The 5th STI Forum will be held from 12 to 13 May 2020 in New York. The Co-chairs of the 2020 Forum, appointed by the President of ECOSOC Her Excellency Mona Juul are the Permanent Representatives of Ghana (Ms. Martha Pobee) and Israel ( Mr. Danny Danon) to the United Nations.
This year the theme of the Forum is “Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development.” The pathways are defined in part by ...
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12
MAY
2020
The inaugural celebration of the World Engineering Day will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 4 March 2020, and is hosted by UNESCO in close collaboration with its partner the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
This full day of conference will be composed of sessions, panel discussions, keynote lectures and presentations aimed at highlighting the role of the engineers on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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4
MAR
2020
The International Scientific and Technical Symposium “The Second International Kosygin Readings” Energy Resource Efficient Environmentally Safe Technologies and Equipment” will be held in Moscow, under the auspices of UNESCO, from 29 October to 1 November 2019, at the Russian State University and is timed to the 100th anniversary of the Russian State University named after A.N.Kosygin.
The ...
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29
OCT
2019
The Civil Society Organization Forum (CSO) Forum took place on 24 September 2019 in Conference Room 4 at UN Headquarters in New York.
The Civil Society SDG Forum aims to create a space for constructive and propositional dialogue between civil society and UN Member States, international organizations and other related constituencies on the possible responses to the challenges exposed by the first four ...
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25
OCT
2019
The 2019 edition of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) focused on “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”.
The session took place from 9 to 15 July 2019 in New York, at the UN Headquarters, and conducted in-depth reviews of five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 8 (decent work and economic ...
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13
AUG
2019
The seventh session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this year will focus on “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”.
The session will take place from Tuesday, 9 July, to Monday, 15 July 2019, followed by a three-day ministerial meeting convening from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019, held jointly with ECOSOC’s annual high-level segment.
The 2019 Forum will conduct in-depth reviews of ...
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9
JUL
2019
The 2018 session of the UN Economic and Social (ECOSOC) Partnership Forum, organized 4 April 2018 at the UN Headquarters in New York city, took place under the theme “Partnerships for promoting opportunities, increased prosperity and sustainable development for all” and discussed SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure) and the role of partnerships.
This year, the focus was on how the private sector ...
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28
MAY
2018
