Category: UNGA

Building an African Innovation Ecosystem in New York

With the aim to catalyze collaborations to advance the SDGs, this UNGA side event will highlight leading Africa-focused innovators from both sides of the Atlantic.

Art for Hope: Partnerships as a Catalyst for Change

In this cross-sector discussion, cultural stakeholders discuss strategies and projects that incorporate collaborations around sustainability and circular economy — whether through research or practice — as a means to inspire hearts and minds for sustainable action today.

Ukraine: A Test of the Multilateral System

Foreign Policy is partnering with the Open Society Foundations to bring together leading policymakers, development practitioners, and investors for a frank discussion on the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Foreign Policy Tech Forum

Tune in to hear insights about how trends toward protectionism and techno-nationalism could fragment global markets, inhibit innovations’ potential to reach scale, and undermine international collaboration needed for health, safety, and security in the digital age.

The Future of Global Health Advocacy

Advocates working on diverse health issues from around the world will share why policy change and expanding public investments are essential to improving health at scale, and how we can build advocacy capacity at the national and local levels

A World at Risk of Escalating Infectious Disease: Why a Global Approach is Imperative to Build Resilient Solutions

This high-level breakfast roundtable will discuss with representatives from governments, multilaterals, industry and civil society, how we can keep infectious diseases on top of the political agenda through a range of global vantage points.

Integrating Intuition to Achieve the 2030 Agenda

This class will be a practical lesson on the mechanism of intuition, and will show how intuition, as an integrated language, can allow the people and communities who practice it to achieve sustainable development.

Cooperation For Building an Inclusive Digital Economy

This event examines the barriers to a more inclusive digital economy — and how stronger cooperation can ensure that the digital economy reaches its full, global potential.

Launch of the Young Leaders for the SDGs

The UN Envoy on Youth is excited to announce that the next class of Young Leaders for the SDGs will be held on Sept. 21, 2022, with the support of a High-Level Selection Committee.

Civic Space and Covid – Lessons Learnt and Looking Ahead

This event will explore recent research by Christian Aid on how COVID-19 has shrunk civic space, the latest CIVICUS analysis in the 2022 SOCS (State of Civil Society) report, and share ideas and plans for countering this trend.