Civil society’s perspectives in UN renewal
This month the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation hosted a civil society roundtable in Geneva to discuss and debate the future positioning of the United Nations Development System (UNDS) in a post-2015 world.
Connected Risks, Connected Solutions: stepping up the challenge
What kind of governance is needed to efficiently handle the greatest challenges our planet is facing? This is the fundamental question which spurred on the report, “Connected Risks, Connected Solutions”, which launches tomorrow, 18 November, at a seminar in Stockholm.
Global Disorders: A New Global Order?
Issue 62 of Development Dialogue juxtaposes good practices and positive change on the ground with explorations of life-threatening global disorders.
Helen Clark asks: The Future We Want – Can We Make it a Reality?
Helen Clark, Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and former New Zealand Prime Minister, delivered the 2014 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture, the 16th honoree to do so since the lecture series was instituted two decades ago. Calling upon the lecture’s namesake, she invoked Dag Hammarskjöld saying that he not only belongs to Sweden, but belongs to the world as one of the last century’s greatest Statesman.
Hidden Money, Hidden Resources: Financing Development with Transparency
From 13-16 October in Lima, Peru, “Hidden Money, Hidden Resources: Financing Development with Transparency” was co-convened by the Financial Transparency Coalition and the Red Latinoamericana sobre Deuda, Desarollo y Derechos (Latin American Network on Debt, Development and Rights), or Latindadd. Constructed as a two-day conference bookended by a smaller orientation and strategy session for journalists […]
“No change happens without ownership” – Advancing preparations for the 2015 comprehensive review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture
On 17-18 October, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation organized a high-level retreat outside New York to discuss ambitions and expectations for the 2015 review of UN’s peacebuilding architecture. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson opened the retreat, which drew together close to 40 Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and senior UN officials.
New book: Global Disorders – a New Global Order?
On 7 November we will launch a new special issue of Development Dialogue. It juxtaposes a focus on development innovations and good practices, which are building positive change on the ground, with explorations of major global disorders threatening human communities and planetary life.
The Future We Want – Can We Make it a Reality? by Helen Clark
The 2014 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture: New international development agenda in focus as Helen Clark, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, holds this year’s Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture.
Executive Director Annika Söder has been appointed State Secretary for Political Affairs
Annika Söder has been appointed State Secretary for Political Affairs (Kabinettsekreterare) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – as the first woman ever to hold the position.
From New York to Paris: UN efforts to break the climate deadlock
Climate change poses significant challenges to global development, threatening to undermine poverty reduction and endanger the livelihoods of billions. Both the United Nations’ climate negotiations and the Post-2015 process are struggling to deliver outcomes that address the difficulty of cutting emissions while promoting growth and human development.