New Special Issue: “Migration, Civil Society and Global Governance” #ForMigration #GFMD

Originally posted on The GFMD, Migration, Development and Human Rights:
A Special Issue of the journal “Globalizations” has been published on the theme “Migration, Civil Society and Global Governance”. It was guest edited by my esteemed colleagues Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Branka Likić-Brborić, Raúl Delgado Wise & Gülay Toksöz and focusses specifically on “the positionality and capacity…

A future of work based on sustainable production and employment

Originally posted on Work In Progress:
Simel Esim, Head of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit, On the first Saturday of July each year, the international community celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives. This year’s theme, Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services is timely, as the ILO works towards a future of work that is…

Meta-Evaluation can support the transformative impact of the SDGs

When implementing the SDGs,  Meta-Evaluation can pave the way to public policy reforms. Evaluation processes have a key role in the national and global review systems for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The implementation of the SDGs is led by each country and adjusted to the respective national priorities. Countries will lead and determine their…

In their shoes – An interactive game on Decent Work

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Rena Gashumba, Advocacy and Campaigns Officer, ILO Communication and Public Information (DCOMM)

It’s 8:30 am, a school day and there are 20 ten-year olds waiting excitedly for the game to begin. Their chatter echoes across the high-walled school gymnasium. They ooh and aah, and point at an enormous colourful carpet laid out in front of them.

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Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018

Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies The 2030 Agenda is a universal, collective responsibility that covers all levels: global, national and territorial. The increased complexity and interconnectedness of the world, combined with the growing perception of unfair globalisation and the erosion of trust in the multilateral system, have considerably expanded the range of global policy challenges…

Anabel Gonzalez on “Bringing positive energy to the trading system”

In her new post on the Future of Globalisation Blog Anabel Gonzalez, former Costa Rican trade minister and former World Bank senior director on trade & competitiveness, writes about recent trade initiatives in Africa, Asia and Europe that provide positive energy for the global trading system. While trade headlines are dominated by an increasingly inward-looking US…

Complexity and Sustainability

Originally posted on Wozukunft:
I am currently learning a bit about complexity. I am just starting, so if you are already well read about complexity, you will most likely not benefit. As discussed in another blog post (The future of work, 2018), I believe we are facing enormous challenges and should be happy for every…

Learning from Gandhi for sustainability?

Originally posted on Ideas for Sustainability:
By Joern Fischer I’m just reading Gandhi’s autobiography “Experiments with Truth”. This is actually the second time I’m reading this — but the first was many years ago, and I thought it would be interesting to take a fresh look at it. Needless to say, there are plenty of…

Demystifying the #SDGs: The world’s science academies launch a guide to the Sustainable Development Goals

How can academics support implementation of the SDGs? This short guide is a product of an InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) project (2016-2019) on global policy making. Representing some of the best scientific minds in their countries, the merit-based academies are an important source of expertise, but according to a member survey conducted this year by the…

Schellnhuber presents “10 Must-Knows on Climate” at #COP23

“Collision course” with Earth’s climatic tipping points avoidable but political will to act missing, warn scientists BONN, Nov 13 – As global temperatures climb higher, Earth is approaching tipping points that threaten human security, warn scientists in a new statement to national representatives meeting in Bonn for the annual climate talks. Their warning comes as…

Treating unsustainability: learning from addiction

Originally posted on Ideas for Sustainability:
By Joern Fischer Unsustainability is bad. Humanity is screwing up big time – what was it thinking? Humanity must change its ways. So we set targets … and fail. Have you ever noticed how similar this is to people suffering from addiction? Can we learn by drawing a parallel…

Germany supports developing countries in climate change adaptation #COP23

UN Climate Change Conference #COP23 begins Bonn: The German government opened the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn by announcing an additional 100 million euros to support developing countries in climate change adaptation. The Federal Environment Ministry has pledged 50 million euros to the Adaptation Fund and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development…

International experts at #CrossroadsBonn present ten points on tackling climate change ahead of UN Climate Change Conference #COP23

10 Cornerstones of the Great Transformation towards Sustainability In preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), which begins today in Bonn, some 300 experts from the spheres of research, politics, civil society, business and the media including climate negotiators met on the weekend to discuss the future of global cooperation and options for decarbonising…

Don’t bend the aid rules: work with others to reform the aid system | ODI

ODI’s Catherine Blampied looks at the upcoming OECD DAC meeting: The DAC’s approach of simply lifting countries out of ODA eligibility after they have exceeded the high-income threshold for three consecutive years can certainly be improved. The questions of which countries are eligible to receive official aid, on what terms, and why, are critical. Institutions…

Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record | World Meteorological Organization

The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2  was 3-5 million years ago, the temperature was 2-3°C warmer and sea level was 10-20 meters higher than now. Population growth, intensified agricultural practices, increases in land use and deforestation, industrialization and associated energy use from fossil fuel sources have all contributed to increases…

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development raised the bar – Business as usual is not an option

MC11 offers WTO members a fresh opportunity to revive the multilateral trading system and get trade working better for people and planet alike. The expected broad-based contribution of trade to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – of which the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are the core – requires policies supporting a positive interface between…

Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault, says UNESCO #CountOnMe #GEM2017

Paris 24 October – UNESCO’s 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report highlights the responsibility of governments to provide universal quality education and stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving this goal. The Report, released today, warns that disproportionate blame on any one actor for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, widening inequality…

Genuine aid: EU pushes commitment up to 2052 – CONCORD AidWatch Report 2017

With only genuine aid being accounted, it would take the EU and its Member States another 30 years to reach their commitment on Aid, shows CONCORD report. Brussels, 17 October 2017 – The EU could take a generation to meet the 0.7%ODA/GNI target at the current rate of growth, reveals the CONCORD AidWatch Report 2017.…

Sluggish SME development hurts jobs and the economy, ILO says

Investing in workers and innovation, and boosting trade and social dialogue are key to stemming rising global unemployment, the latest edition of the ILO’s flagship report shows. GENEVA (ILO News) – With more than 201 million workers unemployed in 2017 – an increase of 3.4 million compared to 2016 – enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized…

The Ecological Footprint of Luxury goods and Bitcoins

Originally posted on Wozukunft:
I dislike overpriced luxury goods. Like a 37?500 USD Montblanc pen. A pen, which is functionally equivalent to a 10 USD pen, which is not much better than a 0.5 USD pen. Now, buying this is stupid if you are a UAW union official using misused funds. But, more generally, it…

UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme 2017 begins in Bonn

The UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme 2017 commenced today at the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn. Twenty two mid-to-senior level TVET leaders from around the world, including those from UNEVOC Centres, will be trained for two weeks to hone their skills for transformational leadership in TVET. The inaugural session of the UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme included the…

A structured form of dialogue with organised civil society is essential for successful negotiations, says the EESC

Political leaders in the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean should appreciate the value of civil society  Europe and its Member States are the main investor in Latin American and Caribbean countries and their most significant cooperation partner. In fact, the countries of Latin America and Caribbean are the EU’s second largest trading partner…

Recent Research on Women’s Economic Empowerment | Donor Committee for Enterprise Development DCED

The DCED is a forum for learning about the most effective ways to fulfil the SDGs – based on practical experience in Private Sector Development (PSD). The September 2017 update brings together key findings from recent original studies on constraints and solutions to women’s economic empowerment (WEE), as well as the social and economic benefits…

Protection of human rights from the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises — Treaty Alliance

Karsten Weitzenegger signed the common statements of the Treaty Alliance. The UN Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG) on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights will be holding its third session October 23-27, 2017. With two successful sessions behind it, negotiations will now begin on the basis of a draft presented…

Civil society & the SDGs – notes & next steps from #HLPF

At last month´s UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, over 2,500 representatives from civil society joined governments to review implementation efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals. The global forum resulted in a Ministerial Declaration, which Action for Sustainable Development produced a response. 5 key points from our statement: The Leave No One Behind…