On 10 February 2015, the Commission for Social Development adopted resolution 53/1 on policies and programmes involving youth, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its fifty-fifth session, a comprehensive report…
UNDESA DSPD will organize an expert group meeting (EGM) on "The Cooperative Sector as a Partner in the Implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ". This EGM will contribute to the process of cooperatives…
Delegates in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) shared the floor with youth representatives this week, grappling with issues of inequality, unemployment and xenophobia that hampered young people’s advancement, as they concluded…
On 11 July 2016, high-level representatives of government, the United Nations, cooperatives, civil society, and the COPAC membership convened at the UN to celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives. More than sixty people participated in the…
The UN World Youth Report on Youth Civic Engagement, prepared by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, explores young people's participation in economic, political and community life, in response to growing interest in, and an increased…
Regional training workshop on “Evidence-based policies on Youth Development in the Pacific” - organized by DESA in partnership with UNDP, The Commonwealth Secretariat, UN-Habitat, UNESCO, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Youth Council -…
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The Focal Point on the Family in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) is organizing an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “Family policies and the 2030 Sustainable Development…
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Theme: Families, healthy lives and sustainable future The central goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development focus on ending poverty, promoting shared economic prosperity, social development and people’s well-being while  protecting…
UN SG’s Report on Cooperatives in Social Development 2015 The UN Secretary-General’s Report on Cooperatives in Social Development (A/70/61) of 2015 was prepared by the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) in the UN Department for…
The theme for the 2016 International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is ‘Cooperatives: The power to act for a sustainable future’. The slogan coincides with the theme of implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to which the cooperative…
As part of its 2016 activities for the International Day of Cooperatives (IDC), COPAC is hosting a photo exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 4-20 July 2016, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development…
The ECOSOC Youth forum, 1-2 February 2016, will discuss ways in which young people can play an active role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It will also address how the youth can best communicate on the Agenda,…