The sixth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2024 under the theme “learning for lasting peace”. The world is seeing a surge of violent conflicts paralleled by an alarming rise of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. The impact of this violence transcends any boundary based on geography, gender, race, religion, politics, offline and online. An active commitment to peace is more urgent today than ever: Education is central to this endeavor, as underlined by the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. Learning for peace must be transformative, and help empower learners with the necessary knowledge, values, attitudes and skills and behaviours to become agents of peace in their communities. UNESCO is dedicating this year’s International Day of Education to the crucial role education and teachers play in countering hate speech, a phenomenon which has snowballed in recent years with the use of social media, damaging the fabric of our societies. More Information
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The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will hold Consultations on a Global Digital Compact. The Consultations will convene as part of the preparatory process for the Summit of the Future. The expected Global Digital Compact will be annexed to the Summit of the Future’s outcome document, the Pact for the Future, if intergovernmentally agreed. The consultations will be led by the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on the Global Digital Compact, Anna Enstrom, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN, and Chola Milambo, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN.
Consultations will convene with Member States and observers on 12 February 2024, and with relevant stakeholders on 13 February 2024. A second round of consultations will take place for Member States and observers on 29 February, and for stakeholders on 1 March. The co-facilitators will also invite written input by 8 March 2024, to inform preparation of the zero draft of the Global Digital Compact. More information Following a Members States request to document and analyze successful country initiatives in multisectoral government action for the prevention and control of NCDs, WHO in 2022 held a call for submissions to collect relevant experiences. This online repository features the 95 examples from 46 countries initially assessed as part of the global mapping report. Schools are a hub for several examples but it takes time to sort through the content of the web site. Go to the Repository
An update from the Public Health Movement WHO Tracker notes that "The latest report from WHO on immunisation coverage (EB154/9, to be considered at the WHO Executive Board from 22 January) describes a very uneven recovery following the Covid pandemic. Challenges persist in meeting global coverage targets, in eliminating diseases like polio and measles, and in preventing large outbreaks. Zero-dose children stands at 14.1 million (down from year previous but more than 2019) and progress has stalled in low-income countries and in the African region. The report notes the "At the start of 2023, global partners launched the “Big Catch-Up” initiative to support countries to reach children who had missed out on vaccination during the pandemic years, and to restore the immunization trajectory toward Immunization Agenda 2030 goals. See the report Progress towards Global Immunization submitted to to the WHO Board.
DevelopmentAid, in collaboration with Ali Al Mokdad, Co-Lead of the AI Working Group within NetHope, will be holding a webinar to delve into the transformative effects of AI on key roles within the NGO sector. The event aims to provide NGO professionals with insights into how, rather than replacing jobs, AI can enhance and revolutionize them, empowering workers to focus on the more strategic and impactful aspects of their roles. Date: 25 January at 4 PM (Brussels Time) / 10 AM (Washington DC Time) Register here
USAID's Center for Resilience is at the forefront of the movement to build resilience globally. ResilienceLinks is a knowledge sharing initiative and platform for development and humanitarian practitioners to learn through shared evidence how to apply resilience approaches to their work — across sectors and geographies — to improve outcomes. Its January 30 webinar will focus on Strengthening Resilience Through the Education Sector. The session will explore highlights from recent research pointing to the increased importance of building resilience for individual children and youth, households, and communities in both stable and conflict-affected settings in USAID’s Resilience Focus Countries. Register here
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