“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…
What Does it Really Mean to “Leave No One Behind”?
“Leave no one behind” has become a central rallying cry around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, but more needs to be done for it to be put into practice, said civil society during a review conference of progress made on the Post-2030 agenda here this week. Unlike the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which failed to address structural inequality, ecological sustainability, and the responsibilities of the global North, the 2030 Agenda acknowledges the “enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth, and…