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St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be implementing a Food and Nutrition Security Project Small Grants Program
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is among three Countries to benefit from a Food and Nutrition Security Project Small Grants Program.
The Program is being administered by the University of the West Indies and The University of Technology, with funding from the International Development Research Center of Canada.
Grant funding of seven thousand US dollars was awarded to the Greiggs Production & Marketing Association; the Women in Agriculture and Rural Development and Mesopotamia Poultry & Small Ruminant Producers Association.
Speaking at the handing over of the Grants on Friday, Coordinator of the Emergency Centre for Trans-boundary Animal Diseases ECTAD, Jethro Green, highlighted the importance of the project
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The Feminist Open Government Initiative is an ambitious attempt to broaden the base of open government support by investing in cutting-edge research from partners in the Global South and a coalition building effort to rally reform champions behind a gender-centric approach to open government. The initiative comprises three core pillars of work conducted by Results for Development (R4D) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP), with support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Over the course of the two years, Feminist Open Government Initiative drove considerable gender-informed action across the open government community. The Feminist Open Government Initiative oversaw five research projects covering 11 OGP governments, reviewed multiple OGP action plans with suggestions for how to increase gender perspective, forged new partnerships with key groups like Women Deliver and UNDP, informed the
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Sociology and anthropology prof Océane Jasor heads a transnational group for the promotion of gender equality in the region
As Concordia continues to develop its international partnerships, the university will collaborate with West African academics on a Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) project for the promotion of gender equality.
“We want this to be a truly non-colonial, dynamic partnership between Concordia and West African universities,” says Océane Jasor, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who will be heading the project.
“Ultimately, we hope to strengthen African studies at Concordia and establish a long-term collaboration with West Africa that goes beyond the three-year time frame.”
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UNESCO launches Artificial Intelligence Needs Assessment Survey in Africa
Artificial Intelligence presents a leapfrog potential for development in Africa, notwithstanding that these technologies are currently developed for and by companies, universities and governments outside of the continent. Countries can use AI and other digital technologies to catalyze their innovation ecosystems and accelerate sustainable development. Mr Xing Qu, UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information a.i., underlined the Organization’s ongoing efforts to support African countries to harness AI for their national development priorities. Stressing the significance of the publication, he noted, “its findings will help guide our discussions today on how Artificial Intelligence can be mobilized for the social good”.
UNITED NATIONS â Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Indian environment and economics expert Ligia Noronha as an assistant secretary-general and the head of the United Nations Environment Programâs New York office.
Guterres s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, who announced her appointment Feb. 25, said that she will be succeeding another Indian, Satya Tripathi, on the job.
It is a promotion for Noronha, who is the director of UNEP s Economy Division based in Nairobi.
An economist with over 30 years of international development experience, she led UNEP s work on climate mitigation and energy transitions, green economies trade and sustainable finance, and the nexus of environment, pollution and health, according the UN.