Electronic waste (WEEE) is an invaluable source of strategic raw materials. It contains 50 times more gold than natural ores. But it is very toxic, and its poor management has considerable impacts on health and the environment, but also global warming. Africa is now used as a dumping ground for the WEEE of developed countries. … Continued
Paris Peace Forum 2022
Throughout the history of Pakistan, secrecy has been the rule, and the disclosure of information an exception. KPIC took a lead role in designing an innovative intervention with the Center for Law and Democracy (CLD) to assess implementation of RTI laws. Despite being well established, current evaluation methodologies developed for SDG 16.10.2 still lack the … Continued
The Clean Games are team competitions around the collection and sorting of litter in natural environments. Participants are divided into teams from 2 to 4 people and compete for 1-2 hours, trying to collect as much litter as possible. Each type of garbage collected is awarded a different amount of points depending on the category: … Continued
In a digitalized, hyper-connected world, there is a need for trust and integrity – a global framework that applies to everyone to ensure the security and safety of technological development. Launched in 2017, Kaspersky’s Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) promotes new industry standards together with its partners and independent third parties to ensure higher transparency, accountability … Continued
Alliance 8.7 is a global and multi-stakeholder partnership launched in 2016 to achieve a world without forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor by 2030. It provides a platform for over 230 partners and 15 Pathfinder Countries to come together to share information, promising practices, lessons learnt, and to demonstrate progress.
The International Trade Centre, the World Tourism Organization, and the Basque Culinary Center are collaborating to promote and support small farmers and food artisans in developing countries, especially in the least developed countries (LDCs), to develop new and innovative projects, upscale existing products, and create closer links between the consumers and the tourism industry.
Since 2013, the Support. Don’t Punish campaign has mobilized communities affected by repressive drug policies and their allies all over the world to collectively campaign for fairer drug policies grounded in health, human rights and sustainable development. Through creative actions organized in hundreds of cities worldwide, the campaign galvanizes people power in a unified call … Continued
With over six decades of experience working with the private sector in emerging markets, including in some of the most challenging places, IFC has been exploring innovative private sector solutions to respond to the refugee crisis by creating new markets for refugees and host communities through different initiatives. In 2018, IFC, in collaboration with UNHCR, … Continued
A free, online, comprehensive, formal, accredited and evidence-based basic and tertiary education platform that provides the learning opportunities necessary for the 21st century workforce. This education solution will address a myriad of current global education shortcomings, including the need to provide access to quality education for learners in displaced communities, developing countries, and many other … Continued
