The #BuildBackBetter Challenge
The #BuildBackBetter Challenge seeks to leverage the creativity, experience and skills of colleagues from across the system to reimagine the UN together!
SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals
Virtual event "High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, 7-16 July 2020"
Side event on “Fast-Tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations”
co-organized by ESCAP, ADB and UNDP
7 JULY 18:30 – 19:45 (GMT+7)
https://www.youtube.com/unescap
Side Event on Regional mechanisms for peer support to Voluntary National Reviews - The VNR Twinning experience
This side event on "Regional mechanisms for peer support to Voluntary National Reviews - The VNR Twinning experience" will be held virtually on 13th July from 07:30 to 09:00 hr (NY time, GMT-4). Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YnGx9smc4&feature=youtu.be
How Space Technology Applications Contributed to Combating COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar entitled “How Space Technology Applications Contributed to Combating COVID-19 Pandemic” will be held on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at 10:30 – 12:00 hrs. (UTC+7, Bangkok time).
Verified India: taking action to combat the spread of misinformation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world reels from the compounded effects of lockdowns, travel bans, and the ensuing economic and food crises, the need for accurate and verified information is essential to combat the virus, and potentially lifesaving. Unfortunately however, misinformation has spread with vigor rivaling the virus in its spread and contagiousness.
Region
Smart Campus Cloud Network Jump-Start Toolkit
The Toolkit is prepared to jump-start activities by providing practical knowledge to educational campuses about the activities to be carried out in campus related to SDGs.
LEDS Global Partnership Case Study: Community engagement as key component of successful mini-grid development Experiences from Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Community engagement is essential to ensuring the sustainability of mini-grid projects and enabling communities to reap the full benefits of electrification, including improved livelihoods, health benefits, new employment opportunities, empowerment of women, and more.
Region
Food Security COVID-19 Learning Series
IDEAL has launched the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Series, which aims to convene USAID's Office of Food for Peace-funded development and emergency activity implementers to share among peers their experiences, the challenges they are encountering, and practical approaches for adapting programming in light of COVID-19.
Korean Civil Society Contribution Report for 2020 HLPF: 2015-2019 SDGs Progress and Actions for 2030 in the post-COVID19
The "Korean Civil Society Contribution Report for 2020 HLF" was written to respond to the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), July 7-16, 2020 in New York, USA.
ASEAN Green Bond Investors: who are they?
This event features senior investor representatives discussing: Is demand for green bonds rising in Asia? What types of investors are looking to buy green bonds in Asia? What is the longer term outlook for Asian green bonds? What do investors think of the Asian green bonds issued to date?