Elizka Relief Foundation is a non-governmental organization legally registered and based in Ghana with a thematic scope of capacity building and human empowerment.
The core principle of the organization is promotion of Human Rights – “the right to development and leaving no one behind” – with its priority areas being Agriculture for Development (A4D), Information Communication for Development (ICT4D), Research for Development (R4D), and Community Development.
The areas of special interest to the organization are i) Education (ii) Health (iii) Climate Change (iv) Arts (Youth and Culture), (v) Cultural Diversity (Exchange Programs), (vi) Child Survival and Development, (vii) Water and Sanitation (viii) Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (ix) Rural Infrastructure Development, (x) Women in Development and (xi) Food security.
Elizka Relief Foundation is a capacity building and human empowerment non-government organ-ization with Special Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since (UN ECOSOC) since – www.un.org/ecosoc/en/home, and Observer Status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – www.unfccc.int, United Na-tions Environmental Programme (UNEP),United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Global Climate Fund (GCF) and Organisation for the Prohibition of Checimal Weapons – www.opcw.org. The organization currently serves as the co-chair of the Africa Regional Mechanism of Major Groups and other Stakeholders and Africa Regional Focal Point for Action for Sustainable Development.
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Preparatory and capacity-development workshop for major groups and other stakeholders in the Africa region
Call for Participation Preparatory and capacity-development workshop for major groups and other stakeholders in the Africa region Background/Short Description of the Event Major groups have a crucial role in promoting sustainable development. It is well known, for instance, that they play a vital role in enhancing inclusion by representing the voiceless, marginalized and vulnerable populations;
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UNSSC & Data-Pop Alliance course on Leveraging Big Data for Sustainable Development
We are pleased to inform you about the next edition of the UNSSC and Data-Pop Alliance training programme, Leveraging Big Data for Sustainable Development, which will be held at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA from 15 – 17 October 2018. The course aims to help practitioners and policy-makers develop and implement Big Data innovation projects, policies,
10th September 2018 -
. Contributions to the Deliberations on Capacity Development at the BBNJ Intergovernmental Conference
UN Intergovernmental Conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ): Contributions to the Deliberations on Capacity Development As the historic UN Intergovernmental Conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) opens on September 4, 2018 in New York, we would like to call your attention to the following materials/events regarding Capacity Development aimed at contributing to the
10th September 2018