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News
Data Assemblages for Enhanced Citizen Participation in Sustainable Development
UNU Macau and UNU-Flores co-hosted a session at COTADA2019 encouraging participants to explore citizen science in various forms.
Media Coverage
Conflict Prevention: Scoring Small Wins
How multilateralism can prevent conflict escalation, as demonstrated in the cases of Gambia, Bolivia, and Nepal.
Expert
Paola Fontanella Pisa
Paola Fontanella Pisa is Programme Associate of Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Programme, a joint endeavor of UNU-EHS and Eurac Research in South Tyrol.
News
Apprise Audit Impact Assessment Report: Using Tech to Improve Worker Interviews during Audits
The Mekong Club and UNU Macau released a new report today offering an overview of the past 15 months of project activities.
News
Side Event Discusses Government Initiatives & Stakeholder Partnerships
UNU-IAS co-organized a side event of the SDG Summit (High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019).
Event
Unlocking Potential: Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking
This event presented the Liechtenstein Initiative's new report "A Blueprint for Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking".
Project
ECA STUDIES
This project aims to support decision makers in developing adaptation strategy and to identify cost-effective climate change adaptation measures.
Event
Striving to attain water and sanitation for all: The SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS)
Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
News
Piloting Apprise with the Thai Government
The project aims at improving victim-identification practices to identify potential victims among vulnerable populations.
Event
“Next-Generation Data Assemblages for Enhanced Citizen Participation in Sustainable Development” at CODATA 2019
The session considers case studies from the various domains and scenarios of data use towards sustainable development.