PRIO: A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat, Monday, 2 October 2023 13:00–14:30

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Sep
A powerful autocratic wave is sweeping the globe. According to various measures, the world is facing its seventeenth consecutive year of democratic decline, and the average level of democracy globally has sunk to its lowest point since 1986. To ensure long-term peace, security, and human rights for populations around the world, it is critically important that this trend be reversed...
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IUCN: Launch of Publication 'International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas'

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Sep
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the People’s Republic of China and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) jointly launched Chinese and English versions of International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas, at the 2023 World Coastal Forum (WCF) held on 25 September 2023.
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IIASA Flagship Report: Illuminating the path to sustainable wellbeing

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Sep
IIASA is proud to announce the launch of its Flagship Report, "Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 Years of IIASA Research, 40 Years After the Brundtland Commission, Contributing to the Post-2030 Global Agenda” on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at an official UN event in the framework of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and the Sustainable Development Goals mid-term review.
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Corporate Citizenship's webinars on Task Force Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Sep
Corporate Citizenship, part of SLR, will be hosting a series of webinars to help businesses explore climate risk and opportunity and TCFD. Webinars are 30 minute ESG Bites, and can be attended as a series or stand-alone sessions.
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Apply to be an AVPN Philanthropy Fellow

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Sep
The programme seeks to help practitioners better understand and unleash the opportunity of philanthropy for sustainable, scalable and measurable impact. It will be a hybrid course with virtual learning sessions in November 2023 and an in-person convening at our South Asia Summit in Mumbai in December 2023.
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INTERNATIONAL IDEA: Insights from the East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Sep
The Government of the Republic of Zambia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in commemoration of the International Day for Democracy 2023, organized a series of events under the title East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum.
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Sexual and reproductive rights should be respected, particularly in situations of crisis, UN experts say

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Sep
World Contraception Day, 26 September 2023 International Safe Abortion Day, 28 September 2023. GENEVA (25 September 2023) – States must ensure the right to sexual and reproductive health, without discrimination, in particular in situations of emergency, humanitarian settings and crisis, UN experts* said today.
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IDS: African nations spending $1bn a year on harmful surveillance

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Sep
Governments in Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia are collectively spending at least $1bn a year on digital surveillance technology contracts with companies in the US, UK, China, EU and Israel, new research reveals today.
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World Contraception Day, 26 SEPT 2023

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Sep
"Global “Healthy families are created by choice, not by chance.” So said the late Dr. Nafis Sadik, former UNFPA executive director, at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994.
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Participation Playbook launch: Introducing a new tool for planning participatory programs

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Sep
When: Wednesday, September 27, 10-11 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. UTC Language: English, with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese and French upon request.
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