. I believe that it is essential for the United Nations to listen to, coordinate with, and engage with civil society.”
Our Common Agenda. Chapter V. Paragraph 121

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Hybrid International Symposium on Education: Exploring the Global Reform Scripts of Development Partners: Comparative Retrospective Analyses
2024-05-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Dear ASPBAE Members, Partners and Friends,

Warm greetings!

Sharing with you this hybrid event invitation for an international symposium on education co-organised and co-sponsored by a number of ASPBAE members and partners:

Event Title: Exploring the Global Reform Scripts of Development Partners: Comparative Retrospective Analyses.
Date and Time: 9 May 2024 (Thursday) / 10:00am – 12:00pm Japan Standard Time (JST/Kobe).

Event Focus: The symposium provides a forum for a retrospective reflection and discussion on education reforms in countries of the Global South that were implemented with external funding from development partners over the past forty years.
Zoom registration link: https://norrag.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlc-GhqjgqHNGDjRx3KKJVoFF4DWlpnkxK#/registration

Feel free to share this with your networks and partners. Promotional materials are hereto attached/hyperlinked for distribution as you see fit:

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Attached: Symposium program in English, Khmer, Russian and Arabic

Thank you and warm regards,
ASPBAE Secretariat

Decarbonising Organized Crime: The Role that Women and Girls Play in Accomplishing this Goal
2024-05-14 03:10 - 04:00 (America/New_York)
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33rd CCPCJ: NGO briefing
2024-05-15
33rd CCPCJ: NGO briefing

Location: Room M-3 (1st floor, M-building), Vienna International Centre and online
13 May 2024, 09:15 –
15 May 2024, 10:00 (GMT+2)

Register Here

CELEBRATING FAMILIES & THE FLOURISHING OF EARTH/ 30TH ANNIV. OF INTNL DAY OF FAMILY!
2024-05-15 14:00 - 15:15 (America/New_York)
On the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of the Family
The NGO Committee on the Family, NY

Invites you to attend
Celebrating Families and the Flourishing of Earth

With Guest Speaker
Dr. Marian Tupy
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
Zoom Online Event
Register Here
Concept Note

Marian Tupy, is the co-author (with Gale L. Pooley) of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. This outstanding, well documented, and superbly uplifting book is about human populations and human progress, historically, today and as a preview for tomorrow. Marian Tupy is also a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and founder of HumanProgress.org.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AFTER NUCLEAR DISASTROUS ACCIDENTS: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES ON HEALTH, ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
2024-05-16 14:10 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AFTER NUCLEAR DISASTROUS
ACCIDENTS: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES ON
HEALTH, ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
May 16th, 2024: 2:10 to 3:00 p.m. In person, Room: M0E05
Organized by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers with the support of NGO Committee on the Status of Women Vienna, the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development, the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Soroptimist International

NGO Committee on Sustainable Development VIENNA Hybrid Meeting
2024-05-21 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Hybrid Meeting on May 21st, 2024, 3:30 pm – 5pm CET United Nations Vienna, Room C0229
Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Approval of the minutes of April 9 th , 2024
4. Briefing with Maria MEILER, Sustainability in Business Practice A look at the planetary boundaries, existing frameworks for sustainable management, the importance of sustainability for companies and the consequences of the new laws and directives CSRD, ESRS, CSDDD for companies
5. Wrap up of CCPCJ 33
6. Reports from member organisations
7. Next meetings and events
May 15th, 2024 : 1-1:50pm: Side event: The Corporate due diligence Directive
June 21st, 2024: 3pm: Vienna Climate Biennale 2024: Design with a purpose Festivalareal Nordwestbahnhof Nordwestbahnstraße 16 1200 Wien
Further meetings see attached calendar
8. AOB
Upcoming Meetings Spring 2024

Youth Peace Challenge 2024
2024-05-26 - 2024-07-07
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.
General Theme: “Youth for Sustainable Future – Role of the youth for climate and peace”
How to Prepare : Read the SOTF 2024 Policy Briefs and Zero Draft declarations (Available at the provided Google Drive link)

Zero Draft Pact for the Future (26 January 2024)
No 1 Future Generations
Zero Draft Declaration for Future Generations (26 March 2024)
No 3 Meaningful Youth Engagement
No 9 A New Agenda for Peace

Who can participate?

Youths aged 15 to 30 (born between 1 Jan 1993 and 31 Dec. 2008) of any nationality
Refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally-displaced persons are welcome to apply

How? Individual or Group (2 or 3 persons)
Language – English
Submission

Written essay between 3,000 to 5,000 words excluding footnotes and references

How to Submit
Please email your written Essay in PDF to
POPDialogue2023@gmail.com on or before 7 July 2024.
Important Dates

23 April ~ 7 July – Application (Google Form)
26 May – UN Future Summit (SOTF) & Theme Introduction Webinar (Virtual)
7 July – Final Application and Essay Submission (via Email)
17 July – Announcement of the Group Discussion’s Selected Participants
27 and/or 28 July – Group Discussion (Virtual)
12 August (International Youth Day) – Presentation of Essays by the Winners of YPC and Award Giving Ceremony
22-23 Sep – Virtual Participation of UN Summit of the Future (SOTF) – New York
1 Oct – Evaluation of UN Summit of the Future (SOTF) and follow-up

Contact and Inquiry

POPDialogue2023@gmail.com -> About YPC
AllianceofYouthPeaceAmbassador@gmail.com -> About YPA
+82-10-4293-0707 (Organizing Committee for YPC)

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"Breaking Barriers, Bridging Worlds" Global Forum: 77th WHA Parallel Event co-organized by STUF, WMA, TMA, FMPAT
2024-05-28
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WHA hybrid side event. 'From Plan To Impact'
2024-05-29 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
As we approach the final year of the dementia Global Action Plan, we are amplifying our call for a much-needed extension and looking to strategize on better ways to connect, in the NCD space in the build up to the 2025 High-Level Meeting – especially around risk reduction.
When & where: Wednesday 29 May. Beau Rivage Hotel, lakeside. 17:30 reception. 18:00-19:00 for the event.
In-Person Reservation Online Reservation

Partnering for SDGs: Mind-Body-Eco-Spirit Integrative Healing
2024-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)

CACCI Webinar on Envision The Future of AI
2024-06-07 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
INTRODUCTION

In recent years, the term AI (Artificial Intelligence) has surged to prominence within global commerce and industry, symbolizing a pivotal technological frontier.
The trajectory of AI development not only holds the key to enhancing national competitiveness but also for advancing in the societal, commercial, and educational landscapes. Understanding the multifaceted impacts of AI across these domains is imperative.
The CACCI Asian ICT Council thus seeks to delve into insights on the evolving trends and developments within this transformative field.
For this webinar, we have invited five experts from across the Asia-Pacific region to contribute their perspectives, and showcase their respective nation’s AI programs, strategic plans, focal areas, and developmental endeavors.

Dr. Yung-Hui Li, Director of AI Research Center, Hon-Hai Research Institute, Taiwan
Ms. Madeline Newman, Executive Director, AI Forum New Zealand
Mr. Oliver Tian, Vice President, Global Robot Clusters, Singapore
Mr. Premjith Krishnan, CEO of Namastrend Business Services Pvt Ltd, India
Ms. Vicky Enkhsaikhan, Co-Founder of Empasoft Institute of Technology /Country Director, Women in Tech Global Movement, Mongolia

AGENDA

11:00AM Opening remarks by Moderator Dr. Dennis Hu, CACCI.
11:02AM Dr. Yung-Hui Li, Hon-Hai Research Institute (Taiwan) on GenAI Strategy of Foxconn.
11:12AM Ms. Madeline Newman, AI Forum (New Zealand) on Fostering a Choesive Ecosystem for Aotearoa New Zealand.
11:22AM Mr. Oliver Tian, Global Robot Clusters (Singapore) on The Wonders and Woes of the AI World.
11:32AM Mr. Premjith Krishnan, Namastrend Business Services Pvt Ltd. (India) on The Government Initiative and Industry effort for AI Development in India.
11:42AM Ms. Vicky Enkhsaikhan, Empasoft Institute of Technology & Women in Tech Global Movement (Mongolia) on AI in Nomadic Life.
11:52AM Panel Discussion with all speakers (36 minutes).
12:28PM Closing remarks by Moderator Dr. Dennis Hu, CACCI.
12:30 PM End of Webinar

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

What is the potential impact of AI on future commerce, industry, education, and skills?
What policies are being discussed by the Government?
How should the public be prepared to apply AI?
What issues or difficulties in AI development in your country have been encountered or foreseen?

For more information and registration please click HERE.
We encourage all members and friends to attend this insightful session.

NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief June Meeting
2024-06-13 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
We are pleased to invite you to a virtual meeting of the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, to be held via Zoom on Thursday, June 13, 2024, 10:00-11:30 am EDT. We are delighted to hear from Dr. Susan Kerr, Senior Advisor on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw, Poland.

Dr. Kerr is both a brilliant and a wonderful person with extensive experience in the area of human rights. Prior to working at ODIHR, Dr. Kerr engaged in consultancy work, including for the FoRB Learning Platform. She also led the office of CSW, a human rights organization that specializes in freedom of religion or belief, served on the Board of Coordinators of the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID), and worked in different roles within the European Parliament. She is a senior research fellow at the Religious Freedom and Business FOundation and a member of the Board of Mentors fo Polylogos Association. Dr. Kerr holds a PhD in peace studies from the University of Bradford, and post-graduate degrees in business administration from Durham University, international politics from the Free University of Brussels, and in modern European languages and European Union studies from the University of Edinburgh.

Please register for the event at the following link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpceqhqTspG9K2RpsGwuuVpxNMSLYoIwGF

NGO-GVA-Talk: Insights from the 14th OEWGA with Ina Voelcker and Silvia Perel-Levin
2024-06-17 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Join us for an exclusive online briefing session with Ina Voelcker, Head of the Secretariat for International Policy on Ageing at BAGSO, and Silvia Perel-Levin, independent consultant on ageing, health, and human rights of older persons. In this session, they will share their valuable insights and experiences from their recent participation in the 14th session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG).
Date: Monday, 17 June 2024
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 CET
Location: Online (Zoom)
This is a members-only session, and there is no need for registration. Simply join by clicking on the following link at the scheduled time:
https://bit.ly/NCA-GVA-MEETING-17-MAY-2024
You can also access the meeting using the following QR code:

From Many, One: Multi-Faith Actors Celebrate ICPD Achievements, Build Bridges, and Shape the Future for Gender Justice
2024-06-26 08:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Three decades ago, governments of the world affirmed, in a landmark consensus, that sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights are enmeshed with, and inseparable from, the broader aims of sustainable development.

On the 30th anniversary of adopting the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, you are warmly invited to a session of celebration and reflection with multi-faith actors: From Many, One: Multi-Faith Actors Celebrate ICPD Achievements, Build Bridges, and Shape the Future for Gender Justice, on 26 June from 08:30 -12:00 EDT.

Please RSVP here, by clicking on the image, or by scanning the QR code below. An update with the event’s programme will follow.

NGO COMMITTEE ON PEACE - VIENNA - HYBRID INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION MEETING on "The Nexus of Global Climate change, Sustainability and Peace"
2024-06-26 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
NGO COMMITTEE ON PEACE – VIENNA
INVITATION
to a
HYBRID INFORMATION AND
DISCUSSION MEETING
on

“The Nexus of Global Climate change,
Sustainability and Peace”
At the VIC*:
Date: Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Time: 15.00 hours (3.00 PM CET)
Place: Vienna International Centre,
C-Building, 7th floor, Room CR3

Or Online – via Zoom:
Login from 14.45 hours (2.45 PM CET)
(Meeting-ID: 818 6180 0712; Code: 295861)
Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81861800712?pwd=[REDACTED]

Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Helga Kromp-Kolb
Prof. Dr. Helga Kromp-Kolb is an emeritus university professor of meteorology and climatology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, where she also founded and directed the Center for Global Change and Sustainability. Her research focus is on environmental meteorology, in particular the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere and climate change. In recent years, her work has also focused on issues of sustainable development, the transformation of society and the necessary paradigm shift in science and society. She is one of the co-founders of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria. Prof. Helga Kromp-Kolb is not only a renowned climate researcher, but also a true cosmopolitan: born in Vienna, the diplomat’s daughter grew up in France, Luxembourg, India and Austria. She was also later drawn from Austria to other countries. Among other things, she taught in the USA at the San José State University in California. Helga Kromp-Kolb is married to the risk researcher Prof. Wolfgang Kromp.
Guests are welcome!
*Access to VIC:
A VIC grounds pass is required to enter the Vienna International Centre.
Recipients of this invitation, or their guests, who do not hold a VIC grounds pass valid for the current year, are kindly requested to register by sending an email with:
1) Title: Mr. or Ms.;
2) Separate indication of their family name and given name (as it appears in ID);
3) Date of birth;
4) Type of ID (passport, driving license…); and
5) The number of the ID document and country of issuance

to pavlovsky@oesgi.org
Deadline for registration: Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Registered participants will be included in a list held by UN security at the main gate of the VIC. Please present this invitation along with a valid ID or passport at Gate 1 of the VIC. Please consider that formalities at Gate 1 may take time and kindly arrive sufficiently in advance of the meeting.

Austrian Forum for Peace 2024: “Towards a Climate of Peace”
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-04
WHERE
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Recent events in different parts of the world have shown that violence, militarisation and war are once again being used and presented as legitimate ways of asserting economic and political interests. Important peace processes are stalling, multilateral organisations are losing their relevance, the calls for dialogue and civil society-based tools of conflict resolution and peace work are fading, and resources are lacking.
This year’s Austrian Forum for Peace, titled “Towards a Climate of Peace“, aims to address the challenges of international conflict transformation in a changing world. The conference seeks to strengthen networks, discuss different approaches, initiate thought processes, generate ideas, and contribute to the promotion of sustainable global peace.
Increasing global complexity and unpredictability are exacerbated by the effects of the man-made climate crisis. This threat is felt across conflict lines and can worsen the burden on countries affected by conflict. However, it can also be an opportunity to build trust between opposing parties and work together on solutions. This approach, known as Environmental Peacebuilding, was first discussed at the UN Climate Change Conference COP 28 in 2023 and has been specifically pursued at the ACP for some time.
At the same time, the global system is becoming more fragmented and restructured, partly due to the increasing number of international mediation parties, some of which are involved in conflicts. In this new reality, one possible approach could be to use the comparative advantages of new, different actors in a targeted manner to support regions affected on their way to a climate of peace.
The use of technology, including artificial intelligence, also plays a major role not only in warfare worldwide, but increasingly also in considerations and projects for the prevention of civil conflict and peacebuilding.

Event Schedule and More Info

SDG 16 and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages: Opportunities for Linguistic Rights
2024-07-09 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
**Call for Participation**

SDG 16 and the
International Decade of Indigenous Languages:
Opportunities for Linguistic Rights
High-Level Political Forum 2024 Side Event

9 July 2024

The Universal Esperanto Association, SIL International, and the NGO Committee on Language and Languages will hold an official side event of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2024.
This side event brings together scientific experts in the field of language rights, leaders of indigenous communities, and civil society representatives actively working on the ground, all of whom offer unique perspectives on how realizing the targets of SDG 16 with respect to indigenous peoples will benefit from close attention to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which codifies rights to language in settings such as education, media, and government administration. Drawing upon documented best practices and empirical research, they demonstrate how the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) can be leveraged to advance SDG 16 through the implementation of language rights and innovative multilingual solutions.

Format
The meeting will take place virtually on 9 July 2024 from 13:00-14:30 EDT/New York via Zoom. It is anticipated that interpreting will be provided in English, French, and Spanish.

Registration
Colleagues from Member States, representatives of NGOs, UN Secretariat and agency staff, scholars, indigenous community members, language professionals, and others interested in indigenous language rights are invited to register for the briefing using this general registration form no later than 7 July 2024.

Accelerating Global Partnership For Sustainable Development: United For Sustainable Food Systems, Collective Solutions to End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Foster Inclusive Innovation.
2024-07-09 14:00 - 15:45 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Registration Link: bit.ly/HLPFDTD
Launch Zoom Access: https://bit.ly/DTDHLPFLaunchMeeting
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines ambitious goals, including poverty eradication, hunger elimination, food security, improved nutrition, sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation, peaceful societies, access to justice, and strengthened global partnerships. Inclusiveness is crucial, and government and private sector interventions through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) offer promising solutions to bridge financing gaps and mobilize resources.
The 2024 HLPF High-Level Political Forum, organized by DoTheDream Youth Development Initiative, Alliance of Social Transformers for Sustainable Development, Global Alliance For Women and Girls Are Asset Project (GAWGAAP), and Africa STEAM Network, will focus on “Accelerating Global Partnership For Sustainable Development” and “United For Sustainable Food Systems
The event is scheduled for July 9th, 2024, from 2 PM to 3:45 PM New York Time.
The event will feature esteemed speakers:
Liberato C. Bautista – President of CoNGO – Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with United Nations
Arc. Lola Ibrahim mnia Board Chair -Wave Foundation
Donna Bollinger United Church of Christ Main Representative to the United Nations
Adebusuyi Olutayo Olumadewa Founder -DoTheDream YDI
John Augustine Ukporhe Board of Trustee -DoTheDream YDI
Lucy Mutuku National Youth Coordinator Kenya
Dr Francis Adeshina Founder -Readland Global
Opeoluwa Alonge Board of Trustee
Tinuke Bosun Okusaga Board of Trustee

The Registration Link is bit.ly/HLPFDTD

Launch Zoom Access: https://bit.ly/DTDHLPFLaunchMeeting

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