LAND GOVERNANCE IN TRANSITION:
How to support transformations that work for people and nature?
Kick-off event: meet female land rights champions, make your work more effective and join the festive launch of a photo exhibition
World Cities Day aims to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, enhance cooperation among countries and cities in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contribute to sustainable urban development. The overall World Cities Day theme is Better City, Better Life and this year’s particular theme is Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities. The main event will be celebrated in Liverpool, UK.
The conference theme of “Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D” seeks to stimulate and encourage critical discussions on the different facets of Southern-driven cooperation, its promises, potential, for creating a better world, and the challenges we face in achieving the promised potential.Grounded by Geoff Walsham’s question, ‘Are we making a better world with technology?’ (Walsham, 2012); the conference will aim at offering context-rich theories, methodologies and practical guidance on the use of ICT’s to empower local communities.
Climate change is amongst the most prominent developmental issues today. As a result, large amounts of capital are being made available to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity of climate-vulnerable people, particularly in the global South.
O ano de 2015 foi considerado pela ONU como Ano Internacional dos Solos.
En noviembre de 2016, Bolivia será sede de la III Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indígena, evento que se lleva adelante cada 3 años en una diferente sede por vez.