Cross Regional Forum | SDG implementation: What is needed in terms of data, institutions and funding?”

Past Events

04/12/2017 – 05/12/2017, Paris, France

Organized by PARIS21, the purpose of the Cross Regional Forum is to help countries do a better job in SDG implementation. The Forum will offer a cross-cutting perspective on the implementation of the SDGs from two vantage points: by bringing together both developed (OECD) and developing countries from various regions of the world to share their experiences as well as emphasizing the linkages among the key challenges countries face in terms of data needs, institutional set-ups and funding, with an emphasis on securing domestic resources…more

1000 Days of SDGs: Is International Geneva Walking the Talk?

Past Events

04/12/2017 – 08/12/2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Realizing Agenda 2030 will require changing “business as usual” in the international policy arena. But have International Geneva actors adapted their way of working to support multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder SDG efforts? Organized by the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, this event will ask questions, such as: What are the main challenges and opportunities of promoting transformative change within the context of International Geneva? What is the impact of these global transformations at the national and local level?…more

Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

Past Events

04/12/2017 – 08/12/2017, Nouakchott, Mauritania

The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the ECA the AfDB as well as other partners, is organizing the Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, on the theme: ‘Accelerating a coordinated improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) for implementation and monitoring development in Africa: Review of progress and the way forward’. The overall objective of the conference is to deliberate on the possible ways of making strategic shifts to move the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS), to the next level of maturity through taking stock of the achievements and challenges…more

African Economic Conference 2017

Past Events

04/12/2017 – 06/12/2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hosted by the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa, and UN Development Programme, the African Economic Conference provides a forum for leading thinkers and practitioners to dis­cuss the emerging issues in Africa. The specific objectives of the Conference series are the following:

  • Promote knowledge management as an important driver of policy dialogue, good policy planning and implementation;
  • Foster dialogue that promotes the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among re­searchers, development practitioners and African policymakers;
  • Encourage and enhance research on economic and policy issues relating to the develop­ment of African economies;
  • Provide an opportunity for young African researchers, Africans in the diaspora and regional and subregional organizations to disseminate their research findings and share information with African policymakers on the work that they do in the region…more