On 10th – 12th March 2017, 9 regions in 5 different continents, 1000 hackers and the UN will work together to be the change they truly want to see in the world by connecting, creating and collaborating during a global hackathon focused on three of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 9, 10, 12).

This week’s hot links include rethinking the Robin Hood principle, justice and governance, innovation policy and how regional bodies can help deliver Sustainable Development Goal 16.

This week’s hot links include geostrategy, World Environment Day, funding the SDGs and green data.

Cat will speak at the conference ‘Latin America and the Caribbean in 2030: World Visions, Continental Views’ that will take place on 24 and 25 September 2014, at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Between the 24 – 26 April the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development (FDSD) attended and reported on the Model Institutions for a Sustainable Future conference in Budapest. Last year, the UN identified a handful of countries leading the way on future generations governance. Those countries met in Budapest this weekend to share ideas and […]

The UNDP have collaborated with the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) to develop an e-Discussion on “Reinvigorating the Public Service”. The objective of this initiative is to strengthen public services as a crucial step to achieving the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Unfortunately, in many countries, […]

This week’s hot links on strategy and international affairs takes a look at peace strategies in the Middle East, including the reality of continued negotiations between Israel and Palestine, and the surprising rejection of the UN Security Council seat by Saudi Arabia. The links also focus on politics in the US, assessing the recent fiscal […]