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Cooperation between ITeM and Bread for the World

The Third World Institute and the German evangelical organization “Bread for the World” (Brot für die Welt) have signed a Cooperation Agreement by which Bread will subsidize Latin American and Caribbean advocacy in defense of social protection and care policies. This program is run by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors and Social Watch, two international networks whose secretariat is hosted by ITeM.
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020

On the eve of the (virtual) United Nations 75th anniversary event Pushing the reset button will not change the game New York, 18 September 2020. The COVID-19 crisis and the worldwide measures to tackle it have deeply affected communities, societies and economies around the globe. The implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been put at high risk in many countries. COVID-19 is a global wake-up call for…
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UN Committee on NGOs reviews ITeM’s Quadrennial report

The Committee on NGOs of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations at its substantive session, held on 18 June 2020, decided to take note of ITeM’s quadrennial report. This decision implies the continuation of ITeM’s special consultative status with ECOSOC, which authorizes to attend all official meetings of ECOSOC, its specialized commissions and the conferences it organizes, to make interventions and even to suggest agenda items. Every four years, organizations in…
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