Africa Industrialization Day 2022; November 20th.

 

FORUM: “Industrialising Africa: Renewed commitment towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Economic Diversification.” Africa Industrialization Day 2022. Our youth should inspire the way we think and act, and they shape the society we live in. As an African youth, what kind of industrialization should be prioritized to maximize the synergies with Africa’s development agenda towards the overarching objective of achieving sustainable development and prosperity for all? In doing so, how can our African leaders best pursue the envisaged industrialization pathway? The essay contest will serve to open up dynamic conversations and spur reflection and action by leaders on addressing issues on Industrialization from the perspective of young people and push for much-needed reforms. The Youth essay contest is organized by the African Union Commission. See the terms of reference here. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #AfricaIndustrializationDay, #Industrialization, #20november, #AfricaIndustrialization, #AfricaIndustrializationWeek, #IndustrializingAfrica.

EVENTS: The Africa Industrialization Day 2022 and the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification 2022 will be held in Niamey, Niger from November 20, 2022 to November 25, 2022. The Side events will focus on key thematic areas including on Agribusiness; Regional value chains; Private sector; investments and financing for industrial development, industrial infrastructure and SEZ development, Energy access and green transition, Human capital, Industry 4.0, Trade capacity building, Health industry & local pharmaceutical production, Youth and Women Entrepreneurship, Partnerships, Industrial policy, etc. Get the Agenda and Programme!

World Children's Day 2022; November 20th.

FORUM: “Inclusion for Every Child.” World Children’s Day 2022.

 This World Children’s Day, it’s more important than ever that the world listens to their ideas and demands., UNICEF is calling on partners and supporters to share a positive message of equality and inclusion for every child. Follow the conversations with the hastags: #WorldChildrensday, #inclusionforeverychild, #20November; #ForEveryChild.

EVENTS: The United Nations will host a event to mark the World Children’s Day 2022 on November 20th at UNHQ; From children and young people taking over to famous landmarks turning blue, here’s a taste of what to expect on the day. Children will ‘take over’ high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment normally held by adults to shine a spotlight on issues that matter to them. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way that each considers appropriate.

ACTIONS

CAMPAIGN Stand up for a more equal, inclusive world. 

On November 20th, kids will stand up for a more equal, inclusive world. What will you do?

• Join the Voices of Youth community
• Help your children know their rights
• Get the World Children’s Day lesson plan!
• Become a partner and host a children’s take over
• Take action for child rights now

"Recognizing that the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding." Convention on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR

World Toilet Day 2022, November 19th.

 FORUM: “Making the invisible visible.” World Toilet Day 2022. We face a global sanitation crisis. Today, 3.6 billion people are still living with poor quality toilets that ruin their health and pollute their environment.  Inadequate sanitation systems, spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, contaminating the water resources under our feet. Safely managed sanitation protects groundwater from human waste pollution.  Everyone must have access to a toilet connected to a sanitation system that effectively removes and treats human waste. The link between sanitation and groundwater cannot be overlooked. This World Toilet Day, let’s make the the invisible visible. Share your experiences of how sanitation affects groundwater. Join millions of people in conversations across the world. Follow the conversations with the hashtags #19November, #WorldToiletDay, #sanitation. #Opendefecation.

EVENTS: The UN-Water, the World Toilet Organization and the World Toilet Association will held a webinar to mark the World Toilet Day 2022. Sanitation and how it protects groundwater will be discussed at the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater on 7-8 December in Paris. The Summit aims to bring attention to groundwater at the highest international level and will deliver a joint message to the UN 2023 Water Conference, urging policymakers to fully recognize the importance of groundwater and accelerate progress on sanitation as a means to safeguard this precious resource.

2022 SANITATION AND GROUNDWATER

We must ensure Safet Toilets for all by 2030.

World Philosophy Day 2022; November 17th.

 FORUM: “THE HUMAN TO COME.” World Philosophy Day 2022. In a hyper-technologized world, the very concept of humanity is in constant evolution. What do we call human today? What do we continue to call human despite the obvious historical evolution and the uncertain future we face? Are we witnessing a transfiguration so radical that its own definition, in addition to the humanistic horizon, is outdated? How can we envisage the new figures of the human in the future? Follow tlhe conversations with the hastags: #meaningoflife, #17November, #Philosophicaldebates, #PhilosophyDay.

EVENTS: The UNESCO will organize on November 17th, a conference to mark the World Philosophy Day 2022 at UNESCO HQ. With its unique mandate, UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector provides an ideal forum for interrogating these ethical and epistemological dilemmas, and offers a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective, bringing together various fields of knowledge; In collaboration with Le Fresnoy- Studio national des arts contemporains, a post-graduate art and audiovisual research center, a program has been developed around the following themes and disciplinary structuring fields: anthropology, natural sciences (the non-human), post-colonialism, technology issues, gender, waste, fictional inventions, the perspective of long time and the cosmos.

PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES

-The Democracy To come

- Putting Humanity at the heart of the Digital Transformation.

- The Question of Nature and Climate Resilience.

- After Colonialism.

- Gender to Come.

- Psychoanalysis to come.

- Is there a future?

SIDE EVENT: Philosophy along the Silk Road, with the UNESCO Silk road programme.

The UNESCO Chair for Philosophy for Children and the International Enccounter on New Philosophical Practices (NPP) will meet Experts; Researchers; Teachers; Practioners; Student and Children to speak about Philosophy at UNESCO HQ.

CAMPAIGN: "MAKE THE PRACTICE OF PHILOSOPHY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL."

EXHIBITIONS: 16, 17, 18 November at Le Fresnoy- Studio national des arts contemporains.

FILM SCREENING AND PROJECTION: Cinema programme;

EVENING PARTY:The Philosophers' Ball.

International Day for Tolerance 2022, Novembe 16th.

 FORUM:  ‘‘Redefine Tolerance'.’’ International Day for Tolerance 2022. Tolerance is much more than passively accepting the other. It brings obligations to act, and must be taught, nurtured and defended. Tolerance requires investment by States in people, and in the fulfilment of their full potential through education, inclusion and opportunities. This means building societies founded on respect for human rights, where fear, distrust and marginalization are supplanted by pluralism, participation and respect for differences. Follow the conversation with the hastags: #tolerance, #16November, #InternationalDayforTolerance, #ToleranceDay.

EVENTS: 2022 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence. In 1995, to mark the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO created a prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence: the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize. This Prize rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence. The creation of the Prize has been inspired by the ideals of UNESCO’s Constitution that proclaims that "peace, if it is not to fail, must be founded on the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind".

History of the Day

In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 51/95) invited UN Member States to observe the International Day for Tolerance on November 16th, with activities directed towards both educational establishments and the wider public. 

World Diabetes Day 2022; November 14th.

FORUM:" Access to diabetes care."World diabetes Day 2022.


        

The theme for World Diabetes Day 2021-23 is access to diabetes care. In 2022, the campaign focuses on the need for better access to quality diabetes education for healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes. One in 10 adults around the world currently live with diabetes, an estimated 537 million people. Almost half do not know they have it. This is putting added strain on healthcare systems.Healthcare professionals must know how to detect and diagnose diabetes early and make the most of the limited time they have to provide the best possible advice and care for people living with diabetes. For more than 95% of the time, people living with diabetes are looking after themselves. They need access to ongoing education to understand their condition and carry out the daily self-care essential to staying healthy and avoiding complications.

The theme for World Diabetes Day 2021-23 is Access to Diabetes Care. Millions of people with diabetes around the world do not have access to diabetes care. People with diabetes require ongoing care and support to manage their condition and avoid complications. We cannot wait any longer for:Medicine, technologies, support and care to be made available to all people with diabetes that require them. Governments to increase investment in diabetes care and prevention.

The centenary of the discovery of insulin presents a unique opportunity to bring about meaningful change for the more than 530 million people living with diabetes and the millions more at risk.

LEARNING PLATFORMS

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is committed to facilitating learning opportunities for all people impacted by diabetes.

The Understanding Diabetes platform provides free online and interactive courses to help people with diabetes and their carers to understand and manage their condition.

The IDF School of Diabetes offers a selection of free and premium online courses to help health professionals stay up-to-date with various aspects of diabetes management and treatment.

Education can help stop the rise of diabetes and protect tomorrow.

World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022, November 10th.

FORUM: "Basic Science for Sustainable Development." World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022.

 The forum organized in celebration of World Science Day for Peace and Development, aims to highlight the significant role played by basic sciences in advancing knowledge for the wellbeing of society and its sustainable development. 

            

The objectives of World Science Day for Peace and Development are to:

1. Strengthen public awareness of the role of science for peaceful and sustainable societies.
2. Promote national and international solidarity for shared knowledge and scientific cooperation.
3. Renew national and international commitment for the use of science for the benefit of societies.
4. Draw attention to the challenges faced by science and raising support for scientific endeavours.

EVENT: Global Observance of the 2022 World Science Day for Peace and Development.
When: 10 November 2022.

Where: UNESCO HQ.  
From: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
Rooms : Room VIII.
Type : Cat VIII - Symposia.
Arrangement type : Virtual.
Language(s) : French and English.

The webinar will offer an opportunity to showcase some of the ways in which learning from nature and deepening our understanding of complex natural and societal phenomena can lay the foundations for innovative solutions for the common good.

Outline of the webinar:

Keynote speech: The potential of basic science to deepen our understanding of nature.
Panel discussion 1: Modelling for the understanding of complex phenomena, relevant to sustainable development.
Panel discussion 2: Fostering sustainable development at the molecular level.

To Participate. Please register to participate in the live event on Zoom. Registration is free.
Register

CAMPAIGN MATERIALS:

The WSDPD 2022 poster is available in six languages (English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Russian). Please feel free to share it with your networks.

Learn more about 

• The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
The UNESCO Science Report: the race against time for smarter development.