UNU Conference on Earth System Governance
Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference: Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents United Nations University Tokyo, 28–31 January 2013 The Tokyo Conference on Earth System Governance will be held 28-31 January 2013 at the United Nations University (UNU) headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. This conference will be the fourth in a global series organized by the Earth System Governance Project. The […]
Global Education Magazine: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th, 2012)
Download the magazine here This edition is dedicated to the memory of the 15 million people who die every year of hunger, treatable diseases, and other conditions related to poverty on our planet. People who publish items on this magazine take their lives seriously. Global Education Magazine is inspired in the universal values of the Declaration of Emerging Human Rights that […]
The Humanist Quantum Interference: Towards the “Homo Conscienciatus”
Available for blinds [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63468663″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Versión en español Welcome to Global Education Magazine! A digital magazine inspired in the universal values of the Declaration of Emerging Human Rights that aims to contribute to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by United Nations (MDGs), which is supported by the Regional Offices […]
Launch of Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability
Launch of Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability UNDP and UNEP are pleased to announce the launch of the post-2015 global consultation on environmental sustainability. This is one of a series of national and global (thematic) consultations convened by the United Nations Development Group to help shape the post-2015 development agenda. This is an […]
Global Education Week 2012
Global Education Week 2012 “MOVING TOWARDS ONE WORLD ! ” The European Global Education Week is an annual awareness raising event encouraging global education practices in the member States of the Council of Europe and beyond. Global Education (which encompasses development education, human rights education, intercultural education, peace education and conflict resolution) works on […]
A Tale of Two UN Processes: The Global Sustainability Panel and Rio+20
Georgios Kostakos is currently an independent consultant specializing in global sustainability, governance and the United Nations system. From September 2010 to July 2012 he served on the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), as Senior Adviser and Acting Deputy Executive Secretary. More information on and opinions by Dr. Kostakos can […]
NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS-LEAD in Rio+20
SIDE EVENT OF RIO+20 Information Lead-organizer: Nurses Across the Borders Nigeria and SeaTrust Institute USA 11:30 – 13:00 Date: 19 Jun 2012 Room: T-8 CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTERS-THE ROLE OF THE GLOBAL FIRST RESPONDERS in RR Organizing partners NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS-LEAD SEATRUST INSTITUTE AFRICA ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR RISK REDUCTIONS-UNISDR FEDERAL MINISTRY […]
Global Citizenship Education
Global Citizenship Education for 2015: Strategies, Politics and Perspectives Prof Javier Collado Ruano talking about Global Citizenship Education (UNESCO) and Rio+20 The fast-approaching 2015 deadline for meeting the Education for All (EFA) goals, and the parallel process of setting the post-2015 development agenda, have prompted significant reflection and discussions over the kind of education we need and want for […]
Worldology
A new era of studies to achieve the MDGs Other of our projects is promote a multi, inter and transdisciplinary education in the curricula of the universities in all the countries that are part of the United Nations, in order to teach “reading the world” through a new academic graduation: “worldology”. How can our countries […]
Human Rigths & Obligations
Would it be necessary to create the “Human Obligations” in order to achieve the MDGs? Our project seeks to increase the previously stated Human Right. Because we live in a world where our decisions and actions affect others on a global scale, we must acknowledge and accept the notion of global citizenship. Young people are […]
