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Theme: ¡°Science Technology and Innovation (STI) for African Youth Empowerment, Job Creation and the Realization of the SDGs in Africa.¡± Date: Wednesday. 16 April 2025 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 01:00 p.m New York local time Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber at the Â鶹APP Headquarters in New York RELATED DOCUMENTS Concept Note: English The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa ( OSAA), together with UN Economic Commission on Africa ( UNECA)¡­

WEBINAR Theme: Investing in Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education to build Africa¡¯s resilience against climate change When: Thursday, 27 February 2025 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. New York local time Register: Click here or on the image below or scan the QR code. Languages: Simultaneous English-French interpretation will be provided. RELATED DOCUMENTS Concept Note: English Promotional Flyer: English Report: English Summary Africa¡­

Theme: Power, Justice, and the People: Human Rights and the Rule of Law for Africa¡¯s Transformation When: 3 to 5 December 2024 Where: Hybrid ¡ª Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York and Online Website: www.un.org/osaa/academic-conference-2024 Register: To participate online click here or on the image below. RELATED DOCUMENTS Concept Note: English Programme: English Promotional Flyer: English CALL FOR PAPERS As a follow up to the 2024¡­

? UNICEF/UN0406726/Andrianantenaina ? UNICEF/UN032913/Mukwazhi The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) in collaboration with the Africa Investors (Ai) is organizing the African Heads of State and Government Climate Finance Dialogue on 20th September 2022, from 13:00-14:30 at the CFA Society of New York, USA. The event offers a unique platform for a dialogue on investment channels between African Heads of State and government, and the¡­

Thursday, 11 August 2022 - 12:00pm New York Listen to the discussion and read a summary of the main points A Youth Voices Twitter Spaces Event This Twitter Spaces event will hear the perspectives of a small group of distinguished youth speakers and also solicit views of African youth regarding the role of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in enhancing nutrition and food security outcomes on the continent. The conversation event will be the¡­

Background The President of the General Assembly and the President of the ECOSOC are jointly organizing a special High-Level Dialogue (HLD) dedicated to assessing progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063, as well as the delivery of the commitments made towards Africa¡¯s development. This HLD will consider the sustainable development of Africa as one of the established eight¡­

The low coverage of social protection in Africa (17.4 per cent, compared with a global average of 46.9 per cent) is associated with low spending on social protection (3.8 per cent of gross domestic product, compared with a global average of 12.9 per cent). According to analysis by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that factors in the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for low-income countries to close the financing gaps and¡­

The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) are co-hosting a panel discussion on ¡°Credit Rating Agencies, Fiscal Space and Fragility in Africa.¡± The event takes place on the margins of the Eighth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD8) and will discuss the role of Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) and how their current business model impacts Africa¡¯s fiscal space¡­

The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) are hosting an Academic Conference on ¡°Africa¡¯s fiscal space, fragility and conflict¡± from Tuesday, 22 February to Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 9:00am ¨C 12:00pm (EST). The conference is being co-organized as part of OSAA¡¯s extra-budgetary project on ¡°Strengthening the capacity of African countries to design and implement policies that promote¡­

Applications are being accepted for the course: ¡°Designing and implementing policies that promote the nexus between peace, security and development to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs in Africa.¡± Course Type: Free Online Course Programme Area: Peace, Security and Development Date: 21 February ¨C 31 March 2022 Duration: 6 Weeks Language: Trilingual (English, French and Portuguese) Application Deadline: 18 February 2022 The course aims to¡­

¡°Reaping the Potential Benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area for Inclusive Growth¡± The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to be a game changer for Africa¡¯s trade and economic development prospects. As trading commences at this decisive moment, marked by rising poverty, inequality, and socioeconomic setbacks that African countries have experienced due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, and its related¡­

Webinar on Building back better from COVID-19: Reinforcing the nexus of peace, security, development, humanitarian affairs and human rights in policy design and implementation in Africa The UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) are hosting a webinar on ¡°Building back better from the COVID-19: Reinforcing the nexus of peace, security, development, humanitarian¡­