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SUMMARY:First Global Thematic Webinar: Social Justice--Racial Justice\, Migration Justice\, and Health Justice (A CoNGO 75th Anniversary Event)
DESCRIPTION:SPONSORS \n \n \n________________________________ \nGLOBAL THEMATIC WEBINAR\non\nSOCIAL JUSTICE:\nMIGRATION JUSTICE\, RACIAL JUSTICE & HEALTH JUSTICE \n(A CoNGO 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT) \nThursday | March 2\, 2023 | | 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST\, 15h30 to 18h CET \nTime Zone Calculator \nREGISTER NOW: bit.ly/register_socialjustice_webinar \n________________________________ \nThe Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) invites you to the first of six global thematic webinars marking its 75th anniversary in 2023 under the overall theme “Defining the present\, shaping the future\, and making the change\, now.” This first webinar in a series of six starts with a focus on Social Justice: migration justice\, racial justice\, and health justice. \nBACKGROUND \nSocial justice—or the astonishing lack of it for many people and communities worldwide—is one of the fundamental issues of our time. No country\, city\, or place has achieved the common human expectation of social justice for all its inhabitants.  Social justice can be characterized as including full respect for the human rights of all persons; equality of treatment and opportunity; non-discrimination on any prohibited grounds (including color\, race\, ethnicity\, nationality\, gender\, etc.); universal health care; decent work; minimum basic income; decent living conditions; social protection; access to justice for all; peace and human security for all; and a safe and healthy environment. \nThe UN General Assembly resolution establishing the World Day for Social Justice stated: “The General Assembly recognizes that social development and social justice are indispensable for the achievement and maintenance of peace and security within and among nations and that\, in turn\, social development and social justice cannot be attained in the absence of peace and security or the absence of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms.” \nThe international system embodied by the United Nations and regional community organizations has elaborated binding conventions and other instruments that set out minimum standards and obligations to realize those standards regarding the abovementioned concerns. International supervisory and review mechanisms have been established to support the national implementation of these standards. \nMany civil society organizations advocate for and support achieving social justice at local\, national\, regional\, and global levels—with some level of activity in nearly all countries. \nThe 8 October 2021 Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues “Shaping the Future: The UN We Need for the World We Want\,” organized by CoNGO\, highlighted social justice among the significant global critical concerns of all humanity: Human dignity and human rights; Sustainable development and humanitarian action; Peace and threats to the security of people and the planet; Social justice\, including migration\, racism\, and health; Gender justice\, youth\, and intergenerational solidarity. That summit further emphasized the importance of UN-NGO relations—enhancing multilateralism\, ensuring access\, and protecting civic space and discourse…. \nHowever\, contemporary knowledge and evidence indicate that contrary to universal aspirations and normative standards\, levels and extent of injustice\, violations of human rights\, discrimination\, and violence on the grounds of color\, perceived race\, ethnicity\, nationality\, and national origin\, as well as gender\, age\, etc.; exclusion; indecent working conditions even forced labour; lack of extension of social protection; absence of access to justice; etc. are manifest to greater or less extent in every country. \nThe Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues brought together over 1\,000 participants worldwide to contribute experience and competences\, share doubts about our current world\, and collectively articulate aspirations and proposals for the world we want and must achieve. The Civil Society Summit was rich in outlining concepts and actions needed to shape the future. \nAs 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 over the course of 2023 to highlight and engage the global constituency on the critical themes articulated at the Summit and to elaborate on the agenda\, responses\, and actions necessary to shape a future of human rights\, social justice\, non-discrimination\, peace\, sustainable development\, human and environmental security\, and gender justice and inter-generational solidarity for all. \n THIS FIRST GLOBAL THEMATIC WEBINAR \nThe CoNGO Board\, meeting in March 2022\, agreed to turn the six thematic clusters of the Summit into the six thematic clusters of its programmatic directions for the leadership term 2021-2025.  The subsequent board meeting mandated the coalition to organize global thematic webinars addressing those clusters. \nThe inaugural webinar focuses on Social Justice\, with subthemes on Migration Justice\, Racial Justice\, and Health Justice. This thematic webinar proceeds along the lines articulated by the UN General Assembly on the World Day of Social Justice and the CoNGO Civil Society Summit iterated above. The webinar will identify what areas of change and action are needed\, what should be undertaken now\, and by whom. \nThe Synthesis Report from the 2021 Summit graphically referred to these sub-themes: “Slavery\, colonialism\, racism\, militarism\, xenophobia\, homophobia\, ageism\, patriarchy\, misogyny… are historic injustices that must be combated\, and their intersecting complicities {must} be exposed. We must multiply our efforts at eliminating structural and systemic racism…” and discrimination. \nThe treatment of migrants and refugees in many situations worldwide represents egregious violations and denial of human rights and rights at work\, belying the growing dependence of economies and societies worldwide on the international mobility of people –skills\, and labour—for sustainable development and well-being. “We heard migrants assert their voice and agency\, saying\, ‘For a long time\, others spoke on our behalf. Now we speak for ourselves.’ Indeed\, migrants and refugees must be at the table when their human rights\, needs\, and concerns are at stake… \nThe COVID-19 pandemic and our responses have exacerbated the vast gulfs in achieving the human right to the highest attainable physical and mental health standard for all.  Three years on\, the pandemic has yet to be resolved\, let alone the preparedness of nations and communities to meet future pandemics. “The COVID-19 situation further illustrates the interests of the few taking precedence over the needs of the many. A cardinal principle should be prioritizing people and the planet over profit.” \n PROVISIONAL PROGRAM \n 9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks \n Dr. Liberato Bautista (President of CoNGO) \n Ms. Gillian Sorensen (Co-Chair\, CoNGO 75th Anniversary Committee\, and Former UN Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations) \n Brig. Gen. Patrick Rea (Co-Chair\, CoNGO 75th Anniversary Committee\, and International Grandmaster Emeritus of OSMTH) \n  \n9:50 AM: Keynote Speeches \nMs. Helga Konrad (former Federal Minister for Women’s Affairs of the Republic of Austria and a leading expert on human trafficking) \nMs. Anna Biondi (Deputy Director\, Bureau for Workers’ Activities\, International Labour Organization – ILO) \n10:12 AM: Q & A (Questions must be posted on Zoom Q&A and directed to a specific speaker. Questions that will not be answered will be emailed to the speaker). \n  \n10:17 AM: Migration Justice (Rapporteur: Ms. Cecilie Kern\, Mercy International Association) \n Ms. Eni Lestari (President\, International Migrants Alliance\, and Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong ) \n Mr. Patrick Taran (President\, Global Migration Policy Associates) \n10:36 AM: Q & A (Questions must be posted on Zoom Q&A and directed to a specific speaker. Questions that will not be answered will be emailed to the speaker). \n  \n10:41AM Racial Justice (Rapporteur: Ms. Dorothy Davis\, Congressional Black Caucus Institute) \nMs. Catherine S. Namakula (Chair\, United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent) \nDr. Edna Maria Santos Roland (Chair\, United Nations Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action) \n11:00 AM: Q & A (Questions must be posted on Zoom Q&A and directed to a specific speaker. Questions that will not be answered will be emailed to the speaker).  \n  \n11:06 AM: Health Justice (Rapporteur: Dr. Gill Adynski\, International Council of Nurses) \n Prof. Dr. Marianne Legato (Founder\, Gender-specific Medicine\, Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) \n Dr. Pamela Cipriano (President\, International Council of Nurses) \n11:25 AM: Q & A (Questions must be posted on Zoom Q&A and directed to a specific speaker. Questions that will not be answered will be emailed to the speaker). \n11:31 AM: Special feature: Celebration of Dr. Franklin Shaffer\, Former CEO of CGFNS International and CoNGO Board Secretary \n11:30    Dr. Liberato Bautista (CoNGO President) \n11:33   Dr. Holly Shaw (International Council of Nurses\, Chair of NGO Committee on Mental Health\, and NGO Committee on Education\, Learning\, and Literacy) \n11:38   Mukul Bakhshi\, Esq. (Chief of Strategy and Government Affairs CGFNS International\, Inc.) \n11:44   Response: Dr. Franklin Shaffer \n11:50 AM Report by Webinar Lead Rapporteur \nMr. Cyril Ritchie (CoNGO First Vice President) \n11:57 PM Closing Remarks \nDr. Liberato Bautista (President of CoNGO) \n Webinar Co-sponsors \nCongressional Black Caucus Institute\, General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church\, Global Migration Policy Associates\, International Council of Nurses\, NGO Committee on Migration\, National Council of Negro Women\, Pan Pacific South East Asia Women’s Association\, STUF United Fund\, Thadhani Foundation \nBACKGROUND RESOURCES \n   Social Justice \n\nILO: A Global Coalition for Social Justice. https://www.ilo.org/gb/GBSessions/GB346/ins/WCMS_858521/lang–en/index.htm?msdynttrid=0BYLeiS-wduhwzUlSNJ-9-d0cWAB4UJQxkz4Es1KHAY\nUN World Day for Social Justice: 2023 Theme: Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice. https://www.un.org/en/observances/social-justice-day.\nCo-building an Ecosocial World. Liberato C. Bautista. https://ngocongo.org/global-peoples-summit-on-co-building-an-eco-social-world-leaving-no-one-behind-30-june-2022-online\n\n Migration \n\nMigration\, Human Rights & Sustainable Economies: A Century 21 Agenda. Patrick A. Taran\, in Revista Tecnológica – Espol\, 34(1)\, Guayaquil\, Ecuador 2022.http://www.rte.espol.edu.ec/index.php/tecnologica/article/view/917\nCOVID-19\, Migrants\, Refugees\, Mobile Workers: Global Assessment and Action Agenda. Patrick A Taran & Olga Kadysheva (2022). Revista Tecnológica – Espol\, 34(1)\, Guayaquil http://www.rte.espol.edu.ec/index.php/tecnologica/article/view/889\nTalking and Doing Points: Churches Witnessing With Migrants. https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/cwwm-ts5.pdf\n\nRacism and Racial Discrimination \n\nReport of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism\, racial discrimination\, xenophobia\, and related intolerance: Ecological Crisis\, Climate Justice and Racial Justice. E. Tendayi Achiume. UN document A/77/549.\nWorking Group of Experts on People of African Descent to the Human Rights Council: The Human rights situation of people of African descent remains an urgent concern. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/10/working-group-experts-people-african-descent-human-rights-council-human\nMigrant workers and discrimination: realities\, threats\, and remedies. August Gachter (2022) in Revista Tecnológica – Espol\, 34(1)\, Guayaquil\, Ecuador. http://www.rte.espol.edu.ec/index.php/tecnologica/article/view/907\nInternational Standards Against Racism and All Forms of Racial Discrimination. https://previous.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/IntergovWG/Pages/InternationalStandards.aspx\n\nHealth Justice \n11. WHO: Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health.           https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241563703 \n\nCivil society organizations calling for vaccine access and equity for all. https://panafrica.oxfam.org/latest/press-release/civil-society-organisations-calling-vaccine-access-and-equity-all\nThe Social Determinants of Health. https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health\n\nCoNGO Resources \n\nCoNGO Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues. https://ngocongo.org/27th-general-assembly/pre-assembly-civil-society-summit-on-substantive-issues\nSynthesis Report of the CoNGO Civil Society Summit on Substantive Issues. https://ngocongo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Synthesis_Report_Civil_Society_Summit_2021.Final_.pdf\nCoNGO Declaration on the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. https://ngocongo.org/declaration-of-the-conference-of-non-governmental-organizations-in-consultative-relationship-with-the-united-nations-congo-on-the-occasion-of-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations\n\n 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/congo-75th-anniversary-global-thematic-webinar-social-justice-racial-justice-migration-justice-and-health-justice-2/
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SUMMARY:Briefing on the EDVAW Platform: The Platform of International and REgional Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence Against Womenj
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, 28 February 2023\nTime: 9am -12pm EST Find your timezone here. \nThis briefing aims at raising awareness of the EDVAW Platform which is made up of the following expert mechanisms: \n\nUN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women and girls (WGDAW)\nUN Special Rapporteur on violence against women (SRVAW)\nUN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)\nCommittee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI)\nGroup of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)\nAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (A SRWHR)\nInter-American Commission on Human Rights Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (IA RWHR)\n\nThis briefing will provide information on how civil society actors  can engage with these mechanisms both in the context of  CSW and beyond. The briefing will also be an opportunity to exchange views with some of the experts. \nThe second part of the program will consist of regional break-out groups. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that this meeting will be in English. However\, the recording will be available with subtitles in the 6 UN languages on our Youtube channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________ \nCoNGO Notes: For information about collaborative work of NGOs on the issues above and related matters\, visit the substantive committees related to CoNGO. Visit here for specific information about the NGO Committee on Status of Women/New York\, NGO Committee on Status of Women Vienna\, and the NGO Committee on Status of Women Geneva.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/briefing-o-the-edvaw-platform-the-platform-of-international-and-regional-mechanisms-on-discrimination-and-violence-against-womenj/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events
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SUMMARY:Briefing on the EDVAW Platform: The Platform of International and REgional Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence Against Womenj
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, 28 February 2023\nTime: 9am -12pm EST Find your timezone here. \nThis briefing aims at raising awareness of the EDVAW Platform which is made up of the following expert mechanisms: \n\nUN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women and girls (WGDAW)\nUN Special Rapporteur on violence against women (SRVAW)\nUN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)\nCommittee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI)\nGroup of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)\nAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (A SRWHR)\nInter-American Commission on Human Rights Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (IA RWHR)\n\nThis briefing will provide information on how civil society actors  can engage with these mechanisms both in the context of  CSW and beyond. The briefing will also be an opportunity to exchange views with some of the experts. \nThe second part of the program will consist of regional break-out groups. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that this meeting will be in English. However\, the recording will be available with subtitles in the 6 UN languages on our Youtube channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________ \nCoNGO Notes: For information about collaborative work of NGOs on the issues above and related matters\, visit the substantive committees related to CoNGO. Visit here for specific information about the NGO Committee on Status of Women/New York\, NGO Committee on Status of Women Vienna\, and the NGO Committee on Status of Women Geneva.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/briefing-o-the-edvaw-platform-the-platform-of-international-and-regional-mechanisms-on-discrimination-and-violence-against-womenj-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events
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SUMMARY:Save the Date: NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY
DESCRIPTION:NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY \nJoin us virtually this Sunday\, 5 March at 10am EST to kick off the NGO CSW67 Forum! \nWe’ll be hosting an engaging program to prepare attendees for the NGO CSW67 Forum. We’ll hear from speakers and experts from the UN\, governments\, and civil society\, as well as feminist entertainment throughout the program. See the full program below. \n  \n \n  \nDate: Sunday\, 5 March 2023\nTime: 10am – 1pm EST Find your timezone here. \nInterpretation will be available in English\, Spanish\, and French. \n  \nRegister Here \n  \nFor more of NGO CSW/NY’s events\, visit our website. \n 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/save-the-date-ngo-csw67-consultation-day/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events
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SUMMARY:Save the Date: NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY
DESCRIPTION:NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY \nJoin us virtually this Sunday\, 5 March at 10am EST to kick off the NGO CSW67 Forum! \nWe’ll be hosting an engaging program to prepare attendees for the NGO CSW67 Forum. We’ll hear from speakers and experts from the UN\, governments\, and civil society\, as well as feminist entertainment throughout the program. See the full program below. \n  \n \n  \nDate: Sunday\, 5 March 2023\nTime: 10am – 1pm EST Find your timezone here. \nInterpretation will be available in English\, Spanish\, and French. \n  \nRegister Here \n  \nFor more of NGO CSW/NY’s events\, visit our website. \n 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/save-the-date-ngo-csw67-consultation-day-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T131500
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SUMMARY:Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” \n\nFebruary 23 | 1:15-2:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n\n\n\nThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event\n“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges.”\nWe will hear from Kathleen L. McGinn\, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School\,\nand Katharine B. Stevens\, founder of the Center on Child and Family Policy.\n\n__________\nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on the Family in New York and the NGO Committee on Family Vienna.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/sons-and-daughters-of-working-mothers-successes-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events
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SUMMARY:Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” \n\nFebruary 23 | 1:15-2:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n\n\n\nThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event\n“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges.”\nWe will hear from Kathleen L. McGinn\, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School\,\nand Katharine B. Stevens\, founder of the Center on Child and Family Policy.\n\n__________\nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on the Family in New York and the NGO Committee on Family Vienna.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/sons-and-daughters-of-working-mothers-successes-and-challenges-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events
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SUMMARY:Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
DESCRIPTION:  \n______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/global-negotiations-in-a-fractured-world-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T101500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230217T133557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T133557Z
UID:10002316-1676622600-1676628900@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
DESCRIPTION:  \n______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/global-negotiations-in-a-fractured-world-2-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T120000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230214T132510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T132510Z
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SUMMARY:One Earth\, One Chance: UN COP15
DESCRIPTION:This conversation will look at the UN COP 15 experience and the diverse strategies for the urgent changes we need going into and coming out of that pivotal event.  Grassroots pressure is crucial\, as is policy change from within the multilateral spaces. The involvement of faith communities can be a game changer.  The pressure must come from everywhere and include everyone. We will explore organizing with spirit\, hope\, intention and effective strategies for urgent action.  \nRegister here! \n________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, please visit crngo.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, please visit ngosonffd.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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/one-earth-one-chance-un-cop15/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T120000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230214T132510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T132510Z
UID:10002314-1676545200-1676548800@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:One Earth\, One Chance: UN COP15
DESCRIPTION:This conversation will look at the UN COP 15 experience and the diverse strategies for the urgent changes we need going into and coming out of that pivotal event.  Grassroots pressure is crucial\, as is policy change from within the multilateral spaces. The involvement of faith communities can be a game changer.  The pressure must come from everywhere and include everyone. We will explore organizing with spirit\, hope\, intention and effective strategies for urgent action.  \nRegister here! \n________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, please visit crngo.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, please visit ngosonffd.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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/one-earth-one-chance-un-cop15-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T110000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230213T212726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T215037Z
UID:10001840-1676367900-1676372400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
DESCRIPTION:About 2 billion workers\, or over 60 percent of the world’s adult labor force\, operate in the informal  sector –at least part-time\, according to the ILO. The COVID-19 pandemic hit informal workers  particularly hard\, especially women. Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME)\, both formal and  informal\, make up over 90% of all firms around the globe and offer employment to one-third of 1.2  billion people in the world who work in the informal sector. They generate services for other sectors  like small and large industries\, retail\, tourism\, transportation\, construction\, etc.\, and contribute to over  30% of GDP and more than 70% of all jobs created in developing countries. MSMEs were heavily  impacted by the pandemic and continue to face existential challenges on various fronts including but  not limited to business formalization. \nMSMEs\, both formal and informal\, make up over 90% of all firms around the globe1 and contribute to more than half of the GDP in most countries irrespective of income2. As many countries struggle to cope with the growing debt burdens and limited fiscal space to finance the SDGs\, the important role of MSMEs as catalytic forces for achieving the SDGs cannot be stressed enough. Despite formalization gathering pace\, MSMEs and those in the informal sector also continue to struggle to access formal finance. Without the appropriate regulatory reforms\, social protection measures\, access to formal finance\, and capacity building in tools such as financial literacy and numeracy tools to help manage finances effectively\, inclusive growth and a decent work environment for those in the sector will remain a challenge. As part of the Development Cooperation Strategy 2020-25\, the ILO is forging partnerships that advance policy objectives and coherence within the framework of Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) that promote Financing Decent Work. In this panel\, the speakers will share global and on-the-ground perspectives and explore steps countries are taking through regulatory reforms\, access to finance\, and capacity building to ensure sustainable finance and decent work for MSMEs in the informal sector. \nRegister here! \nSpeakers:   \n\nH.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir\, Ambassador\, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the  UN (TBC) \nMs. Chantal Line Carpentier\, Chief\, UNCTAD New York Office of the Secretary-General \nMs. Adriana Marina\, Founder of Hecho por Nosotros & animaná\, Argentina \nMr. Amar G. Prabhu\, Principal of Don Bosco Industrial Training Institute Kurla\, Mumbai\, India \nMs. Sandie Ejang Elobu\, CEO\, Western Silk Road\, Ltd.\, Uganda \nMs. Nana Efua Brown-Orleans\, Program Lead\, Duapa Workspace\, Ghana \nMs. Estella Kabagaya Eldradaa\, Founder\, Mama Children Village\, Uganda\n\nOrganizers: NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, Virginia  Gildersleeve International Fund (DBA Women First International Fund)\, Salesian Missions Inc\, Africa  Development Interchange Network\, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, Sisters of Charity Federation \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 the Status of Women/NY\, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva\, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna\, please visit ngocswvienna.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/msmes-in-the-informal-sector-formalization-ensure-sustainable-finance-and-decent-jobs/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T110000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230213T212726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T212726Z
UID:10002313-1676367900-1676372400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
DESCRIPTION:About 2 billion workers\, or over 60 percent of the world’s adult labor force\, operate in the informal  sector –at least part-time\, according to the ILO. The COVID-19 pandemic hit informal workers  particularly hard\, especially women. Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME)\, both formal and  informal\, make up over 90% of all firms around the globe and offer employment to one-third of 1.2  billion people in the world who work in the informal sector. They generate services for other sectors  like small and large industries\, retail\, tourism\, transportation\, construction\, etc.\, and contribute to over  30% of GDP and more than 70% of all jobs created in developing countries. MSMEs were heavily  impacted by the pandemic and continue to face existential challenges on various fronts including but  not limited to business formalization. \nMSMEs\, both formal and informal\, make up over 90% of all firms around the globe1 and contribute to more than half of the GDP in most countries irrespective of income2. As many countries struggle to cope with the growing debt burdens and limited fiscal space to finance the SDGs\, the important role of MSMEs as catalytic forces for achieving the SDGs cannot be stressed enough. Despite formalization gathering pace\, MSMEs and those in the informal sector also continue to struggle to access formal finance. Without the appropriate regulatory reforms\, social protection measures\, access to formal finance\, and capacity building in tools such as financial literacy and numeracy tools to help manage finances effectively\, inclusive growth and a decent work environment for those in the sector will remain a challenge. As part of the Development Cooperation Strategy 2020-25\, the ILO is forging partnerships that advance policy objectives and coherence within the framework of Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) that promote Financing Decent Work. In this panel\, the speakers will share global and on-the-ground perspectives and explore steps countries are taking through regulatory reforms\, access to finance\, and capacity building to ensure sustainable finance and decent work for MSMEs in the informal sector. \nRegister here! \nSpeakers:   \n\nH.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir\, Ambassador\, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the  UN (TBC) \nMs. Chantal Line Carpentier\, Chief\, UNCTAD New York Office of the Secretary-General \nMs. Adriana Marina\, Founder of Hecho por Nosotros & animaná\, Argentina \nMr. Amar G. Prabhu\, Principal of Don Bosco Industrial Training Institute Kurla\, Mumbai\, India \nMs. Sandie Ejang Elobu\, CEO\, Western Silk Road\, Ltd.\, Uganda \nMs. Nana Efua Brown-Orleans\, Program Lead\, Duapa Workspace\, Ghana \nMs. Estella Kabagaya Eldradaa\, Founder\, Mama Children Village\, Uganda\n\nOrganizers: NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, Virginia  Gildersleeve International Fund (DBA Women First International Fund)\, Salesian Missions Inc\, Africa  Development Interchange Network\, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, Sisters of Charity Federation \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 the Status of Women/NY\, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva\, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna\, please visit ngocswvienna.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/msmes-in-the-informal-sector-formalization-ensure-sustainable-finance-and-decent-jobs-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T124500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T193514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T201116Z
UID:10001837-1676028600-1676033100@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Don't Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
DESCRIPTION:Don’t Steal My Childhood! \nChild Labor and Children in Migration \n\nDespite significant progress in reducing child labor in the past two decades\, most recent data show that global progress has stalled since 2016. Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood\, their potential and their dignity. It is harmful to their physical and mental health and development\, ultimately with severe consequences for the entire society. Therefore\, it is crucial to address the problem\, especially if we are to reach the ambitious 2025 target date for ending child labor (SDG 8.7). \nAt the beginning of 2020\, the latest global estimates indicated that 1 in 10 children aged 5 and over were involved in child labor worldwide – equating to an estimated 160 million children. A further 8.9 million children will be in child labor by the end of 2022 as a result of rising poverty driven by the pandemic. \nWithin the already ‘at risk’ group of child laborers\, recent analysis points to an even more vulnerable group\, namely child migrants. Children in migration\, mainly the youngest ones\, are at particularly high risk of being exploited and trafficked along migration routes and in host countries. \nSome of the literature refers to them as the ‘invisible group\,” suggesting that amongst child laborers\, migrant children receive less pay\, work longer hours\, attend school less often\, and face higher death rates at work in comparison to local children.\nMost governments have failed to develop effective policy responses to assist and protect child laborers despite the fact they are obliged to do so by multiple international acts. \nReal progress\, however\, requires translating these commitments into national laws that are then actually used as tools for action. Nations must also protect and promote other child rights\, including birth registration\, strong social protection systems\, quality education\, health care and nutrition starting with mothers and infants. They must also extend protection from violence\, abuse\, neglect\, dire poverty and exploitation\, by supporting meaningful economic and livelihood opportunities for adult family members. These rights are guaranteed to all children\, all child laborers\, and those who need additional special protections\, such as migrant children working in child labor. \nIn particular\, measures to prevent and respond to child labor during a humanitarian crisis should link the humanitarian\, development\, and peace dimensions by using the transformative power of Early Childhood Education and Care Programs. All the measures should help build social cohesion\, resilience and peace\, and strengthen existing government\, economic and social structures.\nAs an outcome we expect that Member States\, UN agencies and NGOs will honor and renew pledges made at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor -Durban 2022 and most importantly\, share their good practices and policies to end child labor\, paving the way for a global strategic partnership committed to achieving SDG Targets 8.7 and 16.2 while recognizing synergies between progress on SDG 8 and SDGs 1 (end poverty)\, 4 (quality education)\, 5 (gender equality)\, 10 (reduced inequalities) and 16 (peace\, justice and strong institutions). \nRecommendations\n• Recognize Child Labor as a serious violation of children’s rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in multiple international acts\, and in SDGs 8.7 and SDGs 16.2;\n• Promote birth registration;\n• Stop hiring children below the minimum age and invest in eradicating all forms of slavery;\n• Encourage businesses to prohibit child labor;\n• Use the link between the labor inspection and workplace occupational safety and health committees to establish a monitoring system;\n• Create and enforce policies for reducing the risk of child exploitation and trafficking along migration routes and in host countries;\n• Address the special protection needs of smuggled and or trafficked children\, those who are seeking asylum\, unaccompanied and separated minors and refugees;\n• Provide support to children found in child labor\, ensuring that they and their families can benefit from all social protection measures;\n• Listen to the voices of children currently in child labor\, as well as those who survived the experience. \n___________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Migration and the NGO Committee on Social Development.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/child-labor-and-children-in-migration/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Member State
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T124500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T193514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T193514Z
UID:10002311-1676028600-1676033100@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Don't Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
DESCRIPTION:Don’t Steal My Childhood! \nChild Labor and Children in Migration \n\nDespite significant progress in reducing child labor in the past two decades\, most recent data show that global progress has stalled since 2016. Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood\, their potential and their dignity. It is harmful to their physical and mental health and development\, ultimately with severe consequences for the entire society. Therefore\, it is crucial to address the problem\, especially if we are to reach the ambitious 2025 target date for ending child labor (SDG 8.7). \nAt the beginning of 2020\, the latest global estimates indicated that 1 in 10 children aged 5 and over were involved in child labor worldwide – equating to an estimated 160 million children. A further 8.9 million children will be in child labor by the end of 2022 as a result of rising poverty driven by the pandemic. \nWithin the already ‘at risk’ group of child laborers\, recent analysis points to an even more vulnerable group\, namely child migrants. Children in migration\, mainly the youngest ones\, are at particularly high risk of being exploited and trafficked along migration routes and in host countries. \nSome of the literature refers to them as the ‘invisible group\,” suggesting that amongst child laborers\, migrant children receive less pay\, work longer hours\, attend school less often\, and face higher death rates at work in comparison to local children.\nMost governments have failed to develop effective policy responses to assist and protect child laborers despite the fact they are obliged to do so by multiple international acts. \nReal progress\, however\, requires translating these commitments into national laws that are then actually used as tools for action. Nations must also protect and promote other child rights\, including birth registration\, strong social protection systems\, quality education\, health care and nutrition starting with mothers and infants. They must also extend protection from violence\, abuse\, neglect\, dire poverty and exploitation\, by supporting meaningful economic and livelihood opportunities for adult family members. These rights are guaranteed to all children\, all child laborers\, and those who need additional special protections\, such as migrant children working in child labor. \nIn particular\, measures to prevent and respond to child labor during a humanitarian crisis should link the humanitarian\, development\, and peace dimensions by using the transformative power of Early Childhood Education and Care Programs. All the measures should help build social cohesion\, resilience and peace\, and strengthen existing government\, economic and social structures.\nAs an outcome we expect that Member States\, UN agencies and NGOs will honor and renew pledges made at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor -Durban 2022 and most importantly\, share their good practices and policies to end child labor\, paving the way for a global strategic partnership committed to achieving SDG Targets 8.7 and 16.2 while recognizing synergies between progress on SDG 8 and SDGs 1 (end poverty)\, 4 (quality education)\, 5 (gender equality)\, 10 (reduced inequalities) and 16 (peace\, justice and strong institutions). \nRecommendations\n• Recognize Child Labor as a serious violation of children’s rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in multiple international acts\, and in SDGs 8.7 and SDGs 16.2;\n• Promote birth registration;\n• Stop hiring children below the minimum age and invest in eradicating all forms of slavery;\n• Encourage businesses to prohibit child labor;\n• Use the link between the labor inspection and workplace occupational safety and health committees to establish a monitoring system;\n• Create and enforce policies for reducing the risk of child exploitation and trafficking along migration routes and in host countries;\n• Address the special protection needs of smuggled and or trafficked children\, those who are seeking asylum\, unaccompanied and separated minors and refugees;\n• Provide support to children found in child labor\, ensuring that they and their families can benefit from all social protection measures;\n• Listen to the voices of children currently in child labor\, as well as those who survived the experience. \n___________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Migration and the NGO Committee on Social Development.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/child-labor-and-children-in-migration-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Member State
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T161500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230130T200106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T212244Z
UID:10001831-1675954800-1675959300@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World
DESCRIPTION:Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality  \nand Achieve the 2030 Agenda \n  \nJoin the International Federation of Social Workers for this virtual side-panel event in support of the  \n61st Session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development. \nThursday\, February 9\, 2023 \n3:00PM-4:15PM EST \nRegister here to attend: https://www.monmouth.edu/school-of-social…/ifsw-ny-event/ \nConcept Note \nSocial Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World \nIFSW's commitment to co-building transformative social protections\, standing with workers to ensure collective worker rights\, protections and decent pay in the context of jobs and industries that do no harm to the environment are central to our holistic human rights framework and our goals of co-building an eco-social world. \nThis event will focus on local and global approaches that IFSW and its partners use to support full and productive employment and decent work for all to overcome inequality and achieve the 2030 Agenda. Discussion will include strategies that center on a holistic human rights framework that encompasses human rights\, cultural rights\, ecosystem rights\, and the broader rights of nature including workers' cooperatives and wastepickers’ role in recycling and organizing for occupational health. \nCreating 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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/social-work-strategies-to-support-decent-work-to-overcome-inequality-and-achieve-the-2030-agenda-co-building-an-eco-social-world/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T161500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230130T200106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T200106Z
UID:10002308-1675954800-1675959300@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World
DESCRIPTION:Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality  \nand Achieve the 2030 Agenda \n  \nJoin the International Federation of Social Workers for this virtual side-panel event in support of the  \n61st Session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development. \nThursday\, February 9\, 2023 \n3:00PM-4:15PM EST \nRegister here to attend: https://www.monmouth.edu/school-of-social…/ifsw-ny-event/ \nConcept Note \nSocial Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World \nIFSW's commitment to co-building transformative social protections\, standing with workers to ensure collective worker rights\, protections and decent pay in the context of jobs and industries that do no harm to the environment are central to our holistic human rights framework and our goals of co-building an eco-social world. \nThis event will focus on local and global approaches that IFSW and its partners use to support full and productive employment and decent work for all to overcome inequality and achieve the 2030 Agenda. Discussion will include strategies that center on a holistic human rights framework that encompasses human rights\, cultural rights\, ecosystem rights\, and the broader rights of nature including workers' cooperatives and wastepickers’ role in recycling and organizing for occupational health. \nCreating 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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/social-work-strategies-to-support-decent-work-to-overcome-inequality-and-achieve-the-2030-agenda-co-building-an-eco-social-world-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ngocongo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CSocD-2023-Panel-Event-flyer.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T124500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T202412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T132652Z
UID:10001838-1675855800-1675860300@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Reimagining the Future of Work for the Needs of Humanity
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n \n__________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Ageing-New York.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/9576/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T124500
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T202412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T202412Z
UID:10002312-1675855800-1675860300@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Reimagining the Future of Work for the Needs of Humanity
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n \n__________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Ageing-New York.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/9576-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T000000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T194926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T194926Z
UID:10001836-1675814400-1675814400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
DESCRIPTION:The NGO Committee on Financing for Development cordially invites you to join its annual virtual informal working breakfast \n  \nMore information about the Development Cooperation Forum is available here: un.org/development/desa/financing/events/2023-development-cooperation-forum-dcf. \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 Social Development\, please visit . For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/global-negotiations-in-a-fractured-world/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ngocongo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pexels-photo-5354625.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T000000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230208T194926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T194926Z
UID:10002310-1675814400-1675814400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
DESCRIPTION:The NGO Committee on Financing for Development cordially invites you to join its annual virtual informal working breakfast \n  \nMore information about the Development Cooperation Forum is available here: un.org/development/desa/financing/events/2023-development-cooperation-forum-dcf. \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development 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 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 Social Development\, please visit . For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/global-negotiations-in-a-fractured-world-3/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230128T100000
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SUMMARY:7th Meeting of the International Indigenous Forum on Food Sovereignty
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URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/7th-meeting-of-the-international-indigenous-forum-on-food-sovereignty/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events,CSO event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230128T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230128T100000
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SUMMARY:7th Meeting of the International Indigenous Forum on Food Sovereignty
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URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/7th-meeting-of-the-international-indigenous-forum-on-food-sovereignty-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CoNGO Recommended Events,CSO event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T143000
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CREATED:20230120T163403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T163707Z
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SUMMARY:Making Family Policy: A Conversation with Two Representatives of the UNGA Third Committee
DESCRIPTION:CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family/NY 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 the Family/Vienna\, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/making-family-policy-a-conversation-with-two-representatives-of-the-unga-third-committee/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T143000
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SUMMARY:Making Family Policy: A Conversation with Two Representatives of the UNGA Third Committee
DESCRIPTION:CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family/NY 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 the Family/Vienna\, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/making-family-policy-a-conversation-with-two-representatives-of-the-unga-third-committee-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T153000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230121T153201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T153201Z
UID:10001827-1674738000-1674747000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Clean Water is Our Human Right
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URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/clean-water-is-our-human-right/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T153000
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SUMMARY:Clean Water is Our Human Right
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URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/clean-water-is-our-human-right-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T143000
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CREATED:20230119T212730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T212919Z
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SUMMARY:Parallel Event Organizer Training for NGO CSW67
DESCRIPTION:Parallel Event Organizer Training\nfor NGO CSW67 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are hosting an in-person or virtual Parallel Event during the NGO CSW67 Forum\, join this event for everything you need to know to run a successful event. \nThe meeting will also be recorded\, disseminated to our network\, and posted on our Youtube channel. \nDate: Thursday\, 26 January 2023\nTime: 1 – 2:30 pm EST Find your timezone here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that this meeting will be in English. However\, the recording will be available with subtitles in the 6 UN languages on our Youtube channel.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/9423/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T143000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230119T212730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T212730Z
UID:10002304-1674738000-1674743400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Parallel Event Organizer Training for NGO CSW67
DESCRIPTION:Parallel Event Organizer Training\nfor NGO CSW67 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are hosting an in-person or virtual Parallel Event during the NGO CSW67 Forum\, join this event for everything you need to know to run a successful event. \nThe meeting will also be recorded\, disseminated to our network\, and posted on our Youtube channel. \nDate: Thursday\, 26 January 2023\nTime: 1 – 2:30 pm EST Find your timezone here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that this meeting will be in English. However\, the recording will be available with subtitles in the 6 UN languages on our Youtube channel.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/9423-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T133000
DTSTAMP:20261110T012247
CREATED:20230105T184522Z
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SUMMARY:Ninth International Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs 
DESCRIPTION:NINTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS \nTheme: Securing People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Sustainability \n24 January 2023 | 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM EST  \nVirtual Event | Interpretation in English\, Arabic\, French\, Portuguese and Spanish \nREGISTER: bit.ly/2023_symposium \nREAD SPEAKER AND MODERATOR BIOGRAPHIES HERE. \nPROGRAM \n8:15     Zoom opens for participants to join  \n8:30     WELCOME \n            Video Introduction to the Ninth Symposium  \n8:45     HIGH-LEVEL OPENING SESSION \nThe moderator will introduce the theme of the symposium\, and the 9th Symposium will open with representatives of the three major organizing components of the annual symposium–UN official\, faith-based representative and member state providing their perspectives on the theme of human security.               \nCO-MODERATORS: \n\nRev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista (Assistant General Secretary for United Nations and International Affairs\, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Chair\, 2023 Symposium Planning Team)\nMs. Nika Saeedi (PVE Team Leader\, Crisis Bureau\, UNDP; Global focal point on Religion\, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support\, and Hate Speech for UNDP)\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nH.E. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ecuador and former President of the UN General Assembly)\nH. E. Archbishop  Gabriele Giordano Caccia (Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer\, Permanent Observer  Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations)\nMs. Ulrika Modéer (UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy\, UNDP)\nAmbassador (ret.) Sergio Duarte (Former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs)\nBishop Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (Moderator\, Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and Bishop\, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria)\nPriestess Beatriz Schulthess (Founder and President of Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Spiritual Council and Member of Qulla/Kolla Nation and Honorary President\, Religions for Peace)\n\n9:25      FRAMING HUMAN SECURITY AS SHARED SECURITY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET \nConceptual and practical convergences on the topic of human security abound between faith communities and the UN System. These convergences also illustrate the complexity of what security\, in its multiple dimensions\, entails. \nMODERATOR: \n\nProf. Dr. Azza Karam (Secretary General\, Religions for Peace)\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nMr. Samuel Rizk (Head\, Conflict Prevention\, Peacebuilding and Responsible Institutions (CPPRI) Team\, Crisis Bureau\, UNDP)\nMr. Anwar Khan (President\, Islamic Relief USA)\nMr. Garry Jacobs (President and CEO of World Academy of Art and Science and Chairman and CEO the World University Consortium)\nMs. Sophia Farion (Senior Program Officer for Eastern Europe\, South Caucasus\, and Central Asia\, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders {GNWP})\nDr. Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen (Associate Professor\, Soka University)\n\n10:45       BREAK \nCultural intermission: Cello piece by Michael Fitzpatrick \n90-second video on human security \n11:00       SEEING AND DOING HUMAN SECURITY \nThis session will highlight actual activities and initiatives that are focused on and promote human security. It will demonstrate how faith based actors\, UN entities and Member States see and work for human security. \nMODERATOR: \n\nMr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (General Secretary of ACT Alliance)\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nAmbassador Amanda Ellis (Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva and Professor\, Arizona State University)\nMs. Mehrnaz Mostafavi (Chief of the Human Security Unit {HSU} and the UN Trust Fund for Human Security {UNTFHS})\nDr. Jerry White (Executive Director\, United Religions Initiative {URI})\nMs. Nadia Alawamleh (Team Leader for Social Cohesion Programme\, UNDP Iraq)\nMr. Asif Ali Sherazi (Country Director for Pakistan\, Islamic Relief Worldwide)\nAtty. Salma Pir Rasul (Programs Director\, Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy and Director\, Islamic Law Studies\, University of the Philippines Law Center {UPLC})\nMr. Nelson Ngalle (National Programme Officer\, Presbyterian Church in Cameroon {PCC} Peace Work Department)RESPONDENT:\nPeter Schlosser (Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures\, Arizona State University)\n\n12:20       KEY LEARNINGS \nThis session will highlight key learnings that relate to work for human security and the roles different actors can play. It  will address in concrete ways the development of “unity\, solidarity\, international cooperation and global coordinated action” necessary to make human security real.  \nMODERATOR: \n\nMs. Audrey Kitagawa\, JD (President/Founder\, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation and President\, Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family)\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nProf. Dr. PL de Silva (Adjunct Professor\, UN Studies\, Seton Hall University)\nDr. Elizabeta Kitanovic (Executive Secretary\, Human Rights\, Council of European Churches {CEC|KEK})\nMs. DWI Rubiyanti Kholifah (Secretary General of The Asian Muslim Action Network {AMAN}\, Country representative of AMAN Indonesia)\n\n12:50       CONCLUDING SESSION \nThis concluding session will provide key ideas about what needs to be done next\, and is envisioned to inspire action and impart a strong call for collaboration and partnership on the key learnings from the symposium. \nCO-MODERATORS: \n\nRev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista (Assistant General for United Nations and International Affairs\, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Chair\, 2023 Symposium Planning Team)\nMs. Nika Saeedi (PVE Team Leader\, Crisis Bureau\, UNDP; Global focal point on Religion\, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support\, and Hate Speech for UNDP)\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nMr. Jonathan Granoff (Senior Advisor and Representative to the United Nations of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates)\nDr. Ganoune Diop (Director\, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty\, Seventh-day Adventist Church)\n\n1:30         CLOSE \n____________________ \nCO-ORGANIZERS AND PARTNER OF THE 2023 SYMPOSIUM \nReligious and Faith Based Organizations: ACT Alliance | General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church | Islamic Relief | Religions for Peace | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Soka Gakkai International | United Religions Initiative | World Council of Churches \nUnited Nations: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acting on behalf of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (currently chaired by UNFPA\, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect\, and the UN Alliance of Civilizations and includes 27 entities within the UN System. See IATF-Religion and SDGs). \nPartner: The  Human Security for All (HS4A) campaign led by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security and the World Academy of Art and Science. \nABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM \nThe Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs was initiated by the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church\, the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Council of Churches. Today\, the symposium co-organizing entities and partners have grown to include denominational\, ecumenical\, multireligious and faith-based groups including long-time co-organizers ACT Alliance\, Religions for Peace\, Islamic Relief-USA\, and the United Religions Initiative. From the third year (2017) of the symposium\, the Interfaith Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development – currently representing 27 entities within the UN System – cooperated as a co-organizer. The Symposium was conceived as a space to focus on how religious and partner faith-based organizations could reinforce engagement around shared concerns of human dignity\, human rights and sustainable development\, in particular as regards UN the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/Agenda 2030. The Symposium is organized as an annual event for conversation to identify and deepen the multifaceted\, multi-layered\, multidimensional\, and multidisciplinary aspects of the permanent general theme on human rights and human dignity and follow that with an annual thematic focus that would enjoin the organizers to build upon previous conversations and continue to heighten intellectual engagement\, create practical forms of action\, and develop mechanisms for collaboration among symposium organizers\, partners and participants. The Symposium is held annually on a date in January close to the birthday (January 15) of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.  \n  \nCONCEPT NOTE \nNINTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION \nAND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS \nTuesday\, January 24\, 2023 \n8:30 AM to 1:30 PM \nVirtual Event | Interpretation in English\, Arabic\, French\, Portuguese and Spanish \nI.   HISTORY OF THE SYMPOSIUM: \nThe 2023 Symposium will be the ninth in a series of symposiums held annually since 2015. \nNine years ago (2015)\, faith-based partners came together to launch an annual symposium around the intersections of religion and international affairs\, intentionally including the participation of UN member states and UN System entities. From the second symposium (2016)\, partnership with the UN Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development was instituted with the intention of organizing an annual policy dialogue between the UN System\, member states\, faith actors and wider civil society on critical issues of the day. Over the years\, the sponsorship of the Symposium has included an increasing range of religious and faith traditions. \nThe Symposia series features a theme each year that both relates to current policy debates and intersects with the concerns and contributions of faith-based actors working in international affairs. The first Symposium in 2015 established the framework for all future symposia with a focus on human rights and human dignity. Such focus will undergird all symposiums in the series. \nThe second Symposium focused on the prevention of atrocity crimes and violent extremism (2016)\, the third focused on just\, inclusive and sustainable peace (2017)\, the fourth focused on migration and displacement (2018) and the fifth (2019) covered the intersections of these four themes with key aspects of economic justice and financing for sustainable development\, positing an economy of life. The sixth (2020) was intended to reflect on the planned processes to review progress 25 years after the Beijing Platform for Action and the state of multilateralism at the 75th anniversary of the UN\, but was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Given the crucial importance of the theme\, a smaller but well-resourced workshop for faith-based organizations was organized in its stead. \nDue to Covid-19 restrictions\, the seventh symposium was convened  as a virtual symposium (2021) and focused on accelerating gender equality\, equity and justice. The succeeding 2022 symposium was also held virtually on a theme focused on “mobilizing moral influence and governance to end the systemic injustices of racism\, the legacy of colonialism and slavery. \nThe Symposiums have been timed to be held in January of every year in close proximity to Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s birthday to help commemorate the values and legacy he bequeathed to the world. The Symposium is also a contribution to the global observance of the World Interfaith Harmony Week that is celebrated annually in the first week of February of each year. \nThe symposium in 2023 is co-organized by the following groups and their representatives compose the planning team. They are\, from the faith-based side\, the ACT Alliance\, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church\, Islamic Relief USA\, Religions for Peace\, Seventh-day Adventist Church\, Soka Gakkai International\, United Religions Initiative\, World Council of Churches\, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of  the  Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Development. The  Human Security for All (HS4A) campaign led by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security and the  World Academy of Art and Science is  a partner. \nII.   2023 THEME: SECURING PEOPLES’ WELLBEING AND PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY \nA.   HIGH-LEVEL WELCOME \nThe 9th symposium will be opening with a high-level panel that represents the three major organizing components of the annual symposium–UN official\, faith-based representative and member state. The moderator will introduce the theme of the symposium\, both in the context of the history of the symposium and the urgency and saliency of the current theme. \nB.   FRAMING HUMAN SECURITY AS SHARED SECURITY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET \nConceptual and practical convergences on the topic of human security abound between faith communities and the UN System. The convergences—in discourse and practice—also illustrate the complexity of what security entails—be it national security\, human security\, or people’s security. Add to that complexity the urgency of conceiving security beyond human needs into planetary security that speaks to the intricate relation between people and the planet and their survival and sustainability in a common ecosystem. The UN Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030)\, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)\, refers both to the wellbeing of peoples and the ecological integrity of the planet. In Agenda 2030\, sustainable development is people-centered and planetary in scope. The attainment of sustainable development is co-constitutive with the attainment of peace and prosperity. This symposium intends to scale up support for the achievement of the SDGs by faith-based groups. \nFaith based organizations have rich and diverse histories of discourse and practice demonstrating the nexus of human development\, humanitarian work\, and peace and human rights advocacy. Such discourses  and practices affirm a people-centered\, community-focused and human rights-based approach to peace and human security. The religious\, ecumenical and interfaith character of the symposium will ensure presentation of the diversity of both discourse (theological\, ethical\, moral) and practice (advocacy\, campaigns\, projects) on human security. The unique contribution of this and previous symposiums in this series is the intentional exploration of faith-based understandings and their complementarity with UN normative frameworks and standards\, like the Agenda 2030\, the UNDP reports\,  and UN debates and reports of the UN Secretary-General on human security (see Part V. Readings). \nThe symposium is structured in such a way that faith-based organizations\, UN System entities\, including member states contribute to the development of “unity\, solidarity\, international cooperation and global coordinated action” on the thematic focus on human security\, bearing in mind the overarching themes of all symposia in this series which is human dignity and human rights. The symposium will be a venue to illustrate how both conceptual and practical convergences around human security are exhibited in actual projects\, programs\, advocacies and campaigns by the participating entities\, including the intersections of human security with sustainable development\, durable peace\, and gender justice. \nAny discussion about human security necessarily implicates human development. Put in another way\, human security and human development must be pursued simultaneously. The symposium will contribute to the bridging of the disconnect between human development and human security. It will demonstrate human security as shared security. \nThe inequalities unraveled by the Covid-19 pandemic and the varied forms of human induced activities\, especially climate change\, illustrate the urgency of revisiting the nexus between people’s needs\, wellbeing\, physical integrity and human dignity and the planet’s sustainability and ecological integrity. Such discussion necessarily implicates a variety of existential threats to human and planetary security that must be laid bare and addressed by the symposium. \nIn fact\, UNDP’s 2021-2022 Human Development Report\, “Uncertain Times\, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”\, argues that layers of uncertainty are stacking up and interacting to unsettle life in unprecedented ways. The last two years have had a devastating impact for billions of people around the world\, when crises like COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine hit back-to-back\, and interacted with sweeping social and economic shifts\, dangerous planetary changes\, and massive increases in polarization. Human development has fallen back to its 2016 levels\, reversing much of the progress towards the SDGs. There are many reasons for these devastating trends\, including how insecurity and polarization are feeding off each other today to prevent the solidarity and collective action we need to tackle crises at all levels. \nThis symposium will explore how to better address these threats and more through the discourse and practice of faith-based organizations and partners in the UN System\, including member-states\, civil society actors\, and other international and regional organizations committed to human and people’s security. The symposium will present  grassroots perspectives\, experiences and voices from the ground that will give evidence to what makes them secure or insecure and therefore what needs to be done. \nC.   SESSION ON SEEING AND DOING HUMAN SECURITY \nThis session will highlight activities\, events\, programs\, campaigns and the like that demonstrate how human security works and is operationalized in a variety of settings by a variety of actors. Panelists will come from the three categories representing the tripartite character of the symposium’s collaborators. \n\nHow do faith-based organizations see and do human security?\n\nMuch is needed in understanding human security.  But much more is required to realize it in the day to day lives of peoples and their communities. The UN General Assembly Resolution 66/290 speaks of human security as “an approach to assist Member States in identifying and addressing widespread challenges to the survival\, livelihood and dignity of their people” and thus calls for “people-centered\, comprehensive\, context-specific and prevention-oriented response that strengthen the protection and empowerment of all people.” (UN Trust Fund for Human Security). \nThe role of religion in realizing human security is not alien to the work of faith-based organizations. The symposium will take a look at how religious\, theological\, ecumenical and interfaith groups have translated the theme into actual advocacy on the ground. Themes predicated by concern for human security abound in religious discussion and work\, including food security\, water security\, economic security\, climate security\, health security\, common security\, digital and information security\, and more. These themes\, not exhaustive in this list\, demonstrate the complexity of both theory and practice of human security. The symposium planners are all too aware of such complexity even as they are focused on specific themes for this symposium. This segment will spotlight how lives of peoples and communities are affected and changed by what faith groups do. \n\nHow do U.N. partners and member states see and do human security?\n\nThe themes identified with work by faith-based organizations are not alien to UN partners. The active collaboration by faith-based organizations\, UN partners and Member-States underscores the concern for joint and concerted action and transformative solidarity among all actors. This and eight previous symposiums prove both the importance of FBO and UN partnership and collaboration. \nThe 2022 Special Report of the UNDP\, called “New Threats to Human Security on the Anthropocene: Demanding Greater Solidarity” is timely for the purposes of the symposium. The Special Report reminds us that when introduced in 1994\, the “human security approach refocused the security debate from territorial security to people’s security”\, emphasizing “the importance of everyone’s right to freedom from fear\, freedom from want and freedom from indignity”\, and highlighting “the close connection among security\, development and the protection and empowerment of individuals and communities.” New data and analysis in the Special Report shows that people’s sense of safety and security is at a low in almost every country\, including the richest countries\, despite years of upwards development success. \nToday\, accelerating planetary and social changes have given birth to a new generation of threats\, which span borders and foster insecurity in fragile settings and beyond. In this context\, the Special Report offers a new framework for action\, adding “solidarity” to the existing pillars “protection” and “empowerment”. Threats to human and planetary security abound\, and the symposium will look into them\, including but not limited to what the Special Report calls the “four threats to human security superimposed on the Anthropocene context: “the downsides of digital technology\, violent conflict\, horizontal inequalities\, and evolving challenges to healthcare systems.” (Overview\, 2022 UNDP Special Report on Human Security) \nD.   KEY LEARNINGS \nIdentifying the normative corpus of international law dealing with security and doing the same in the body of available religious\, ecumenical and interfaith teachings on human security will be critical in the symposium’s aim to contribute to the reorientation of  both discourse and practice from territorial security (state constructs of national security\, for example) into viable human security (securing the needs and wellbeing of peoples and the integrity of the planet and the whole ecosystem). \nThe symposium will give time to the demonstration by FBOs and UN partners of ongoing discourses and practices of human security that prove  the viability and necessity of human security as a pivotal and overarching principle for “peace and prosperity for people and the planet”. \nIII.   STRUCTURE\, FORMAT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE SYMPOSIUM \nA.   High Level Welcome: \nThe formal welcome session will feature a high level representative from three entities—faith-based and IATF-nominated speakers from the UN System and UN member state. It will focus on reaffirming the importance of the symposium in general and the urgency and relevance of the current theme. \nB.   Framing Session: \nThe framing session will be held in a conversational format involving a moderator and speakers representing faith-based leaders\, officials from the UN System\, Member-States\, and other experts in the human security field. (Part II.A) \nC.   Session on Seeing and Doing Human Security: \nThis session will highlight activities\, events\, programs\, campaigns and the like that demonstrate and are focused on human security. Panelists will come from the three categories representing the tripartite character of the symposium’s collaborators. The session will address the following questions: \n\nHow do faith-based organizations see and do human security? Panelists will come from religious\, ecumenical and interfaith organizations. (Part II.B)\nHow do UN partners see and do human security? Panelists will come from UN entities and member-states. (Part II.C)\n\n\nHow do Member States see and do human security? Panelists will come from UN partners and member-states. (Part II.C)\n\nD.   Session on Key Learnings: (practical experiences from different levels–grassroots\, national\, regional\, multiregional\, international)  \nThis session serves as the learning and hearing section of the symposium. The chair and panelists will attempt to retell what they heard are key learnings from the symposium and relate that to the roles played by religious and multilateral processes and entities—both intergovernmental and religious/ecumenical/interfaith. The session will address in concrete ways the development of “unity\, solidarity\, international cooperation and global coordinated action” necessary to make human security real. (Part II.D) \nThis panel session will be interactive. Panelists will be asked to speak about actual\, practical\, and good and beneficial practices of UN and FBOs  working together collaboratively. Emphasis will be given to distinguishing as well as moving from national security to human security into shared security for people and the planet. Session chair will draw wisdom from the participants by eliciting examples of  ways of seeing and doing human security different from already identified ones in the previous sessions above. \nE.   Concluding Session: This concluding session will feature speakers  from all of the symposium entities–faith-based groups\, UN system\, governments– who will provide key ideas about what needs to be done next. This session is envisioned to inspire action and impart a strong call for collaboration and partnership on the key learnings from the symposium. \nIV.   PARTICIPATION \nA.   Invitations will be sent to various constituencies and networks of the collaborating symposium partners. This includes FBOs\, civil society organizations\, member states and their permanent missions\, and UN agencies through the Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development. \nB.   The event will be virtual and all participants will be required to register electronically. Direct participation in the symposium via Zoom is limited to the first 500 registrants. Registrants beyond this number will be directed to a livestream via the WCC YouTube channel:www.youtube.com/WCCworld. Questions and comments by participants in Zoom and YouTube will be monitored. \nC.   Interactive modes of communication will be employed. There will be language interpretation in English\, Arabic\, French and Spanish. \nV.   DOCUMENTATION  \nFollowing in the tradition of previous symposiums\, a symposium packet will be produced electronically and distributed in advance. It will include this concept note\, a short bibliography of reference materials to prepare participants for discussion\, and a list of biographies of panel moderators and speakers. A weblink to the event will contain the symposium packet as well as post-event documentation of presentations and statements. As a hybrid event\, various social media platforms will be used to simulcast and broadcast the symposium. \nVI.   READINGS \nU.N. RESOURCES \n\nUNDP Special Report: New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene: Demanding Greater Solidarity (2022) (https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789210014007/read; https://www.undp.org/somalia/publications/new-threats-human-security-anthropocene-demanding-greater-solidarity)\nUNDP Human Development Report 2021-2022: Uncertain Times\, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2021-22\nUNDP Human Development Report: New Dimensions of Human Security (1994)https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents//hdr1994encompletenostatspdf.pdf\nWhat is Human Security (UN Trust Fund for Human Security) https://www.un.org/humansecurity/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/What-is-Human-Security.pdf\nUN General Assembly Resolutions and Debates\, and Reports of the Secretary-General on Human Security https://www.un.org/humansecurity/reports-resolutions/\nGA Resolution 66/290 on Human Security https://www.un.org/humansecurity/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/N1147622.pdf\nHuman Security Approach from Principles to Practice\, especially the first two modules https://www.un.org/humansecurity/human-security-e-course/\n\nRELIGIOUS\, ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RESOURCES \n\nPeace and Human Security\, Excerpts from a lecture given by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda at the East-West Center\, Hawai’i (1995)\nVulnerability and Security: Current challenges in security policy from an ethical and theological perspective. Prepared by the Commission on International Affairs in Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations (2015)\n Vulnerability and Security: A Paradox Based on a Theology of Incarnation (Wanda Deifelt\, 2005)\nReligion and Human Security: A Global Perspective. Edited by James K. Wellman Jr. and Clark B. Lombardi (Oxford University Press\, 2012)\nHuman Security as Shared Security: Towards Sustaining Peace and Human Wellness with Justice and Human Rights (Liberato Bautista\, 2013)\nThe Letter: A Message for our Earth (Movie): The Letter tells the story of a journey to Rome of frontline leaders to discuss the encyclical letter Laudato Si’ with Pope Francis. The exclusive dialogue with the Pope\, included in the film\, offers a revealing insight into the personal history of Pope Francis and stories never seen since he became the Bishop of Rome.
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