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Financing 2030 Agenda: Bottom up reports show road “hazy and full of obstacles”
When asked about how countries are implementing the 2030 Agenda and the obstacles encountered, civil society groups and coalitions affiliated with Social Watch around the world generally agree that their governments recognize the political weight of the new international consensus. Yet, many difficulties of different nature are identified in different countries, and a lot of them are related to finances. “With reference to the 2030 Agenda, there are progress and setbacks,” writes Héctor Béjar on…
“Spotlight” report at the UN: Is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a good or a bad start?
That question guided the debate during the launch of the the “Spotlight on Sustainable Report” report at the Palais des Nations, headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, last October 24. Independent monitoring and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its structural obstacles and challenges are key factors for the success of the SDGs. For this reason, a global alliance of civil society organizations and networks comprising of Arab NGO Network for…
Business and Human Rights in the Arab region
In the context of the Pilot Project for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Region (SOLiD), in partnership with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and BUSINESSMED, ANND held a two day seminar in Beirut on 7 and 8 September 2016, to discuss issues related to Business and Human Rights. Roberto Bissio, Executive Director - Third World Institute, joined the workshop participating in Session 1, The privet Sector and the New Development…
Agenda 2030 – ‘Goals for the Rich’
Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) held a seminar to discuss issues related to Business and Human Rights in the context of the Pilot Project for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Region. In this framework, Roberto Bissio, Executive Director of Third World Institute (ITeM), was interviewed by Mr. Ziad Abdel Samad, ANND's Executive Director, in a dialogue on the 2030 Agenda, the intersection of business and human rights and our mutual…