Category: ANNOUNCEMENTS
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(26-29 June 2018) Workshop on SDGs and Migration
Application_Form_2018 Concept+note_2018.HT_WS_June+26-29_website 26-29 June 2018 (Jeju, Korea) Background Over the past few decades, globalization and technological advancements have significantly boosted human mobility. As of 2017, UN DESA estimates that 258 million people – 3.3 percent of the global population – are international migrants. While the proportion of migrants to those […]
BAHAGINAN: College of Arts and Letters Research Forum | A Piece of Paradise
About the Film A tribute to countless foreign domestic workers, A PIECE OF PARADISE is an intimate portrait of three Filipina women as they preserve to build their live as immigrants and foreign domestic workers in Toronto, Canada. Amidst their hardship, they find “pieces of paradise” through their participation in […]
Conference: Road Safety for Sustainable Cities: A Multi-stakeholder Conference
Road Safety for Sustainable Cities: A Multi-stakeholder Conference 9-10 November 2017 Seda Vertis North, Quezon City, Philippines Every year, nearly 1.3 million people die from road traffic injuries. According to the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility, road traffic incidents are the leading cause of death among youths, and […]
Lecture-Forum: Does Proactive State Protection Policy Lead to Better Worker Welfare?
CIFAL Philippines, in partnership with the International Organization on Migration (IOM), would like to invite everyone to a lecture-forum titled “Does Proactive State Protection Policy Lead to Better Worker Welfare? The Role of Front-Line State Bureaucrats in the Gulf Region” with visiting scholar Mr. Froilan T. Malit, Jr. of the Gulf […]
UNITAR offers online courses for special topics on sustainable dev’t
UNITAR is offering online courses on special topics in sustainable development, particularly on renewable energies, resilience action planning, and sustainable urban mobility. Sessions of the e-learning course will be held from September to December of 2017. Brochures, flyers, list of modules and links to registration are available in the links below each […]
Metropolis International opens call for student ideas on the politics of migration
Do you have strong and clear ideas about the politics of migration and integration? Do you feel the need to express those ideas? The City of The Hague would love to hear from students! In September 2017, the City of The Hague will host the International Metropolis Conference, an event […]
Registration for Kabataan para sa Ligtas na Kalsada now open
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries is the leading cause of death among the youth. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people age 15-29 years die due to preventable road crashes. In the Philippines, more than 1,500 road traffic deaths were recorded in 2013. […]
UNITAR launches Road Safety Initiative for Sustainable Cities
WHY? Road traffic injuries claim more than 1.2 million lives each year with a disproportionate impact on health and development. They are the ninth leading cause of death across all age groups globally and the leading cause among young people aged between 15 and 29 years. WHAT? UNITAR’s Road Safety […]