Sparklers Summit 2021, August 7th & August 14th, 2021

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Sparklers Summit 2021 is a two-day virtual experience conducted featuring achievers across diverse domains of technology, entrepreneurship and corporate world. The event will bring together young professionals and students from the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

New Guide and E-Learning Course on Volunteer Work Measurement - now out!

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Join the online course on measurement of volunteer work run by ILO and UNV in September 2021 The new measurement guide not only presents all the knowledge and experience accumulated during the development of the add-on module but also provides survey designers with the latest ILO tools and recommendations to produce statistics on volunteer work in line with current international standards.

Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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The High Level Independent Panel was asked by the G20 in January 2021 to propose how finance can be organized, systematically and sustainably, to reduce the world’s vulnerability to future pandemics1. Our report sets out critical and actionable solutions and investments to meet the challenge of an age of pandemics, and to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic damage that COVID-19 has brought.

International Youth Day 2021

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International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August. The theme of International Youth Day 2021 is, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, with the aim of highlighting that the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful participation of young people.

FUTURE FORWARD: EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE (DIANA AWARD)

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The Diana Award, an organization focused on empowering youth and named after the late Princess Diana, came up with a new strategy.

End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples

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9th Aug, 2021: Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.

Young people are at the forefront of the fight against racial discrimination (UN HUMAN RIGHTS)

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From the Soweto Uprising in South Africa 45 years ago, to the Black Lives Matter protests worldwide today, young people have been at the forefront of the fight against racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

UN announces support to digital solutions to accelerate the economic recovery of women enterprises

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund with partners FMO, Visa and the Government of Canada are pleased to announce the winners of the Women Enterprise Recovery Fund.

latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report: Press Review

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You will find here some links of news reporting about the latest IPCC's publication released on Monday, 9th of Aug, 2021.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 9 August

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Leaving no one behind Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population. Indigenous peoples are the holders of a vast diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages and knowledge systems.

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