13/09/2017, New York, USA
In this interactive UN General Assembly side event, by the Population Council’s GIRL Center, experts will engage in a lively discussion about cutting-edge strategies that may boost educational outcomes for girls, leveraging research and evaluation to inform policies and programs, and filling the data gaps in girls’ education…more
12/09/2017 – 25/09/2017, New York, USA
The 72nd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 12 September 2017. The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 19 September 2017…more
04/09/2017 – 07/09/2017, Glasgow, Scotland
Hosted by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the RSS 2017 Conference will take place at the Technology and Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde in the centre of Glasgow. Because of the range of topics presented and discussed and the breadth of the audience, this conference is the only one in the UK where all statisticians and users of data gather together. So it’s the best forum to share information, network and learn from one another. The three-day conference programme offers a mix of keynote talks and sessions organised into ‘streams’ or topics, plus an equally diverse schedule of social events…more
28/08/2017 – 31/08/2017, Bangkok, Thailand
The objective of the first meeting of the Regional Steering Group is to review its mandate and identify priority issues and specific modalities to advance the Implementation Plan of the Regional Strategy to Improve Population and Social Statistics in Asia and the Pacific endorsed by the Committee on Statistics of ESCAP at its fifth session in December 2016. The meeting is expected to result in forming and agreeing on a work plan of the Regional Steering Group, with specific outputs, activities and technical partnership arrangements…more
25/08/2017, Global
Hosted by the Open Institute, the overall theme of this Twitter chat is, “what does LNOB mean to you?” The Twitter chat will begin at 11 am East African time, with the following schedule:
13/08/2017 – 21/08/2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
Action4SD is a partner of the upcoming UNLEASH SDGs Innovation Lab which will convene 1,000 cross-sectoral leaders from around the world to design and deploy scalable solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference organizers have offered full sponsorship (details below) for up to 50 civil society innovators from the Action4SD community to participate in the nine day workshop to co-create high-impact SDGs implementation programs…more
08/08/2017, Bangkok, Thailand
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) is organized in a context of the Division’s research program and the preparation of the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) 2017. APTIR is a recurrent publication prepared by the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. It provides information on and independent analyses of trends and developments in: intra- and inter-regional trade in goods, services and foreign direct investment. It also discusses the role of trade policy and facilitation measures and preferential trade policies and agreements for the region’s economies. The report offers insights into the impacts of these recent and emerging developments on countries’ abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development. In 2017 issue of APTIR, the thematic part will focus on the trade and investment as a means of implementation for sustainable development…more
19/07/2017 – 20/07/2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Organized by the World Bank Group and Bank Negara Malaysia, the symposium with the theme “Challenges and Opportunities for DFIs in a Changing World” is intended to provide an avenue for various stakeholders of DFIs, which include government officials, regulators, DFIs, academia and researchers; to share, learn as well as exchanging of ideas on the global trends, current and future outlook, best practices & regulations, innovations and contemporary issues surrounding the development finance ecosystem…more
18/07/2017, New York, USA
This event will showcase outstanding recent efforts to identify who is being left behind and why; improve data and accountability; and build broader engagement; to implement a universal agenda…more
17/07/2017 – 21/07/2017, Accra, Ghana
Organized by the Government of Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, National Information Technology Agency, Ghana Open Data Initiative, Open Data Institute, Development Gateway, Open Knowledge International, GODAN, and Talk Africa, the 2017 Africa Open Data Conference is set to attract over 600 delegates drawn from all over Africa and the world at large. This auspicious event will push the leadership role of the private sector in supplying, using, and demanding open data; bring together brilliant innovators and visionaries to grow their networks, hone their success, and connect with sources of support; and introduce investors and donors to an expanding sector that seeks and supplies open data to achieve development goals in Africa and across the globe…more
