Discover Geneva Call’s Armed non-State Actors COVID-19 Response Monitor, an innovative tool that monitors the policies and measures armed non-State actors have adopted in response to COVID-19.In many conflict areas affected by the spread of COVID-19, armed non-State actors (ANSAs) have adopted measures to respond to the pandemic in the territories they control. By making … Continued
When cities engage in the Global Covenant of Mayors, they demonstrate their leadership, setting an example for cities all over the world to become part of the global solution to climate change. Cities that join the GCoM pledge to develop a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and assessment of climate risks, and set measurable emissions targets, … Continued
The Gavi Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines (Gavi Covax AMC) is a new financing instrument which will achieve more equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines by intervening actively in the emerging vaccine market. This means: 1. Accelerating the availability of effective vaccines. By investing early in a portfolio of vaccine candidates the risk of vaccine … Continued
The Global Emerging Markets Credit Risk Database pools loan portfolio data from its member institutions in an anonymous manner and then produces statistics that its members can rely on in their internal credit processes. The geographical focus on emerging markets and developing economies gave GEMs a particular value to member institutions from the start, complementing … Continued
Women remain largely invisible in media content and are frequently depicted in stereotypical ways, including in current COVID-19 media coverage. Monitoring the content of media on gender representation and portrayal is a crucial first step to address the visibility of women in media. Data on gender representation in media is systematically collected through the online … Continued
Human Rights Defenders around the world are increasingly exposed to security threats, repressive surveillance, and monitoring of communications. To protect them from this growing phenomenon, FIDH created the Watch Out! Project — a cyber survival kit composed of basic, yet essential, physical and digital tools with simple recommendations to protect one’s digital privacy, circumvent internet … Continued
The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) is a new blended finance partnership launched in 2019, that steers capital towards projects that strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable populations and ecosystems. The fund is structured through three operationally linked facilities. The DFCD Water and Land Use Facilities are managed by CFM and FMO and … Continued
To reach our Paris Agreement commitments and build back better from the COVID19 crisis, trillions of investments will be needed. Mobilising international private capital and scale up cross-border green investments will be crucial. The International Platform on Sustainable Finance was created as a response to this urgent need. The IPSF promotes integrated market for environmentally … Continued
EMBL launched the COVID-19 data platform, together with the European Commission, European Open Science Cloud, ELIXIR and other partners. This platform allows rapid access to SARS-CoV-2 datasets in order to speed up research. The platform organises the collection of sequence data to ensure open data sharing globally. The COVID-19 Data Portal then makes this data … Continued
The central idea behind the Early Warning Early Response (EWER) Systems Initiative, which is developed within the European Commission-funded electoral assistance projects implemented by UNDP, as well as in some broader governance projects, is to support nationally-led multi-stakeholder dialogue and coordination to diminish the possibility of electoral violence. A key objective of the EWER is … Continued
