Publication: “Toward A Global Shared Societies Agenda”
Eds. Werner Puschra, Sara Burke, Clem McCartney, Aldo Caliari, Carla Fernández-Durán; Contributions from working group of experts from the Asian Development Bank, G20 Mexican Presidency, International...
View ArticlePublication: “Sustainable Development in an Unequal World: How Do We Really...
Edited by Werner Puschra and Sara Burke; Contributions by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Michelle Bachelet, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Sharan Burrow, Ángel Gurría, H. E. Enrique Castillo Barrantes, Anthony Lake,...
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Past Event: “Toward A New Generation Of Development Goals”
26 November 2012, New York Many discussions have emerged about whether the world needs a new development paradigm, and if so, what sort of framework must underpin it, what aspirational goals will guide...
View ArticlePublication: “The Future We the People Need: Voices from New Social Movements...
Werner Puschra and Sara Burke (EDS.) FES International Policy Analysis February 2013 Many new social movements have sprung up since the financial crisis in 2008. In North Africa, the Middle East,...
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Past Event: “Civil society: Promoting empowerment of people to achieve the...
February 5, 2013 United Nations HQ, NLB Each year the NGO Committee conducts a Forum, based on the theme to be addressed by the UN Commission for Social Development at its annual meeting. The theme of...
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Past Event “Lessons Learned From the 2012 QCPR Process”
February 28, 2013 UN Secretariat After the UN General Assembly adopted in December 2012 Resolution 67/226 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR) of UN operational activities for...
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Past Event: World Social Forum in Tunis, Tunisia
“Global Sustainability Goals: The way forward in shaping transformation towards a more equitable, just and sustainable world” Workshop/Panel Discussion sponsored by FES, Global Policy Forum, Social...
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Past Event: “Sovereign Debt Crises, Restructurings and Resolution Mechanisms:...
A Briefing for Member States April 11, 2013, 13:00-15:00 UNHQ Secretariat Building, Room 2723 (Attendance for non-Member States only by confirmed RSVP: seating for non-Member States not guaranteed.)...
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Past Event: “The Limits to Growth Then and Now: A new evaluation and possible...
Open to all UN Pass-Holders April 16, 2013, 15:00-18:00 UNHQ NLB-Conference Room 6 For over 20 years the international community has struggled to develop the right institutions and policies to...
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Global Economic Governance
The 2008-09 global economic crisis unleashed major upheavals in the global economic and social policy arrangements, requiring firm governmental action to contain the crisis and to deal with the...
View ArticleRecent Event: “Learning From Experience: Building the Post-2015 Sustainable...
Thursday June 27, 2013 10:00 am – 1:00 pm UNHQ, Conference Room 1 (Conference Building) This panel discussion presented proposals for the sustainable development agenda based on a year-long...
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Past Event: “Strengthening Gender Justice and Human Rights to Achieve...
Thursday, 19 September 2013 New York, UNHQ, Trusteeship Council Chamber 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Gender Justice for Sustainable Development In the run-up to the opening of the 68th UN General Assembly, FES...
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Past Event: “Migration and Development: A Decent Work Issue”
Wednesday October 2, 2013 10:00 am – 1:00 pm UNHQ, Conference Room 6 (North Lawn Building) High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development This interactive panel was co-hosted by the Council of Global...
View ArticlePast Event: “Why the Bank and Fund Have Provided Too Little Debt Relief Too...
Saturday, October 12, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm World Bank, Room I 2 – 250 In a remarkable stock taking effort, the IMF has stated that in its management of sovereign debt crises it has often provided...
View ArticleNew Publication: World Protests 2006-2013
Isabel Ortiz, Sara Burke, Mohamed Berrada and Hernán Cortés Initiative for Policy Dialogue Working Paper, September 2013 This joint effort of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung New York office and Initiative for...
View ArticleNew Publication: Whose Development, Whose UN?
Barbara Adams and Lou Pingeot FES Perspective, November 2013 With the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expiring in 2015, the United Nations is debating a new set of goals to guide future...
View ArticlePast Event: “Realizing a Vision for Transformative Development”
Monday, 9 December 2013 New York, ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Human Rights launched...
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Past Event: “World Protests 2006-2013: A crisis of jobs, dignity and real...
December 11-12, 2013 Columbia University and United Nations Headquarters Ms. Nermeen Shaikh (Democracy Now!) and Mr. José Antonio Ocampo (Initiative for Policy Dialogue) FES New York, Initiative for...
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Past Event: NGO Forum for Social Development “The Role of Civil Society:...
Monday, 10 February 2014 10:00-5:00 p.m. New York, UN Headquarters, NLB, Conference Room 4 Former Spanish Prime Minister H.R. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Michèle Auga On the occasion of the 52nd...
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Past Event: “Social Protection: A Universal Rights-Based Development Goal”
Tuesday, 18 February 2014 1:15-2:30 pm Conference Room 7, NLB, UN Headquarters, New York Trevor Kaunda, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Zambia Social protection is...
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