The CONGO e-Update is a weekly email news service of the Conference of NGOs, informing our members and affiliated networks of relevant upcoming events sponsored by the United Nations, CONGO and its affiliated committees and task forces, and other major civil society-related initiatives. The CONGO Newsletter is the quarterly newsletter of the Conference of NGOs, providing its members with insight information, reports and updates of civil society activities.[more]
Where do we stand on using outer space for peaceful purposes? The "Civil Society and Outer Space Forum 2007" organized by the Vienna CONGO office (Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations) will be held 8 - 9 October 2007at UN/VIC, Vienna. The Forum will be organized by CONGO Vienna in cooperation with: • European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) • Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and sponsored by • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) • Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMeiA) • Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) • Astrium SAS[more]
28-29 August 2007 GenevaThe next CONGO Board meeting will be held 28-29 August 200t at the CCV Geneva. Page under construction. Thank you for your understanding.[more]
13-30 May 2008A series follow-up and implementation meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society outcomes will take place in Geneva. Organised around the 11th session of the UN Commission for Science and Technology for Development (26-30 May 2008) and the World Information Society Day ceremony (16 May 2008), the cluster will also include multi-stakeholder implementation facilitation meetings and various ICT-related meetings and consultations.[more]
22-24 March, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) organizes in cooperation with the Economic Commision for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) the African Civil Society Forum "Democratizing Governance at Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDGs" to be held between 22-24 March 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together representatives of national, regional and international NGOs from Africa to explore the most effective ways to partner with and impact on African institutions: the African Union, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).[more]
| 28-30 June 2007, Geneva A Platform for Development. Countdown for 2015. The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and partners, has the pleasure to announce the dates of the Civil Society Development Forum to be held 28-30 June 2007 in Geneva. The Forum will be convened to bring together actors of global civil society to think future and to work on issues related to the wider development agenda.[more]
51st Session, 26 February - 9 March 2007, New YorkThe fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 26 February to 9 March 2007. In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2007-2009, the Commission will consider "The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child" as its priority theme.[more]
5-6 March 2007, New YorkThe next CONGO Board meeting will be held on 5-6 March 2007 in New York. More information will follow shortly. CONGO Board meetings are open to CONGO members as observers and we encourage in particular Committee Chair persons to attend.[more]
5-7 December 2007, GenevaThe 23rd General Assembly of CONGO was held 5-7 December 2007 in Geneva at the International Conference Centre (CICG).[more]
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