U.S. Department of State

2024 P3 Impact Award Finalists Announced

Media Note, Office of the Spokesperson – August 14, 2024 The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, Concordia, and the University of Virginia Darden School’s Institute for Business in Society are pleased to announce the five finalists for the 2024 P3 Impact Award.  Now in its 11th year, the P3 Impact Award recognizes exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) that provide solutions to pressing global issues such as … Continue reading 2024 P3 Impact Award Finalists Announced

ilo

ILO and Singapore agree continuation of efforts to support decent work across ASEAN region

Press Release – 13 June 2024 Partnership Agreement will see collaboration in areas including workplace safety, tripartism and South-South cooperation. GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Singapore will continue their joint collaboration efforts to support decent work aspects of the ASEAN regional integration process for a further two years. A “Partnership Agreement for Collaborative Programme on Labour and Decent Work” was … Continue reading ILO and Singapore agree continuation of efforts to support decent work across ASEAN region

NATO

NATO Deputy Secretary General at the Brussels Forum

18 Apr. 2024 – | Last updated: 17 Apr. 2024 On Thursday 18 april 2024, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană, will participate in the Brussels Forum, an annual conference organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The Deputy Secretary General will be on panel discussing : “NATO at 75: past, present, future”. Media advisory 18:15 – 19:00 (CEST)   A … Continue reading NATO Deputy Secretary General at the Brussels Forum

Green Climate Fund

Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Press release – 12 Mar 2024 Mogadishu, Somalia – The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of climate action investment – anticipated at USD 100 million over the next year. Duarte released her 50by30 vision at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2023, announcing intentions to build a fund capable of impactfully … Continue reading Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing

Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing

Samarkand, 12 February 2024 – The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN biodiversity treaty, at the opening of a major UN wildlife conservation conference (CMS COP14). The landmark report reveals: Until now, no such comprehensive assessment on migratory species has been carried out. The report provides a global … Continue reading Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing