On 16 October 1945, 42 countries assembled in Quebec, Canada, to create the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Their goal was to free humanity from hunger and malnutrition, and to effectively manage the global food system ? more information on FAO?s origin is available here. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Organization in 1945. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it…
Find out more »17 October presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty. Participation of the poor themselves has been at the center of the Day's celebration since its very beginning. The commemoration of October 17th also reflects the willingness of people living in poverty to use their expertise to contribute to…
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Find out more »November is officially Caribbean Tourism Month. The celebrations carry the recurring theme, ‘One Sea, One Voice, One Caribbean. The objectives of Caribbean Tourism Month are: To raise awareness among Caribbean people of the importance of tourism in the Caribbean, To enhance the profile of the Caribbean tourism sector in the marketplace, To reflect on the invaluable impact of tourism on the economic, social and cultural wellbeing in the Caribbean, To attract positive media coverage for and of the Caribbean and…
Find out more »Online conference Each year planners around the world engage in activities on World Town Planning Day in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of planning in their communities. Planning associations and academic institutions organize special educational sessions on topics relevant to planning in a local and global context. The World Town Planning Day Online Conference provides an opportunity to broadcast those events around the world. http://www.planningtheworld.net/
Find out more »The CLME+ Hub is an initiative of the Secretariat of the CLME+ Interim Coordination Mechanism (ICM), in collaboration with the members of the CLME+ ICM and CLME+ Project Executive Group (PEG) and (prospective) Partner Organizations. Development of the Hub has benefited from the financial support of the UNDP/GEF Project: “Catalysing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Sustainable Management of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems” (CLME+ Project, 2015-2020). The CLME+ Project is executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in close collaboration with a large number of global, regional and national-level partners. For more information on the CLME+ Project click here
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