Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business Entrepreneurship Skills and Technology (ACCI-BEST) Centre on Monday launched the e-learning module on gender and disability inclusion mainstreaming to enable us to create an inclusive world. ACCI- BEST Centre organized the virtual launch as an outcome of the collaboration with the GIZ-SKYE program and Vocational Education and Training…
The Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the second Russia–Africa Summit in the Russian Federation, which will be held in the summer of 2023 in St. Petersburg, has been allotted. Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov was appointed Chairman of the Organizing Committee. A constructive and trust-based dialogue is…
Amidst national revenue shortfall, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare state of Emergency in the Export Sector of Nigeria. In his remarks at a webinar on the 2nd SME Conference organised by the National Chamber Policy Centre (NCPC) of ACCI, the President of the Chamber, Dr…
The German economy is in a broad-based recession as a result of supply and demand shocks. For the time being, no end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected. This results in high risks with regard to a comprehensive energy supply in Germany and high energy costs for the entire economy. In addition, the global supply…
GFP and FC4S introduce toolkit to help countries develop a sustainable finance roadmap Geneva, 27 September 2022 – The Green Finance Platform (GFP) and UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) launched today its Sustainable Finance Diagnostic Toolkit to support policymakers take a coordinated approach to the development of a national sustainable finance roadmap. The toolkit is a 10-step online questionnaire that provides…
When governments deploy tax revenues for the common good of the citizens, there is a concomitant increase in tax compliance by citizens who see the direct benefit of the taxes they pay. This was the position held by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami during his opening remarks at…
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has concluded an intense week of discussions with world leaders and international partners at the UN General Assembly in New York with a series of pledges to tackle the current food crisis, aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the urgent climate and nature crisis…
Participants of the AF’s global seminar for its National Implementing Entities held in 2018 made a field trip with Washington, D.C.’s Climate Resilience Office to adaptation sites that improve water management in vulnerable areas around the city. Washington, D.C. (September 23, 2022) — The Adaptation Fund’s 9th Annual Global Seminar for its Accredited National Implementing Entities (NIEs) will…
UNCTAD Photo | Rebecca Grynspan (right) speaks to moderator Nicholas Davis at the annual summit of the Global Maritime Forum on 22 September 2022. The world again needs the shipping industry to brave the rough seas of crises, UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said on 22 September as she addressed the Global Maritime Forum’s annual summit. Speaking…
The world has a long “to do list” to build a safer, healthier and more inclusive world by 2030, and on 19 September global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) called for urgent action to get back on track. Time is running out to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the…
