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Tuesday 10 May 2016

66th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference in Gyeongju, South Korea

May 8, 2016
The 66th United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)/Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference will be held in the City of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea from 30 May to 1 June 2016. The Conference title is “Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together.”
The Conference will take place in the first year of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by United Nations (UN) Member States in September 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensurehuman rights and prosperous and fulfilling lives for all, as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030.
This year, 2016, is a globally unprecedented opportunity to spark these transformational changes, following also on the successful conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) 21st Conference of Parties (COP) agreement in Paris in December 2015.
Co-sponsored by the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, the Conference is an important opportunity to mobilise global civil society around the Sustainable Development Goals. Conference participants will strive to define culturally appropriate international and regional messaging, learning and advocacy strategies, partnerships and governmental accountability frameworks including financing for development.
By focusing on education for global citizenship, the 66th UN DPI/NGO Conference aims to build on the centrality of education and global citizenship as the bedrock of
sustainable development and climate action. The 66th UN DPI/NGO Conference is the first in the Conference’s history to be held in Asia. The first 60 conferences were held in New York at United Nations Headquarters, as was the 65th conference. In between, the conference was held in Paris, Mexico City, Melbourne and Bonn.
The deadline to apply for this conference is 20 May 2016. For more information, visit UN DFP/NGO Conference.

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