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International Day of Cooperatives

The theme for the 2018 International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is “Sustainable consumption and production”, creating an opportunity for cooperatives to show how they run successful businesses while respecting our natural environment and the resources it offers. The slogan of the Day “Sustainable societies through cooperation” was selected by cooperators from around the world. Through the...

United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF)

United Nations New York

The high-level political forum on sustainable development will meet from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018. The ministerial meeting of the forum will be from Monday, 16 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018. The theme is: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies". The HLPF will also review progress towards the SDGS and focus in particular on: Goal...

World Population Day

World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987. By resolution 45/216 of December 1990, the...

World Youth Skills Day

Young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labor market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transitions. In addition, women are more likely to be underemployed and under-paid, and to undertake part-time jobs or work under temporary contracts. That is why education and...

Nelson Mandela International Day

Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the UN asks individuals around the world to mark Nelson Mandela International Day (18 July) by making a difference in their communities. Everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better, and Mandela Day is an occasion...

Planning for a Green Liverpool City Region

The Quaker Meeting House 22 School Lane, Liverpool

CPRE sees the creation of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority led by Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor, as an opportunity to plan strategically for the City Region’s environment, as well as for its economic and social infrastructure. With devolved powers including planning and transport, combined authorities can be at the forefront of environmental solutions....

Introduction to B Corp: For-profit + social mission businesses

2030hub Cotton Exchange, Liverpool

Join Liverpool's most exciting business community. Do you want your business to change the world? Come and join this rapidly growing global movement through the first B Corp hub outside London. The 2030hub is bringing this energised business model and community to the North West. With brands like Kickstarter, Ben & Jerry's, Method, Triodos Bank,...

World Hepatitis Day

Worldwide, 300 million people are living with viral hepatitis unaware. Without finding the undiagnosed and linking them to care, millions will continue to suffer, and lives will be lost. On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July, we call on people from across the world to take action, raise awareness and join in the quest to find...

International Day of Friendship

Our world face many challenges, crises and forces of division — such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses — among many others — that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world's peoples. To confront those crises and challenges, their root causes must be addressed by promoting and defending a shared spirit...

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labour and sex. The International Labour Organization estimates that 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally. This estimate also includes victims of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation. While it is not known how many of...