The ĢƵ-DESA Energy Grant is a capacity building initiative launched and managed by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ĢƵ-DESA), in collaboration with the China Energy Fund Committee, a Hong Kong based NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. Titled “Powering the Future We Want”, this initiative offers a grant in the amount […]
General Assembly plenary meeting on Culture of Peace and Global health and Foreign Policy
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the concept of Sustaining Peace, as outlined in Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) and General Assembly resolution 701262, are complementary and mutually reinforcing. Sustainable development underpins sustainable peace and more peaceful and inclusive societies create an environment conducive to sustainable development. Sustainable peace is both an enabler and […]
ACHIEVING THE SDGs: HARNESSING THE POWER OF YOUTH The annual Youth Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is a platform where young people can contribute to policy discussions at the United Nations through their collective ideas, solutions and innovations. The Forum allows representatives of youth-led and youth-focused organizations and networks, youth advocates and […]
WHAT? The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, to be held on 30-31 January 2017, will provide a platform for youth to engage in a dialogue with Member States and share ideas on innovation, collective action and solutions to global problems. It will also address the concept of “shared prosperity”, which is at the […]
Objectives To inform about the most essential priority challenges in need of action to ensure protection and sustainable use of oceans, seas and related ecosystems, such as those reflected in SDG 14: marine pollution, ecosystems, climate change and ocean acidification, fisheries, marine protected areas and sustainable livelihoods related to ocean activities; To give an overview […]
Briefing to Member States on the Education Commission organized by Norway
Engaging young people as key agents for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and emphasizing the need to empower them to achieve sustainable development are at the center of President Peter Thomson's SDG Implementation efforts. Accordingly, in partnership with Every Woman Every Child, he is organizing a digital Youth Marketplace on Social Innovations for Health […]
