Events
The Center on International Cooperation hosts numerous events such as high-level meetings, forums, roundtable discussions, webinars, dialogues, and more.
The aid dilemma in Syria – How to support the Syrian people while minimising risk of aid diversion
The session takes stock of in the findings of a recent Swedish MFA commissioned study on aid diversion by New York University, Center on International Cooperation, and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, as well as a Syria Legal Development Programme (SLDP) mapping of the top 100 private and public-private Syrian suppliers to various United Nations agencies in 2019-2020.
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June 13, 2023Programs:
How can people-centered justice achieve SDG 16.3?
Young Justice Leaders’ members Gülşen Güler & Kelechi Achinonu participate in HagueTalks, which puts a spotlight on impactful approaches to achieving justice for all in line with SDG 16.3. The SDG Summit 2023 is the midway point of the SDGs and this key event – to be held in the lead up to the HLPF and the SDG Summit – intends to highlight the importance of people-centered justice in achieving the promise of equal access to justice for all.
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June 8, 2023Programs:
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Justice
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Young Justice Leaders
How can people-centered justices achieve SDG 16.3?
This HagueTalks event will put a spotlight on impactful approaches to achieving justice for all in line with SDG 16.3. The SDG Summit 2023 is the midway point of the SDGs and this key event – to be held in the lead up to the HLPF and the SDG Summit – intends to highlight the importance of people-centered justice in achieving the promise of equal access to justice for all. It will be an intergenerational dialogue between established justice leaders and young, emerging, justice leaders.
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June 8, 2023Programs:
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Justice
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Young Justice Leaders
Committed in the Face of Crisis: Lessons from Colombia’s People-Centered Migration and Protection Policy
This discussion aims to bring together UN-member states, UN agencies, funders, and non-government migration, protection, and justice experts to discuss Colombia’s migration and protection policy. It will explore the commendable policy efforts made by successive Colombia administrations to pursue economic and social integration of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the face of crisis and the challenges around securing adequate international support for this unprecedented effort. In doing so, it will also explore the implications of the Colombia case for broader regional and global displacement policies and forums.
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May 17, 2023Programs:
The Development Outlook in Asia: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Chief Economist Albert Park will discuss key findings from the recently-released Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023. The ADO provides a comprehensive analysis of economic development in Asia and the Pacific. Dr. Park will highlight current challenges and risks to development outlooks in the region, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and global financial conditions.
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April 19, 2023Renewable Energy and the United Nations: A Green Spark for Peace in South Sudan
The United Arab Emirates and Norway, in collaboration with Powering Peace (an initiative of Energy Peace Partners and the Stimson Center), are convening a webinar on the potential for renewable energy to support local energy access and peacebuilding in South Sudan.
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April 11, 2023Women and Public Diplomacy: How a small country had a large impact on an international humanitarian crisis
In August 2021, Albania took in over 3,000 Afghan evacuees, seeking safety from the new Taliban regime. This decision demonstrated that small countries can mitigate humanitarian crises and that they can build new solidarities and partnerships in the process. In this Luce Lecture, Dr Odeta Barbullushi explains the interplay between foreign policy decision-making, humanitarian crisis, and state identities. Drawing from her own experience, Dr Barbullushi reflects on women's contributions to international mediation as well as the role of education in shaping decision making in foreign policy.
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March 29, 2023Programs:
Solidarity in Action (Part II): Recognizing unity in the achievement of racial justice
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, join the Pathfinders Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion for the second part of the “Solidarity in Action” webinar series on countering divisive narratives, where we will hear from country experiences on how the current and evolving forms of racist narratives play out, pinpointing their similarities and differences, and its impact on progress. Crucially, we will identify the ways in which policymakers and civil society are successfully countering discourses of hate and prejudice, and building solidarity across race that resists racist dog-whistles and ‘culture war’ stories that threaten our path towards racial equality, and social justice.
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March 28, 2023Programs:
Solidarity in Action: Countering anti-feminist trends around the world
Join Pathfinders’ Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion on the sidelines of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women, for a thought-provoking discussion on how to address the rise of anti-feminist movements around the world.
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March 13, 2023Programs:
Access to Justice in Situations of Forced Displacement: From Evidence to Action
New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, UNHCR, UNDP, The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL), and the Permanent Missions to the UN of the Government of Canada, the Government of Colombia, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, are hosting an expert-level discussion on Access to Justice in Situations of Forced Displacement: From Evidence to Action.
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February 1, 2023Monitoring Compound Risk in the COVID-19 Era: Advances and Future Directions for Tracking Compound Risk
There is rapidly growing interest in identifying, monitoring, and anticipating multiple interacting risks, as epitomized by the COVID-19 pandemic. Institutional bodies are seeking to shift to a policy response that is more forward-looking and risk-based, rather than reactive and needs-based, and are working to develop toolkits for measuring compound risk. This webinar examined the state of the art in compound risk monitoring, showcasing frontier research and policy work on multi-dimensional risk tracking.
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November 19, 2022Sri Lanka AI Challenge Demo Day
Join NYU CIC, Omdena, and DreamSpace Academy Sri Lanka for an exciting demonstration of their recent collaboration project where they convened machine learning and natural language processing experts to develop a new AI tool to accurately detect hate speech in Tamil language. Speakers will discuss the project’s inception and development, along with showcasing how the tool will work.
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August 4, 2022
Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention—Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Actors Practitioners Virtual Workshop
This virtual workshop will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss the current and future applications of emerging technologies in peacebuilding and learn from humanitarian actors and their experiences. The workshop will create a space for sharing both successes and failures, while envisioning together how to increase the use and impact of data and data-driven approaches in peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Mark your calendars to to join colleagues and practitioners across the globe as they share their work and lessons learned from emerging technologies in humanitarian and peacebuilding fields. Registration will be open for all interested participants in late October.
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December 1, 2021Global Week for Justice 2021
With trust in institutions decreasing and economic outlooks uncertain, societal tensions are on the rise. Wherever there are conflicts and disputes, justice actors have a role to play. If they put people at the center, make government more open and accessible, they can reestablish trust and pave the way for recovery. This is why justice leaders need to discuss people-centered approaches for transforming justice systems and strengthening the social contract. Save the Date: December 1-8, 2021 RIGA: 15:30-17:30 | PARIS: 14:30-16:30 | NEW YORK: 08:30-10:30 Transforming justice for a vibrant social contract: Join us and contribute to be a part of the 2021 Global Week for Justice, comprising in-depth discussions with justice leaders and practitioners, including a global dialogue of justice leaders. This event is chaired by the Minister of Justice, Latvia. Justice Leaders from around the world will come together to discuss strategies and plans to fortify the social contract by ensuring justice for all
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December 1, 2021Programs:
Demographic and Socioeconomic Changes Induced by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Dynamics and challenges of new circumstances
BRAC, UN Women, and New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC) recently concluded a study of the demographic and socioeconomic changes induced by the unprecedented reverse (urban-to-rural) migration that took place in Bangladesh following the COVID-19 lockdown. Findings from the study reveal the dire circumstances facing returnee migrants, their families, and their rural communities, including an alarmingly high incidence of child marriages among surveyed households, an explosion in household debt, and the drying up of income opportunities.
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