A sporting chance at peace

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As the 2022 Commonwealth Games get underway, a group of academics from around the world ask: what role does sport play in promoting peace and universal understanding?

Time for a World Education Service | Event with Tony Blair (Thursday 28th July, 12:00 – 12:45 BST / 13:00 – 13:45 CAT)

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Join our discussion on how technology is super-charging global education efforts as we launch our latest paper that argues there has never.The global education crisis is real and urgent. Today, over 258 million children and young people are out of school and, post-Covid, 1 in 7 10-year-olds would struggle to read a simple text. Without radical action, we won't even come close to achieving UN SDG4.

BEYOND THE GAMES 2022

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Beyond Sport is convening 300 leaders from the national and international sport sector to explore, debate and share insights on sport’s role in addressing the UK’s most pressing social and sectoral issues.

PROTECT THE PROTEST

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO CONFRONT UNPRECEDENTED WORLDWIDE THREAT TO THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

Listen Include Respect: LAUNCHED!

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The Listen Include Respect guidelines will help organisations of all types to be more inclusive of people with disabilities. From producing and delivering accessible information, to running inclusive meetings, to including people with intellectual disabilities in consultations.

Gender Equality at the heart of Agenda 2030: Launch of the special report on the Local and Regional Governments’ localization of SDG 5

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"For this reason, we are proud to announce the launch of ‘From Making Commitments to Realizing Change: Local and Regional Governments’ Progress on Gender Equality’, a report to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the localisation of SDG 5. The publication was developed with Associate Professor Jennifer Piscopo as lead author...."

Nepal joins UN-Habitat and European Commission initiative on applying global definition of urban areas

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Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 July 2022 – Officials in Nepal, a country whose urban population has increased nearly four-fold in a decade, are better equipped to provide harmonised nationwide urban planning and development in the aftermath of a workshop provided by UN-Habitat.

NESTA EVENT: How to create a radical future (28 Jul 2022 12:00 – 13:00, London Time)

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Sir Geoff Mulgan is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London. He formerly held roles in government, including as the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit Director and Downing Street’s Head of Policy, and founded leading organisations such as Demos and the Young Foundation. He was chief executive of Nesta from 2011 to 2019.

Canada: Delivering clean oceans and healthy coasts with an expanded Oceans Protection Plan

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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the next phase of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan. With the new investment of $2 billion over nine years, announced in Budget 2022, Canada will establish 15 new measures to expand ocean protection initiatives to more regions and better proactively combat emerging threats to marine safety, while continuing or expanding 39 existing initiatives.

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