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SUMMARY:[2022 WSIS Forum] Inclusiveness\, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides
DESCRIPTION:WSIS Forum 2022 \nHigh-Level Policy Session 7:  \nInclusiveness\, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides \nRegister here for this 7th session of the 2022 WSIS Forum (virtual and in-person participation available): itu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-ysqzsuGtMorqFMzRQ1zPPF0GurUgte \nAbout the Session: \nThe ability for all to access and contribute information\, ideas and knowledge is essential in an inclusive Information Society. \nThe sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for development can be enhanced by removing barriers to equitable access to information for economic\, social\, political\, health\, cultural\, educational\, and scientific activities and by facilitating access to public domain information\, including by universal design and the use of assistive technologies. \nA rich public domain is an essential element for the growth of the Information Society\, creating multiple benefits such as an educated public\, new jobs\, innovation\, business opportunities\, and the advancement of sciences. Information in the public domain should be easily accessible to support the Information Society\, and protected from misappropriation. Public institutions such as libraries and archives\, museums\, cultural collections and other community-based access points should be strengthened so as to promote the preservation of documentary records and free and equitable access to information. \nRead more about the Geneva Declaration of Principles here: itu.int/net/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html \nSpeakers: \n\nModerator: Dr. Liberato Bautista (High-Level Track Facilitator)\, President\, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)\, United States of America\nMr. Paul Donohoe (WSIS Action Line Facilitator)\, Digital Economy and Trade Coordinator Universal Postal Union\, Switzerland\nH.E. Mr. Mustafa Jabbar [R]\, Minister Posts and Telecommunications Division\, Ministry of Posts\, Telecommunications and ICT\, Bangladesh\nH.E. Mr. Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo\, Minister\, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology\, Samoa\nH.E. Mr. Bogdan Dumea\, State Secretary\, Ministry of Research\, Innovation and Digitalization\, Romania\nMs. Aichatou Habibou Oumani\, President\, Niger Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communication and Postal Service\, Niger\nMr. Dan Sjoblom\, Director General\, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority\, Sweden\nMr. Bakhtiyar Mammadov\, Deputy Head of Administration\, Ministry of Digital Development and Transport\, Azerbaijan\nDr. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm\, Founder & CEO\, PROMIS@Service\, Italy\nMs. Tatyana Kanzaveli\, CEO\, Open Health Network\, United States of America\nMr. Ahm Bazlur Rahman [R]\, Chief Executive Officer\, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC)\, Bangladesh\n\n______________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, please email the co-chairs at fmhult@umbc.edu or tonkin@hartford.edu. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, please visit ngosonffd.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2022-wsis-forum-inclusiveness-access-to-information-and-knowledge-for-all-bridging-digital-divides/
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SUMMARY:[2022 WSIS Forum] Inclusiveness\, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides
DESCRIPTION:WSIS Forum 2022 \nHigh-Level Policy Session 7:  \nInclusiveness\, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides \nRegister here for this 7th session of the 2022 WSIS Forum (virtual and in-person participation available): itu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-ysqzsuGtMorqFMzRQ1zPPF0GurUgte \nAbout the Session: \nThe ability for all to access and contribute information\, ideas and knowledge is essential in an inclusive Information Society. \nThe sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for development can be enhanced by removing barriers to equitable access to information for economic\, social\, political\, health\, cultural\, educational\, and scientific activities and by facilitating access to public domain information\, including by universal design and the use of assistive technologies. \nA rich public domain is an essential element for the growth of the Information Society\, creating multiple benefits such as an educated public\, new jobs\, innovation\, business opportunities\, and the advancement of sciences. Information in the public domain should be easily accessible to support the Information Society\, and protected from misappropriation. Public institutions such as libraries and archives\, museums\, cultural collections and other community-based access points should be strengthened so as to promote the preservation of documentary records and free and equitable access to information. \nRead more about the Geneva Declaration of Principles here: itu.int/net/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html \nSpeakers: \n\nModerator: Dr. Liberato Bautista (High-Level Track Facilitator)\, President\, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)\, United States of America\nMr. Paul Donohoe (WSIS Action Line Facilitator)\, Digital Economy and Trade Coordinator Universal Postal Union\, Switzerland\nH.E. Mr. Mustafa Jabbar [R]\, Minister Posts and Telecommunications Division\, Ministry of Posts\, Telecommunications and ICT\, Bangladesh\nH.E. Mr. Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo\, Minister\, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology\, Samoa\nH.E. Mr. Bogdan Dumea\, State Secretary\, Ministry of Research\, Innovation and Digitalization\, Romania\nMs. Aichatou Habibou Oumani\, President\, Niger Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communication and Postal Service\, Niger\nMr. Dan Sjoblom\, Director General\, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority\, Sweden\nMr. Bakhtiyar Mammadov\, Deputy Head of Administration\, Ministry of Digital Development and Transport\, Azerbaijan\nDr. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm\, Founder & CEO\, PROMIS@Service\, Italy\nMs. Tatyana Kanzaveli\, CEO\, Open Health Network\, United States of America\nMr. Ahm Bazlur Rahman [R]\, Chief Executive Officer\, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC)\, Bangladesh\n\n______________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, please email the co-chairs at fmhult@umbc.edu or tonkin@hartford.edu. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, please visit ngosonffd.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2022-wsis-forum-inclusiveness-access-to-information-and-knowledge-for-all-bridging-digital-divides-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220531T103000
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SUMMARY:High-Level Sessions of WSIS Forum 2022
DESCRIPTION:Following the Opening Ceremony\, join WSIS for three more high-level sessions \n10:30–10:40 Remarks by the Chairman of the WSIS Forum 2022 and Announcement of the High-level Track Facilitators \n\nMr. Houlin Zhao\, Secretary-General\, ITU\nChairman Elect: H.E. Mr. Isa Ali Ibrahim\, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria\, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy\, Nigeria\n\n– Mr. Antonio Vitorino\, Director General\, IOM (video message) \n– Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif\, Executive Director\, UN Habitat (video message) \n– Ms. Sima Bahous\, Executive Director\, UN Women (video message) \n  \n10:40-11:40 High-level Strategic Dialogue with Partners: ICTs for Well-Being\, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs \n\nMr. Malcolm Johnson\, Deputy Secretary-General\, ITU (Moderator)\nMs. Mashael Ali Yousef Al Hammadi\, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Government Information Technology Affairs\, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology\, Qatar (Gold Partner)\nMr. Yoichi Kanda\, Director\, Global Strategy Division\, Global Strategy Bureau\, Japan – Partner for Specific Activities\nMr. Alpesh Shah\, Senior Director of Global Business Strategy & Intelligence Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Partner for Specific Activities\nDr. Zhong Luo\, Chair\, ITU-T SG16 VP\, Standards & Industry Development\, Huawei Technologies Co.\, Ltd.\, China\, Partner for Specific Activities\nMs. Janet Umutesi\, Senior Manager\, Quality Assurance – RURA & ITU Direct Focal Point\, Rwanda – Contributing Partner\nTBC\, Confederation of Switzerland – Contributing Partner\nMs. Constance Bommelaer de Leusse\, Vice President\, Institutional Relations and Empowerment\, Internet Society (ISOC) – Contributing Partner\nEY – Contributing Partner (TBC)\n\n–  Ms. Olga Algayerova\, Executive Secretary\, UN ECE (video message) \n– Ms. Armida Alisjahbana\, Executive Secretary\, UN ESCAP (video message) \n– Mr. Nikhil Seth\, Executive Director\, UNITAR (video message) \n  \n11:40-12:40  High-Level Strategic Dialogue – WSIS+20: Multistakeholder Digital Cooperation for global development (WSIS Action Lines to achieve the SDGs) \n\nMr. Mario Maniewicz\, BR Director (Moderator)\nMs. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano\, Acting Envoy on Technology\, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology UN Tech Envoy (video message)\nH.E. Mr. Chris Philp\, Minister for Technology and the Digital Economy\, United Kingdom – Supporting Partner (video message)\nH.E. Mr. Kwame McCoy\, MP\, Minister\, Within Office of the Prime Minister of Guyana\, Guyana\nMrs. Maitseo Ratladi\, Director Broadband & Universal Access and Services\, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)\nMr. Mansour Al-Qurashi\, Chair\, CSTD (TBC)\nMr. Michael Hodin\, GCOA – Supporting Partner\nMs. Moira de Roche\, Vice President\, IFIP – Supporting Partner\n\n______________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, please email the co-chairs at tonkin@hartford.edu or fmhult@umbc.edu.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/high-level-sessions-of-wsis-forum-2022/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,UN Events
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220531T124000
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SUMMARY:High-Level Sessions of WSIS Forum 2022
DESCRIPTION:Following the Opening Ceremony\, join WSIS for three more high-level sessions \n10:30–10:40 Remarks by the Chairman of the WSIS Forum 2022 and Announcement of the High-level Track Facilitators \n\nMr. Houlin Zhao\, Secretary-General\, ITU\nChairman Elect: H.E. Mr. Isa Ali Ibrahim\, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria\, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy\, Nigeria\n\n– Mr. Antonio Vitorino\, Director General\, IOM (video message) \n– Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif\, Executive Director\, UN Habitat (video message) \n– Ms. Sima Bahous\, Executive Director\, UN Women (video message) \n  \n10:40-11:40 High-level Strategic Dialogue with Partners: ICTs for Well-Being\, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs \n\nMr. Malcolm Johnson\, Deputy Secretary-General\, ITU (Moderator)\nMs. Mashael Ali Yousef Al Hammadi\, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Government Information Technology Affairs\, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology\, Qatar (Gold Partner)\nMr. Yoichi Kanda\, Director\, Global Strategy Division\, Global Strategy Bureau\, Japan – Partner for Specific Activities\nMr. Alpesh Shah\, Senior Director of Global Business Strategy & Intelligence Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Partner for Specific Activities\nDr. Zhong Luo\, Chair\, ITU-T SG16 VP\, Standards & Industry Development\, Huawei Technologies Co.\, Ltd.\, China\, Partner for Specific Activities\nMs. Janet Umutesi\, Senior Manager\, Quality Assurance – RURA & ITU Direct Focal Point\, Rwanda – Contributing Partner\nTBC\, Confederation of Switzerland – Contributing Partner\nMs. Constance Bommelaer de Leusse\, Vice President\, Institutional Relations and Empowerment\, Internet Society (ISOC) – Contributing Partner\nEY – Contributing Partner (TBC)\n\n–  Ms. Olga Algayerova\, Executive Secretary\, UN ECE (video message) \n– Ms. Armida Alisjahbana\, Executive Secretary\, UN ESCAP (video message) \n– Mr. Nikhil Seth\, Executive Director\, UNITAR (video message) \n  \n11:40-12:40  High-Level Strategic Dialogue – WSIS+20: Multistakeholder Digital Cooperation for global development (WSIS Action Lines to achieve the SDGs) \n\nMr. Mario Maniewicz\, BR Director (Moderator)\nMs. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano\, Acting Envoy on Technology\, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology UN Tech Envoy (video message)\nH.E. Mr. Chris Philp\, Minister for Technology and the Digital Economy\, United Kingdom – Supporting Partner (video message)\nH.E. Mr. Kwame McCoy\, MP\, Minister\, Within Office of the Prime Minister of Guyana\, Guyana\nMrs. Maitseo Ratladi\, Director Broadband & Universal Access and Services\, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)\nMr. Mansour Al-Qurashi\, Chair\, CSTD (TBC)\nMr. Michael Hodin\, GCOA – Supporting Partner\nMs. Moira de Roche\, Vice President\, IFIP – Supporting Partner\n\n______________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, please email the co-chairs at tonkin@hartford.edu or fmhult@umbc.edu.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/high-level-sessions-of-wsis-forum-2022-2/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220525T163000
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SUMMARY:Two years after the death of George Floyd: Antiracism\, #BLM and the United Nations
DESCRIPTION:As people continue to challenge the systemic racism that has devalued the lives of Black and Brown people globally\, many are asking the question: why do some of these tragic events spark a stronger call for change than others? \nFloyd’s murder also revived the concept of antiracism. The webinar will explore\, in practice\, what it means to be antiracist. Participants will also be invited to reflect on the role played by Christian nationalism in reinforcing white supremacy and racial subjugation\, thereby fueling racism\, xenophobia and racial discrimination. \nAs a follow up of its 1 June 2021 webinar marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre\, the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs will host this webinar on the sides of the 30th session of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent\, which will be taking place in New York city\, USA\, from 23 to 27 May 2022. \nSpeakers: \nModerator: Rev. Chebon Kernell\, ordained elder in the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference \n\nGaynel D. Curry\, member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent\nRt. Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton\, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\nRev. Dr. Leah Gunning Francis\, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the Faculty at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis\nProf. Gay McDougall\, member of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)\n\nRegister here to join this webinar live on Wednesday\, 25 May\, 3:30 pm CEST / 9:30am EST. \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.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/two-years-after-the-death-of-george-floyd-antiracism-blm-and-the-united-nations/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220525T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220525T163000
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SUMMARY:Two years after the death of George Floyd: Antiracism\, #BLM and the United Nations
DESCRIPTION:As people continue to challenge the systemic racism that has devalued the lives of Black and Brown people globally\, many are asking the question: why do some of these tragic events spark a stronger call for change than others? \nFloyd’s murder also revived the concept of antiracism. The webinar will explore\, in practice\, what it means to be antiracist. Participants will also be invited to reflect on the role played by Christian nationalism in reinforcing white supremacy and racial subjugation\, thereby fueling racism\, xenophobia and racial discrimination. \nAs a follow up of its 1 June 2021 webinar marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre\, the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs will host this webinar on the sides of the 30th session of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent\, which will be taking place in New York city\, USA\, from 23 to 27 May 2022. \nSpeakers: \nModerator: Rev. Chebon Kernell\, ordained elder in the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference \n\nGaynel D. Curry\, member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent\nRt. Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton\, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\nRev. Dr. Leah Gunning Francis\, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the Faculty at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis\nProf. Gay McDougall\, member of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)\n\nRegister here to join this webinar live on Wednesday\, 25 May\, 3:30 pm CEST / 9:30am EST. \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.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/two-years-after-the-death-of-george-floyd-antiracism-blm-and-the-united-nations-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T080000
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SUMMARY:Criminalising Ecocide: A New Deterrent to Crimes that Affect the Environment
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to this important side event of the 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)! \nRegister here: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/registration.html \nThe regular thirty-first session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is scheduled for 16-20 May 2022. The provisional annotated agenda will be published on the website of the Commission following the present arrangements. The present proposed organizational arrangements were drafted in response to the recent\ndevelopments of the COVID-19 pandemic\, taking into consideration the regulations by the host country\, Austria\, and the guidelines of the Vienna International Centre. Based on the developments of the global health situation and to possible changes to the regulations by the host Country Austria\, arrangements may be revised closer to the regular session. \nOrganization Format\nThe sessions will be conducted in a hybrid format\, in the M-building of the Vienna International Centre. The meetings of the plenary and COW will be held in parallel. The plenary meetings will be held in the plenary hall of the M-building. The meetings of the COW will be held in Boardroom A. \nIn-person participation will be possible for a limited number of delegates from United Nations Member States\, UN Entities\, IGOs and NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC. Due to COVID-requirements the number of seats in the room is limited and as such only a limited number of in-person participants can join. In-person participants are required to confirm adherence to relevant provisions contained in the COVID guidelines for participants and are expected to provide supporting documents as necessary. \nParticipation In line with the Rules of Procedure of the Functional Commissions of ECOSOC\, Member States\, as well as representatives of UN Entities\, IGOs and NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can participate in the session. \nMore information about this specific side event\, and the full schedule of events\, will be provided here at a later stage: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/session-31-of-the-ccpcj.html \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna 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-New York\, please visit . For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/criminalising-ecocide-a-new-deterrent-to-crimes-that-affect-the-environment/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T090000
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SUMMARY:Criminalising Ecocide: A New Deterrent to Crimes that Affect the Environment
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to this important side event of the 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)! \nRegister here: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/registration.html \nThe regular thirty-first session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is scheduled for 16-20 May 2022. The provisional annotated agenda will be published on the website of the Commission following the present arrangements. The present proposed organizational arrangements were drafted in response to the recent\ndevelopments of the COVID-19 pandemic\, taking into consideration the regulations by the host country\, Austria\, and the guidelines of the Vienna International Centre. Based on the developments of the global health situation and to possible changes to the regulations by the host Country Austria\, arrangements may be revised closer to the regular session. \nOrganization Format\nThe sessions will be conducted in a hybrid format\, in the M-building of the Vienna International Centre. The meetings of the plenary and COW will be held in parallel. The plenary meetings will be held in the plenary hall of the M-building. The meetings of the COW will be held in Boardroom A. \nIn-person participation will be possible for a limited number of delegates from United Nations Member States\, UN Entities\, IGOs and NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC. Due to COVID-requirements the number of seats in the room is limited and as such only a limited number of in-person participants can join. In-person participants are required to confirm adherence to relevant provisions contained in the COVID guidelines for participants and are expected to provide supporting documents as necessary. \nParticipation In line with the Rules of Procedure of the Functional Commissions of ECOSOC\, Member States\, as well as representatives of UN Entities\, IGOs and NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can participate in the session. \nMore information about this specific side event\, and the full schedule of events\, will be provided here at a later stage: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/session-31-of-the-ccpcj.html \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna 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-New York\, please visit . For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/criminalising-ecocide-a-new-deterrent-to-crimes-that-affect-the-environment-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T093000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191857
CREATED:20220425T141532Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Digital Finance's Real Promises and Challenges for Development
DESCRIPTION:Exploring Digital Finance’s Real Promises and Challenges for Development \nJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Wednesday\, 27 April 2022\, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. EDT for this official side event to the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-6orjsuGdFhyWHfljp7ZNxV526Onoc7 \nSpeakers: \n\nMs. Cina Lawson\, Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation of the Republic of Togo (TBC)\nDr. Purva Khera\, Economist\, International Monetary Fund\nMr. Johannes Ehrentraud\, Senior Advisor\, Financial Stability Institute\, Bank for International Settlements\nMs. Sofie Blakstad\, CEO of hiveonline and author of Fintech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem\nMs. Anneleen Vos\, Seionr Economic Policy Officer\, International Rescue Committee\nMr. Prabhat Labh\, CEO\, Grameen Foundation India\nMs. Mercy Buku\, Program Leader\, Toronto Center\n\nModerator: Mx. Anita Thomas\, Chair\, NGO Committee on FfD\, Representative to the UN\, Women First International Fund \nCo-sponsors: ManUp Campaign\, Change Management Solutions\, Sisters of Charity Foundation\, African Development Interchange Network\, IBVM \nBackground: \nThe UN Secretary General’s task force on digital finance in its report titled “People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future\,” spells out the transformational impact digital finance can have on sustainable development. Providing relief for millions around the world\, supporting businesses\, and protecting jobs and livelihoods\, digital finance served as a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic. A World Bank tally of policy responses to the pandemic finds that at least 58 governments in developing countries used digital payments to deliver COVID-19 relief\, of which 36 countries made payments into fully transactional accounts that were being used for saving beyond simply withdrawing cash. According to the GSMA\, international remittances processed via mobile money increased by 65 percent in 2020. \nProponents of digital finance highlight its strong capabilities to reduce transaction costs\, the potential of Artificial Intelligence to provide fair and equitable treatment of credit applicants\, and the scalability of cloud technology\, through the use of blockchain technology\, to allow consumers to transact remotely and seamlessly across multiple platforms. \nWhile the experience of COVID-19 has proven that digitalization can transform economies and lives\, it needs to be shaped with both its advantages and potential risks in mind in order to bring everyone into the digital age. For technology to benefit everyone\, private sector innovation must be supported by the appropriate public goods such as the public provision of foundational infrastructure\, access to electricity\, mobile and internet coverage. \nAs in the case of any disruptive technology\, without combining technological advances with sound policy measures\, digital technology cannot deliver on its potential to meaningfully advance financial inclusion for everyone\, including the more than 2 billion unbanked people globally. Delivering on promises to advance financial inclusion can only be considered meaningful when the account holder has a fully functional account that they utilize to save\, make payments\, obtain manageable credit\, and mitigate economic risks and is simply not utilized to withdraw cash from cash transfers from the government\, which is overwhelmingly the case at this time. \nBy examining successful strategies that maximize digital finance’s potential while minimizing risks to the financial sector\, government revenues\, and at-risk populations\, attendees will gain a better understanding of how digital finance can sustainably advance development objectives. \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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/exploring-digital-finances-real-promises-and-challenges-for-development/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T093000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191857
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SUMMARY:Exploring Digital Finance's Real Promises and Challenges for Development
DESCRIPTION:Exploring Digital Finance’s Real Promises and Challenges for Development \nJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Wednesday\, 27 April 2022\, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. EDT for this official side event to the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-6orjsuGdFhyWHfljp7ZNxV526Onoc7 \nSpeakers: \n\nMs. Cina Lawson\, Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation of the Republic of Togo (TBC)\nDr. Purva Khera\, Economist\, International Monetary Fund\nMr. Johannes Ehrentraud\, Senior Advisor\, Financial Stability Institute\, Bank for International Settlements\nMs. Sofie Blakstad\, CEO of hiveonline and author of Fintech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem\nMs. Anneleen Vos\, Seionr Economic Policy Officer\, International Rescue Committee\nMr. Prabhat Labh\, CEO\, Grameen Foundation India\nMs. Mercy Buku\, Program Leader\, Toronto Center\n\nModerator: Mx. Anita Thomas\, Chair\, NGO Committee on FfD\, Representative to the UN\, Women First International Fund \nCo-sponsors: ManUp Campaign\, Change Management Solutions\, Sisters of Charity Foundation\, African Development Interchange Network\, IBVM \nBackground: \nThe UN Secretary General’s task force on digital finance in its report titled “People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future\,” spells out the transformational impact digital finance can have on sustainable development. Providing relief for millions around the world\, supporting businesses\, and protecting jobs and livelihoods\, digital finance served as a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic. A World Bank tally of policy responses to the pandemic finds that at least 58 governments in developing countries used digital payments to deliver COVID-19 relief\, of which 36 countries made payments into fully transactional accounts that were being used for saving beyond simply withdrawing cash. According to the GSMA\, international remittances processed via mobile money increased by 65 percent in 2020. \nProponents of digital finance highlight its strong capabilities to reduce transaction costs\, the potential of Artificial Intelligence to provide fair and equitable treatment of credit applicants\, and the scalability of cloud technology\, through the use of blockchain technology\, to allow consumers to transact remotely and seamlessly across multiple platforms. \nWhile the experience of COVID-19 has proven that digitalization can transform economies and lives\, it needs to be shaped with both its advantages and potential risks in mind in order to bring everyone into the digital age. For technology to benefit everyone\, private sector innovation must be supported by the appropriate public goods such as the public provision of foundational infrastructure\, access to electricity\, mobile and internet coverage. \nAs in the case of any disruptive technology\, without combining technological advances with sound policy measures\, digital technology cannot deliver on its potential to meaningfully advance financial inclusion for everyone\, including the more than 2 billion unbanked people globally. Delivering on promises to advance financial inclusion can only be considered meaningful when the account holder has a fully functional account that they utilize to save\, make payments\, obtain manageable credit\, and mitigate economic risks and is simply not utilized to withdraw cash from cash transfers from the government\, which is overwhelmingly the case at this time. \nBy examining successful strategies that maximize digital finance’s potential while minimizing risks to the financial sector\, government revenues\, and at-risk populations\, attendees will gain a better understanding of how digital finance can sustainably advance development objectives. \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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/exploring-digital-finances-real-promises-and-challenges-for-development-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T093000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191857
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SUMMARY:Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group
DESCRIPTION:Join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Tuesday\, April 26\, from 8 – 9:30am EST for an official side event of the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group \nSpeakers: \n\nH.E. Mr. Phillippe Kridelka\, Ambassador\, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations\nMr. Helmut Schwarzner\, Senior Social Security Specialist for the Americas\, Social Protection Department\, ILO Geneva\nMr. David Stewart\, Chief of Child Strategy and Social Protection\, UNICEF\nDr. Santosh Mehrotra\, Research Fellow\, IZA Institute of Labor Economics\, Bonn\, Germany\nMs. Tikhala Itaye\, Director\, Global Movement Building\, Women in Global Health\n\nModerator: Dr. Barry Herman\, Member Advisory Board\, Social Justice in Global Development \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsfuqqrjwiHtLVutntuRo0xgsa9K_vEKxP \nCo-sponsors: Vivat International\, Women First International Fund\, Salesian Missions\, International Labour Organization\, World Vision\, Social Justice in Global Development \nBackground: Social protection refers to assuring a basic income floor and access to basic healthcare throughout the life cycle. It should be provided universally to all people in need\, but that is far from current practice. While decent jobs\, including self-employment\, are mainly in the private economy\, meeting the qualifications for most jobs usually requires education and good health\, which are primarily public service functions. Thus\, programs to promote social protection and decent jobs entail adequate\, effective\, and fair national systems of taxation\, complemented by international assistance\, often in the form of technical assistance but also sometimes in aid-financed budget support\, as for low-income countries. \nThe experience of the pandemic laid bare inadequate systems to deliver cash transfers to compensate for the economic costs of the crisis and inadequate public health systems to deliver vaccines\, tests\, and protective equipment\, along with the very limited capacity\, especially in developing countries\, to maintain employment during the crisis-induced economic contraction. The pandemic experience requires us to think about preparing better “shock responsive” social protection and health systems and stronger counter-cyclical policies. Preparation\, in turn\, requires consideration of ways to mobilize the necessary domestic and international financial resources on an ongoing basis and with the capacity to meet the higher expenditure needs at times of crisis. \nWhile the inter-agency report concluded with 21 separate proposals\, speakers in the side event will be asked to discuss one or more of the proposals. There is no expectation that all 21 proposals would be covered\, nor is that necessary. What is necessary is to bring the attention of the FfD Follow-up Forum for consideration by policymakers the work of the 16 cooperating agencies in the task force and the civil society\, labor\, employer\, and youth stakeholders that were consulted in preparing the report. \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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/financing-for-universal-and-crisis-responsive-social-protection-and-decent-work-proposals-of-2021-un-inter-agency-working-group/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T093000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
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SUMMARY:Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group
DESCRIPTION:Join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Tuesday\, April 26\, from 8 – 9:30am EST for an official side event of the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group \nSpeakers: \n\nH.E. Mr. Phillippe Kridelka\, Ambassador\, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations\nMr. Helmut Schwarzner\, Senior Social Security Specialist for the Americas\, Social Protection Department\, ILO Geneva\nMr. David Stewart\, Chief of Child Strategy and Social Protection\, UNICEF\nDr. Santosh Mehrotra\, Research Fellow\, IZA Institute of Labor Economics\, Bonn\, Germany\nMs. Tikhala Itaye\, Director\, Global Movement Building\, Women in Global Health\n\nModerator: Dr. Barry Herman\, Member Advisory Board\, Social Justice in Global Development \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsfuqqrjwiHtLVutntuRo0xgsa9K_vEKxP \nCo-sponsors: Vivat International\, Women First International Fund\, Salesian Missions\, International Labour Organization\, World Vision\, Social Justice in Global Development \nBackground: Social protection refers to assuring a basic income floor and access to basic healthcare throughout the life cycle. It should be provided universally to all people in need\, but that is far from current practice. While decent jobs\, including self-employment\, are mainly in the private economy\, meeting the qualifications for most jobs usually requires education and good health\, which are primarily public service functions. Thus\, programs to promote social protection and decent jobs entail adequate\, effective\, and fair national systems of taxation\, complemented by international assistance\, often in the form of technical assistance but also sometimes in aid-financed budget support\, as for low-income countries. \nThe experience of the pandemic laid bare inadequate systems to deliver cash transfers to compensate for the economic costs of the crisis and inadequate public health systems to deliver vaccines\, tests\, and protective equipment\, along with the very limited capacity\, especially in developing countries\, to maintain employment during the crisis-induced economic contraction. The pandemic experience requires us to think about preparing better “shock responsive” social protection and health systems and stronger counter-cyclical policies. Preparation\, in turn\, requires consideration of ways to mobilize the necessary domestic and international financial resources on an ongoing basis and with the capacity to meet the higher expenditure needs at times of crisis. \nWhile the inter-agency report concluded with 21 separate proposals\, speakers in the side event will be asked to discuss one or more of the proposals. There is no expectation that all 21 proposals would be covered\, nor is that necessary. What is necessary is to bring the attention of the FfD Follow-up Forum for consideration by policymakers the work of the 16 cooperating agencies in the task force and the civil society\, labor\, employer\, and youth stakeholders that were consulted in preparing the report. \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.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/financing-for-universal-and-crisis-responsive-social-protection-and-decent-work-proposals-of-2021-un-inter-agency-working-group-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211221
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
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SUMMARY:2nd PyeongChang Youth Peace Challenge [registration deadline]
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nGreetings of peace from PyeongChang on the Korean peninsula! \nWe are pleased to announce that youths interested in promoting and building peace are warmly invited to “The 2nd PyeongChang Youth Peace Challenge (YPC)”. \nThe YPC 2022 is the peace and global citizenship education program in the form of essays and group debates for youths. It is organized in the context of the UN Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030 and the UN Declaration on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN in 2020 in accordance with the PyeongChang Peace Spirit born out of the historical PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.  \nTHEME \nHow to implement the proposals contained in the Our Common Agenda report of the UN Secretary-General (Sep. 2021) from the peace perspective as a youth in your country and/or internationally. https://www.un.org/en/un75/common-agenda    \nPre-register online by 20th December 2021 at https://forms.gle/FsvHYpoK97HsdGwF7. Orientation for early applicants at 4-6 PM on Tuesday\, 21 December 2021. \nSubmission of the essay is due by 15 January 2022. More detailed guidelines about the essay and group debate will be sent to registered applicants by email. \nFor any inquiries about YPC 2022 please contact us through PyeongChangYPC2022@gmail.com. More details about the PyeongChang Peace Forum (PPF) are available at http://ppf.or.kr/en/. Summary Report (English) of the PPF 2021 is available at http://ppf.or.kr/en/board/board_view.asp?BoardID=Notice&LangType=ENG&searchtext=&page=1&SNO=615. We look forward to welcoming your participation. \nIn peace and solidarity\,   \nPyeongChang YPC 2022 Organizing Team  \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights-NY\, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity\, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2nd-pyeongchang-youth-peace-challenge-registration-deadline/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CSO event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211221
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T200113Z
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SUMMARY:2nd PyeongChang Youth Peace Challenge [registration deadline]
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nGreetings of peace from PyeongChang on the Korean peninsula! \nWe are pleased to announce that youths interested in promoting and building peace are warmly invited to “The 2nd PyeongChang Youth Peace Challenge (YPC)”. \nThe YPC 2022 is the peace and global citizenship education program in the form of essays and group debates for youths. It is organized in the context of the UN Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030 and the UN Declaration on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN in 2020 in accordance with the PyeongChang Peace Spirit born out of the historical PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.  \nTHEME \nHow to implement the proposals contained in the Our Common Agenda report of the UN Secretary-General (Sep. 2021) from the peace perspective as a youth in your country and/or internationally. https://www.un.org/en/un75/common-agenda    \nPre-register online by 20th December 2021 at https://forms.gle/FsvHYpoK97HsdGwF7. Orientation for early applicants at 4-6 PM on Tuesday\, 21 December 2021. \nSubmission of the essay is due by 15 January 2022. More detailed guidelines about the essay and group debate will be sent to registered applicants by email. \nFor any inquiries about YPC 2022 please contact us through PyeongChangYPC2022@gmail.com. More details about the PyeongChang Peace Forum (PPF) are available at http://ppf.or.kr/en/. Summary Report (English) of the PPF 2021 is available at http://ppf.or.kr/en/board/board_view.asp?BoardID=Notice&LangType=ENG&searchtext=&page=1&SNO=615. We look forward to welcoming your participation. \nIn peace and solidarity\,   \nPyeongChang YPC 2022 Organizing Team  \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights-NY\, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity\, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2nd-pyeongchang-youth-peace-challenge-registration-deadline-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CSO event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T153000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
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SUMMARY:The Climate Emergency: Does Religion Matter?
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to “The Climate Emergency: Does Religion Matter?”\, the latest installment of the Temple of Understanding’s ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL Dialogues. These are special intimate discussions about the climate emergency with international ChangeMakers. \nECO JUSTICE FOR ALL interviews and dialogues are ongoing programs presented by the Temple of Understanding\, incorporating our outreach in the area of environmental awareness and advocacy. We present a diverse range of perspectives\, from scientific to spiritual views\, on the climate emergency and offer a variety of solutions that we can all do easily and effectively in our everyday lives. World religious and spiritual visionaries\, Indigenous leaders\, scientists and social scientists\, environmental activists\, artists\, musicians and writers\, youth and elders\, local and global people\, all come together to address the urgency of the climate crisis through these ongoing interviews and dialogues. \nRegister here! \nSpeakers: \nRabbi Ellen Bernstein is an eco-theologian\, spiritual leader\, writer and creative. She founded Shomrei Adamah\, Keepers of the Earth\, the first national Jewish environmental organization in 1988. Her books include Let the Earth Teach You Torah\, Ecology and the Jewish Spirit\, and The Splendor of Creation. Ellen also created the first ecologically-centered Tu B’Sh’vat (Jewish New Year of theTrees) seder in 1988 and popularized Tu B’Sh’vat as a community-wide inter-spiritual ecological arts celebration for all peoples. Her most recent book\, The Promise of the Land\, A Passover Haggadah is the first comprehensive\, ecological haggadah (guidebook) for Passover (Behrman House\, 2020). In 2020 during the pandemic\, Ellen launched the Earth Seder movement\, helping to organize several dozen world-wide Earth Seders on Zoom. Ellen continues to write and teach on the ecology of the Hebrew Bible\, and serves on the advisory board of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. To learn more please visit ellenbernstein.org and thepromiseoftheland.com. \nTheodore Hiebert writes about biblical perspectives on the environment and about biblical views of identity and difference. His book The Yahwist’s Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel challenges claims that the Bible privileges humans and separates them from nature\, and it shows how biblical religion is grounded in the natural world. He has made contributions about biblical perspectives on nature to such works as The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible\, The Oxford Companion to the Bible\, Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet\, and Interpretation. He is the author of the article on Genesis for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology. Ted was the lead translator of the Book of Genesis and one of the editors for the recent English translation\, the Common English Bible (CEB). He wrote the notes to Genesis for the CEB Study Bible and for the New Interpreter’s Study Bible\, based on the New Revised Standard Version. He is the Old Testament editor for Abingdon Press’s Covenant Bible Study. Ted also writes about biblical views of identity and difference. His book The Beginning of Difference: Discovering Identity in God’s Diverse World challenges exclusivist cultural interpretations of the book of Genesis and reveals a text that embraces and celebrates ethnic identities and differences. It contains a reinterpretation of the story of Babel as positive account of the origin of the world’s cultures. God’s Big Plan\, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Caldwell\, is a children’s story of Babel based on this new interpretation. Ted is currently at work on a study of the book of Genesis as migration literature. Ted is a member of the Mennonite Church and has served as pastor of the Boston Mennonite Congregation. He is a frequent lecturer and teacher in adult education programs in churches in the Chicago area. He is Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament and Dean of the Faculty Emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and lives in Homewood\, IL. \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/the-climate-emergency-does-religion-matter/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T153000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211208T172711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T172711Z
UID:10002185-1639751400-1639755000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:The Climate Emergency: Does Religion Matter?
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to “The Climate Emergency: Does Religion Matter?”\, the latest installment of the Temple of Understanding’s ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL Dialogues. These are special intimate discussions about the climate emergency with international ChangeMakers. \nECO JUSTICE FOR ALL interviews and dialogues are ongoing programs presented by the Temple of Understanding\, incorporating our outreach in the area of environmental awareness and advocacy. We present a diverse range of perspectives\, from scientific to spiritual views\, on the climate emergency and offer a variety of solutions that we can all do easily and effectively in our everyday lives. World religious and spiritual visionaries\, Indigenous leaders\, scientists and social scientists\, environmental activists\, artists\, musicians and writers\, youth and elders\, local and global people\, all come together to address the urgency of the climate crisis through these ongoing interviews and dialogues. \nRegister here! \nSpeakers: \nRabbi Ellen Bernstein is an eco-theologian\, spiritual leader\, writer and creative. She founded Shomrei Adamah\, Keepers of the Earth\, the first national Jewish environmental organization in 1988. Her books include Let the Earth Teach You Torah\, Ecology and the Jewish Spirit\, and The Splendor of Creation. Ellen also created the first ecologically-centered Tu B’Sh’vat (Jewish New Year of theTrees) seder in 1988 and popularized Tu B’Sh’vat as a community-wide inter-spiritual ecological arts celebration for all peoples. Her most recent book\, The Promise of the Land\, A Passover Haggadah is the first comprehensive\, ecological haggadah (guidebook) for Passover (Behrman House\, 2020). In 2020 during the pandemic\, Ellen launched the Earth Seder movement\, helping to organize several dozen world-wide Earth Seders on Zoom. Ellen continues to write and teach on the ecology of the Hebrew Bible\, and serves on the advisory board of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. To learn more please visit ellenbernstein.org and thepromiseoftheland.com. \nTheodore Hiebert writes about biblical perspectives on the environment and about biblical views of identity and difference. His book The Yahwist’s Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel challenges claims that the Bible privileges humans and separates them from nature\, and it shows how biblical religion is grounded in the natural world. He has made contributions about biblical perspectives on nature to such works as The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible\, The Oxford Companion to the Bible\, Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet\, and Interpretation. He is the author of the article on Genesis for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology. Ted was the lead translator of the Book of Genesis and one of the editors for the recent English translation\, the Common English Bible (CEB). He wrote the notes to Genesis for the CEB Study Bible and for the New Interpreter’s Study Bible\, based on the New Revised Standard Version. He is the Old Testament editor for Abingdon Press’s Covenant Bible Study. Ted also writes about biblical views of identity and difference. His book The Beginning of Difference: Discovering Identity in God’s Diverse World challenges exclusivist cultural interpretations of the book of Genesis and reveals a text that embraces and celebrates ethnic identities and differences. It contains a reinterpretation of the story of Babel as positive account of the origin of the world’s cultures. God’s Big Plan\, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Caldwell\, is a children’s story of Babel based on this new interpretation. Ted is currently at work on a study of the book of Genesis as migration literature. Ted is a member of the Mennonite Church and has served as pastor of the Boston Mennonite Congregation. He is a frequent lecturer and teacher in adult education programs in churches in the Chicago area. He is Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament and Dean of the Faculty Emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and lives in Homewood\, IL. \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/the-climate-emergency-does-religion-matter-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T150000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211213T185438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T185438Z
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SUMMARY:NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular mtg]
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please consider yourselves cordially invited to attend our next regular monthly meeting on Thursday\, Dec. 16\, 2021 at 1pm EST. \nAGENDA \n1. Moment of Silence in Honor of the Land we are on and the Native Peoples of this land \n2. Welcome\, Introductions and Review of Agenda \n3. Meeting minutes of November 18\, 2021 \n4. Report of the Executive Committee \n5. Announcement – Secretariat Update by Elaine re: Indigenous Forum – April 25 – May 6 \n6. Speaker –Teresa Darder (invited) from Pointe au Chien in Lafourche Parish\, Louisiana on the topic of fragile coastal areas – Intro by Joy \n7. Film and Discussion – “Dawnland” –  Intro by Roberto \n8. Resource – Native Network Consulting – LaVonne Peck & Nina Vandenburgh (invited) – Intro by Sandy \n9. Other announcements \n10. Next meeting will be held on Thursday January 20\, 2022\, 1-3 pm \nAccess the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2028703180 \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-committee-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-regular-mtg/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T150000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211213T185438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T185438Z
UID:10002190-1639659600-1639666800@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular mtg]
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please consider yourselves cordially invited to attend our next regular monthly meeting on Thursday\, Dec. 16\, 2021 at 1pm EST. \nAGENDA \n1. Moment of Silence in Honor of the Land we are on and the Native Peoples of this land \n2. Welcome\, Introductions and Review of Agenda \n3. Meeting minutes of November 18\, 2021 \n4. Report of the Executive Committee \n5. Announcement – Secretariat Update by Elaine re: Indigenous Forum – April 25 – May 6 \n6. Speaker –Teresa Darder (invited) from Pointe au Chien in Lafourche Parish\, Louisiana on the topic of fragile coastal areas – Intro by Joy \n7. Film and Discussion – “Dawnland” –  Intro by Roberto \n8. Resource – Native Network Consulting – LaVonne Peck & Nina Vandenburgh (invited) – Intro by Sandy \n9. Other announcements \n10. Next meeting will be held on Thursday January 20\, 2022\, 1-3 pm \nAccess the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2028703180 \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-committee-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-regular-mtg-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T150000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211209T002905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211209T002905Z
UID:10001572-1639659600-1639666800@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:NGO CSW/NY monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY for our December Monthly Meeting! This month\, we’ll be exploring the intersection of human rights and climate change.At the beginning of the meeting\, we will provide updates on NGO CSW/NY and the NGO CSW66 Forum.Date: Thursday\, 16 December 2021Time: 1 – 3 pm EST Find your timezone here. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeitpjwrGt2kwX-PL-O5LEnMa8n3XUH9?mc_cid=b7da83fba2&mc_eid=918abc9424 \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Status of Women-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 Status of Women-Vienna\, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Geneva\, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-csw-ny-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T150000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211209T002905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211209T002905Z
UID:10002183-1639659600-1639666800@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:NGO CSW/NY monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY for our December Monthly Meeting! This month\, we’ll be exploring the intersection of human rights and climate change.At the beginning of the meeting\, we will provide updates on NGO CSW/NY and the NGO CSW66 Forum.Date: Thursday\, 16 December 2021Time: 1 – 3 pm EST Find your timezone here. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeitpjwrGt2kwX-PL-O5LEnMa8n3XUH9?mc_cid=b7da83fba2&mc_eid=918abc9424 \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Status of Women-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 Status of Women-Vienna\, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Geneva\, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-csw-ny-monthly-meeting-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T143000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211211T004803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220423T140948Z
UID:10001577-1639659600-1639665000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Family Holiday Traditions
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join the NGO Committee on the Family for a time of Celebrating Family Holiday Traditions! \nMany different cultures and religions celebrate holidays around this time of year\, and the family plays a unique role in preserving and passing on these traditions. Many families create their own family customs as well\, which are then passed on to the next generation\, which can preserve and adapt them. These may shift and blend through the years\, yet they create intergenerational links\, fostering a sense of identity and self in the young who feel connected to those who came before them. In an increasingly global world\, these traditions provide a connection to the past and guideposts for the future. \nThe meeting will provide an opportunity for cultural exchange and community experience discussing family and culture in a holiday context. Attendees will have a chance to share their own holiday traditions during the general discussion. Online participants can share in various ways\, such as showing a favorite holiday treat\, describing a holiday tradition\, or showing your holiday decorations via webcam. As culture and food are closely connected\, committee members will bring holiday refreshments from their family and cultural traditions\, and in-person attendees who would like to do the same are invited to bring a dish to share.  \nPlease RSVP by 6pm EST on December 15 at bit.ly/NGOFamilyHoliday \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family-NY is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For information about collaborative work of NGOs on the issues above and related matters\, visit the substantive committees related to CoNGO. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/celebrating-family-holiday-traditions-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T143000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211211T004803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T004803Z
UID:10002187-1639659600-1639665000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Family Holiday Traditions
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join the NGO Committee on the Family for a time of Celebrating Family Holiday Traditions! \nMany different cultures and religions celebrate holidays around this time of year\, and the family plays a unique role in preserving and passing on these traditions. Many families create their own family customs as well\, which are then passed on to the next generation\, which can preserve and adapt them. These may shift and blend through the years\, yet they create intergenerational links\, fostering a sense of identity and self in the young who feel connected to those who came before them. In an increasingly global world\, these traditions provide a connection to the past and guideposts for the future. \nThe meeting will provide an opportunity for cultural exchange and community experience discussing family and culture in a holiday context. Attendees will have a chance to share their own holiday traditions during the general discussion. Online participants can share in various ways\, such as showing a favorite holiday treat\, describing a holiday tradition\, or showing your holiday decorations via webcam. As culture and food are closely connected\, committee members will bring holiday refreshments from their family and cultural traditions\, and in-person attendees who would like to do the same are invited to bring a dish to share.  \nPlease RSVP by 6pm EST on December 15 at bit.ly/NGOFamilyHoliday \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family-NY is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For information about collaborative work of NGOs on the issues above and related matters\, visit the substantive committees related to CoNGO. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/celebrating-family-holiday-traditions-2-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T110000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211211T004906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T004906Z
UID:10001578-1639558800-1639566000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Racism\, Land\, and Food
DESCRIPTION:Warm greetings from Geneva! \nOn behalf of our colleague\, Dr. Manoj Kurian\, Coordinator of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) of the World Council of Churches\, we are happy to share with you an invitation to attend an upcoming webinar on Racism\, Land\, and Food. \nNew York\, Bogota 09:00-11:00; London 14:00- 16:00; Geneva 15:00-17:00\, Johannesburg 16:00-18:00\, Nairobi 17:00-19:00\, New Delhi 19:30-21:30\, Bangkok 21:00-23:00 \nObjectives for the Webinar: \n• Explore the intersections of food\, land and racial injustice. \n• Discern key lessons from initiatives and good practices that work to overcome the impact of racial injustice and inequity on food sovereignty. \n• Reflect on how the Holy Scripture can assist and guide in bringing justice\, dignity and rights to marginalised communities with regard to food and land \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvduGspj4iHtceXhhER9aLh9wJeRPv1hB1 \nBackground documents: https://seafile.ecucenter.org/d/d35a42625eaf40b29c9b/ \nLanguages: English and Spanish \nBrief description: \nWorldwide\, communities are increasingly experiencing poverty due to severe climate changes and lack of access to fertile farmlands and the deploying of fertile farmlands for cash crop farming at the expense of food production. In fact\, in many countries\, especially\, former colonies\, the most productive farmlands are shared by the very rich\, normally descendants of the colonisers/ other privileged classes and castes and some indigenous elites\, while the masses continue to try to eke out a living from their inherited but tired lands that have been farmed without rest over decades if not centuries. In some instances\, the rich have used their access to financial and material resources to coerce poor farmers to plant and grow cash crops for the export market at the expense of growing staple crops\, however\, the rewards from cash crops are great for the merchants and exporters while starving the poor farmers who are left without any significant returns from their cash crops and without food. \nThis webinar seeks to explore the intersection of these two injustices across the globe. It helps to consolidate the analytical\, advocacy and practical resources\, to explore\, understand and expose the effects of the combined force of food\, climate and racial injustice. \nResource persons \n· Rev. Chebon Kernell\, Indigenous Perspectives  Executive Director\, Native American Comprehensive Plan\, United Methodist Church\, USA  \n· Dr. Fransina Yoteni\, Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua (GKITP)- Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua\, Member of the Central Committee of the WCC\, West Papua\, Indonesia \n· Dr. Betty Ruth Lozano Lerma\, Director of Research\, Fundación Universitaria Bautista (Unibautista)\, Colombia \n· Dr. Mervyn Abrahams\, Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group\, Republic of South Africa \n· Mr. Angelious Michael\, Coordinator\, Partnership and Youth Desk at Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church\, Orissa\, India \n· Rev. Elton Williams\, Pentecostal Minister championing Food sovereignty\, Antigua and Barbuda \n· Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith\, Senior Associate for Pan African and Orthodox Church Engagement\, Bread for the World. Member of the Central Committee of the WCC\, USA \nModerators:  Ms. Katlego Mohuba (South Africa) & Mr. Tsiry Nantenaina (Madagascar) \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@gmail.com or bknotts@uua.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/racism-land-and-food/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T110000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211211T004906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T004906Z
UID:10002188-1639558800-1639566000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:Racism\, Land\, and Food
DESCRIPTION:Warm greetings from Geneva! \nOn behalf of our colleague\, Dr. Manoj Kurian\, Coordinator of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) of the World Council of Churches\, we are happy to share with you an invitation to attend an upcoming webinar on Racism\, Land\, and Food. \nNew York\, Bogota 09:00-11:00; London 14:00- 16:00; Geneva 15:00-17:00\, Johannesburg 16:00-18:00\, Nairobi 17:00-19:00\, New Delhi 19:30-21:30\, Bangkok 21:00-23:00 \nObjectives for the Webinar: \n• Explore the intersections of food\, land and racial injustice. \n• Discern key lessons from initiatives and good practices that work to overcome the impact of racial injustice and inequity on food sovereignty. \n• Reflect on how the Holy Scripture can assist and guide in bringing justice\, dignity and rights to marginalised communities with regard to food and land \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvduGspj4iHtceXhhER9aLh9wJeRPv1hB1 \nBackground documents: https://seafile.ecucenter.org/d/d35a42625eaf40b29c9b/ \nLanguages: English and Spanish \nBrief description: \nWorldwide\, communities are increasingly experiencing poverty due to severe climate changes and lack of access to fertile farmlands and the deploying of fertile farmlands for cash crop farming at the expense of food production. In fact\, in many countries\, especially\, former colonies\, the most productive farmlands are shared by the very rich\, normally descendants of the colonisers/ other privileged classes and castes and some indigenous elites\, while the masses continue to try to eke out a living from their inherited but tired lands that have been farmed without rest over decades if not centuries. In some instances\, the rich have used their access to financial and material resources to coerce poor farmers to plant and grow cash crops for the export market at the expense of growing staple crops\, however\, the rewards from cash crops are great for the merchants and exporters while starving the poor farmers who are left without any significant returns from their cash crops and without food. \nThis webinar seeks to explore the intersection of these two injustices across the globe. It helps to consolidate the analytical\, advocacy and practical resources\, to explore\, understand and expose the effects of the combined force of food\, climate and racial injustice. \nResource persons \n· Rev. Chebon Kernell\, Indigenous Perspectives  Executive Director\, Native American Comprehensive Plan\, United Methodist Church\, USA  \n· Dr. Fransina Yoteni\, Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua (GKITP)- Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua\, Member of the Central Committee of the WCC\, West Papua\, Indonesia \n· Dr. Betty Ruth Lozano Lerma\, Director of Research\, Fundación Universitaria Bautista (Unibautista)\, Colombia \n· Dr. Mervyn Abrahams\, Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group\, Republic of South Africa \n· Mr. Angelious Michael\, Coordinator\, Partnership and Youth Desk at Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church\, Orissa\, India \n· Rev. Elton Williams\, Pentecostal Minister championing Food sovereignty\, Antigua and Barbuda \n· Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith\, Senior Associate for Pan African and Orthodox Church Engagement\, Bread for the World. Member of the Central Committee of the WCC\, USA \nModerators:  Ms. Katlego Mohuba (South Africa) & Mr. Tsiry Nantenaina (Madagascar) \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@gmail.com or bknotts@uua.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/racism-land-and-food-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211214T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211214T123000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211215T145559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T145559Z
UID:10001583-1639479600-1639485000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:[book launch] Contemporary ecotheology\, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal Greetings from Switzerland\, \nOn behalf of the World Council of Churches’ Economic and Ecological Justice Programme\, please find below the invitation to attend our upcoming ECOTHEE book launch webinar:  \n“Contemporary ecotheology\, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions” (ecothee. Vol. 6) taking place Tuesday\, 14th December 2021 at 17:00 CET \nPlease register through this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpd-2pqTorGdBLN1P6LWw67PhPNO8pDAVo \nKindly find the link on our website\, for additional information about the programme: https://www.oikoumene.org/events/book-launch-webinar-contemporary-ecotheology-climate-justice-and-environmental-stewardship-in-world-religions . \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/book-launch-contemporary-ecotheology-climate-justice-and-environmental-stewardship-in-world-religions/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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UID:10002191-1639479600-1639485000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:[book launch] Contemporary ecotheology\, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal Greetings from Switzerland\, \nOn behalf of the World Council of Churches’ Economic and Ecological Justice Programme\, please find below the invitation to attend our upcoming ECOTHEE book launch webinar:  \n“Contemporary ecotheology\, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions” (ecothee. Vol. 6) taking place Tuesday\, 14th December 2021 at 17:00 CET \nPlease register through this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpd-2pqTorGdBLN1P6LWw67PhPNO8pDAVo \nKindly find the link on our website\, for additional information about the programme: https://www.oikoumene.org/events/book-launch-webinar-contemporary-ecotheology-climate-justice-and-environmental-stewardship-in-world-religions . \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna\, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY\, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/book-launch-contemporary-ecotheology-climate-justice-and-environmental-stewardship-in-world-religions-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T170000
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SUMMARY:NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular monthly mtg]
DESCRIPTION:Dear NGO colleagues & interested parties\, \nPlease consider yourselves cordially invited to join our regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the Chair\, Roberto Borrero\, at mukaro@uctp.org | borrero2005@gmail.com
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-committee-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-regular-monthly-mtg/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T170000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211213T134616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T134616Z
UID:10002189-1639296000-1639328400@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular monthly mtg]
DESCRIPTION:Dear NGO colleagues & interested parties\, \nPlease consider yourselves cordially invited to join our regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the Chair\, Roberto Borrero\, at mukaro@uctp.org | borrero2005@gmail.com
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/ngo-committee-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-regular-monthly-mtg-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211211T170000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211215T145709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T145709Z
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SUMMARY:1st Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference\, sponsored by the Fannie Lou Hamer branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF US)! \nSaturday\, December 11th\, 10AM -2PM Pacific\, 1PM – 5PM Eastern \nWILPF US awarded a mini grant of $1\,500 to the Fannie Lou Hamer branch for this conference. \nThe conference will consist of an opening plenary\, breakout sessions\, and discussion.\nTopics will be: Ending Mass Incarceration\, Abolishing the Death Penalty\, Immigration Justice\, the UN International Decade for People of African Descent / Reparations\, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). \nFor more information contact Theresa El-Amin at theresa@projectsarn.org or 919-824-0659. \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning\, and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on 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/1st-annual-fannie-lou-hamer-human-rights-conference/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211211T170000
DTSTAMP:20261112T191858
CREATED:20211215T145709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T145709Z
UID:10002192-1639227600-1639242000@ngocongo.org
SUMMARY:1st Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference\, sponsored by the Fannie Lou Hamer branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF US)! \nSaturday\, December 11th\, 10AM -2PM Pacific\, 1PM – 5PM Eastern \nWILPF US awarded a mini grant of $1\,500 to the Fannie Lou Hamer branch for this conference. \nThe conference will consist of an opening plenary\, breakout sessions\, and discussion.\nTopics will be: Ending Mass Incarceration\, Abolishing the Death Penalty\, Immigration Justice\, the UN International Decade for People of African Descent / Reparations\, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). \nFor more information contact Theresa El-Amin at theresa@projectsarn.org or 919-824-0659. \n___________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights\, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning\, and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on 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/1st-annual-fannie-lou-hamer-human-rights-conference-2/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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