Announcements
Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)
The Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) program aims to reduce poverty in the developing countries of ASEAN and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Scholarships and educational exchanges will contribute towards all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 5 (Achieve gender ...
"Advancing Sustainability Together? Citizen-Generated Data and the SDGs" Report
Open Knowledge International has announced the launch of our latest report Advancing Sustainability Together? Citizen-Generated Data and the Sustainable Development Goals. The research is the result of a collaboration with King’s College London, Public Data Lab and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. More details ...
Implementing the SDGs in a Changing World: Localization, Inclusiveness, and Investing For Impact
“Implementing the SDGS in a Changing World: Localization, Inclusiveness, and Investing For Impact” seminar will be held on October 12, 2018 in Indonesia. The seminar aims to encourage dialogue and action on the challenges faced by localities in implementing the SDGs, particularly in light of an ...
International Conference on Water Management and Climate Change towards Asia's Water-Energy-Food Nexus and SDGs 23-25
THA 2019 Internatiional Confference on Water Management and Climate Change towards Asia’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus and SDGs will be held on 23-25 January 2019 in Bangkok,Thailand. The objective is to provide a platform for researchers, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to share and present new advances, research findings, perspectives, ...
"The SDGs and Big Data" Online Event
Big data is drastically improving our ability to understand the world around us. This event will showcase how big data and new technologies allow cities and local communities to seize new opportunities for jobs and manufacturing; deliver effective and inclusive transport and energy services; prepare for ...
The World Bank
UNESCO names laureates from Thailand and Peru for its 2017 Prize for Girls and Women’s Education
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has announced the names of the two laureates for the 2017 edition of the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education. An International Jury recommended the two laureates for their innovative and sustainable projects in advancing girls’ and women’s education. Read the ...
UNESCO
Data for a food secure world: Takeaways from the Crawford Fund annual conference
Devex has written up a handy summary article of key take-aways from the 2017 Crawford Fund Annual Conference, for which the theme was Transforming lives and livelihoods through the digital revolution in agriculture, from which a strong case for open data emerged. Read the introduction below and the ...
Asia Pacific Youth Exchange: Youth SDGs forum seeks applicants
The Asia Pacific Youth Exchange (APYE), kicking off on July 17 and running until July 30, 2017 is still accepting applications for this year’s event. The APYE seeks to increase youth participation and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals across the Asia Pacific region, with ...
Twitter and UN Global Pulse announce data partnership
Twitter and UN Global Pulse have announced a data and analytics partnership to aid implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Read the press release below and find out more at the UN’s website.—Twitter and UN Global Pulse today announced a partnership that will provide the ...
Internet Society and ESCAP to host regional Internet Development conference in Bangkok
Internet society will host their Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Development Dialogue conference at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on October 3 and 4, 2016.Read the full announcement below and find out more at their website.—The Asia-Pacific is the largest and most diverse region of the ...