International Day of Families

15/05/2017, Global

May 15 is the International Day of Families, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237. The day reflects the importance the international community attaches to families. Families are strongest and healthiest when all people are empowered to access health care, acquire an education, contribute to their homes and communities, and realize their full potential. UNFPA supports the rights of all people to live healthy, empowered and fulfilled lives…more

Regional Seminar on Non-Monetary Poverty Indicators: Progress and Challenges for Measurement

15/05/2017 – 16/05/2017, Santiago, Chile

The Seminar is part of the activities of the Working Group on Poverty Statistics of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and is co-organized with the National Department of Administrative Statistics (DANE) of Colombia. Its objective is to create a space for the officials of the National Statistical Offices of the countries to know and analyze the results of a diagnosis on the availability and comparability of non-monetary indicators used in the region for the measurement of poverty, Discuss the feasibility of improving and incorporating new indicators on the various dimensions of poverty in the household surveys of the countries of the region…more

UNESCAP Seventy-Third Commission Session

15/05/2017 – 19/05/2017, Bangkok, Thailand

The seventy-third session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)  will be comprised of the senior officials segment, which will be held from 15 May to the afternoon of 17 May, and the ministerial segment from the afternoon of 17 May to 19 May. The Special Body on Least Developed, Landlocked Developing and Pacific Island Developing Countries will be held on 16 May…more

Open Data and Open Science for the SDGs

15/05/2017, New York, USA

In conjunction with the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Forum, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), in partnership with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), will be holding a side event on “Open Data and Open Science for the SDGs.” The event will highlight the emerging role of open data and open science in achieving the SDGs and the ongoing development of regional open science platforms for Africa and Latin America. Attendees must be registered for the STI Forum.

Science, Technology and Innovation Forum

15/05/2017 – 16/05/2017, New York, USA

The second annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be held at the United Nations Headquarters. As requested by the General Assembly resolution 70/1 on 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the President of ECOSOC will convene the meetings of the STI forum once a year to discuss science, technology and innovation cooperation around thematic areas for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The General Assembly also decided that the meetings of the forum will be co-chaired by two Member States and will result in a summary of discussions elaborated by the two co-Chairs…more