Uppsala Health Summit: A world without antibiotics
The annual Uppsala Health Summit was organised on 2-3 June and the theme for this year was antibiotic resistance. The 180 invited experts discussed concrete action and next steps on the many interlinked issues concerning antibiotic resistance. The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation co-organised the workshop “Access, not Excess – Rational Use of Antibiotics”.
EAT Stockholm Food Forum: “2015 is the year we can create positive change”
On 1-2 June, the annual conference EAT Stockholm Food Forum welcomed a broad range of global stakeholders to discuss solutions to sustainable food consumption and the development of a food road map to 2050 when the world’s population is believed to amount to 9 billion. Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation participated in the conference and co-organised a workshop on “The Protein Puzzle: The Future of Protein Consumption”. These activities were carried out within the Foundation’s programme Global Disorders, where antibiotics resistance and global governance are particularly relevant to the discussion.
In the World We Want, What UN Do We Want?
On 29-30 May, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, together with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC), organised a high-level meeting outside New York on the subject of UN reform. The meeting marked the culmination of the first phase of an intensive dialogue process among the UN member states and the UN development system on the future of the UN development system in light of the imminent post-2015 development agenda.
Post-2015 seminar: Financing for Development
The world is now characterised by a more nuanced and complex range of development situations. The international community is on the verge of agreeing on an ambitious and far-reaching post-2015 development agenda. These realities require us to think anew about how we approach the challenge of financing development. Please join us for a discussion on the future of financing for development as we ready for this new sustainable development agenda.
What Counts? Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
Today, data is generated much more widely and frequently than before, thanks to greater awareness of data use, the evolution of software, and better technical and analytical tools. This data revolution is paving the way for profound transformations in how we approach development, analyse the challenges and better monitor the sustainable development goals.
Local Perspectives on Inclusive Peacebuilding: a Four-country Case Study
This Development Dialogue paper summarises local perspectives on inclusivity in peacebuilding, gathered from consultations in Somalia, Timor-Leste, Liberia and Burma/Myanmar. It elaborates on a number of themes that recurred in several of the country contexts and ends by highlighting suggestions on how international peacebuilding actors can improve the chances of supporting inclusive and sustainable peacebuilding efforts.
The power of numbers – beyond economic and global statistics
This seminar paper explores how best to measure development, looking ahead to the post-2015 framework.
Universal goals for national action
The seminar paper explores governance and rule of law as the foundation for human development.
Turning vision into goals – Where is the international process heading?
Global consultations have been held, people’s voices heard, numerous papers and reports published – but what can we realistically expect as the world’s leaders gather in New York to advance the international develop-ment agenda beyond 2015?
The youth bulge in a greying world
This seminar paper asks, how do we ensure that the young and elderly are subjects and actors, not objects, of the new development agenda?