The 2020 deadline to establish a new global treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of the high seas is fast approaching. The goal of the High Seas Alliance is the establishment of a new robust treaty that has an effective framework that fills in current governance gaps for the successful management and conservation of … Continued
The central challenge to financing the green growth transformation in developing countries is to develop bankable projects or commercially attractive investment opportunities. The initiative aims to develop and design these projects for bankability through deep financial and structuring expertise and sectoral expertise.
#BiodiversityNeedsYouTH supports young leaders in the upcoming negotiations of COP15 at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China (October 2020), and beyond. As a growing voice for Planet Earth, youth challenges decision-makers on intergenerational equity, the links between biodiversity and sustainable development, peace, climate, food security, health, sustainable production and consumption. Our campaign offers … Continued
To promote youth inclusion in the labor market in Jordan, EBRD supported the creation of a Sector Skills Council to design occupational skills standards in the property and tourism sectors. At the training center of the Abdali Mall in Amman, the project helped train more than 500 young people, including 140 Syrian refugees.
Digital Peace Now is a global policy campaign urging world leaders to create a safer cyberspace. The increase in nation-state cyber-attacks is a major global governance challenge of our time. This serves as an important reminder for why digital peace is needed in every corner of the world. Citizens must be a part of this … Continued
In each slum of intervention, Eau et Vie creates a local social business working as a multi-service proximity operator (connection of the households to the water network, rehabilitation/construction of latrines, solid waste management) and implements activities making the dwellers actors of their own life improvement: hygiene-awareness sessions, fire-fighting trainings, community-building actions. Eau et Vie works … Continued
Danaides.org designed the P2PR2P tool, which is a distributed system of aid delivery which preserves the security of civil society in and out of conflict zones. P2PR2P secures communications in order to match and dispatch resources and empower populations in conflict zones. This solution addresses most of the concerns of the United Nations Grand Bargain: … Continued
GoalHUB is a platform to crowdsource innovations, solutions, funds, and partnerships. The platform focuses on organizations and international institutions that operate towards the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and humanitarian aid. It aims at creating a trusted and transparent ecosystem for organizations, which will make the cooperation and coordination of SDG-driven … Continued
It’s time to shift the way we think about extreme poverty and the way the development sector addresses it. BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) aims to focus on the needs of those in extreme poverty and build commitments to holistic, high quality and effective responses so the poorest can move toward sustainable livelihoods with dignity. … Continued
Citizen Helpdesks are a pioneering citizen feedback, dialogue and community voice platform to ensure accountability in the development process. The Helpdesks collect critical information from hundreds of communities to solve daily problems for citizens and close the loop on challenges related to everything from service delivery, to human trafficking, to natural resource management and security … Continued
