Hei kollegat,
Tervetuloa Fingon kehityspolitiikka-työryhmän syksyn toiseen kokoukseen tiistaina 14.12. klo 10! Ilmoittautumiset tämän lomakkeen kautta<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gWuLXKdrXUOdrAnl6z8BuId…>. Suosituksista johtuen joudumme jälleen kokoontumaan etätapaamiseen. Lähetämme ilmoittautuneille linkin zoom-kokoukseen tuolloin tiistaina.
Kokouksen teemakeskustelumme tulee rakentumaan eriarvoisuus- teeman ympärille.
Sen lisäksi tuomme keskusteluun tilaa päivityksille ja ajankohtaisten aiheiden esiin nostamiselle.
Mainostan tässä samalla myös mahdollisuutta antaa palautetta tämän työryhmän työskentelystä! Keräämme ohjelmamme seurantaa varten palautetta kaikilta Fingon työryhmiltä ja verkostoilta. Toivomme, että käyttäisit 4 minuuttia tämän kyselyn täyttämiseen (15.12. mennessä). Se tuo arvokasta tietoa toimintamme vaikutuksista ja antaa ideoita toiminnan kehittämiseen. Kiitos etukäteen!
https://fi.surveymonkey.com/r/63M2JMH
Toivottavasti mahdollisimman moni vastaa kyselyyn ja pääsee joulukuun keskusteluun mukaan!
Mukavaa viikkoa toivottaen,
Silla
Silla Ristimäki
Asiantuntija, kehityspolitiikka
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UNU-WIDER warmly welcomes you to join the upcoming WIDER Webinar, on Afrobarometer<https://afrobarometer.org/> and SDG Scorecards. Think WIDER - New perspectives on development webinar series<https://www.wider.unu.edu/think-wider-webinar-series-%E2%80%93-new-perspect…> features a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists who present their work and discuss new perspectives to the topic of global development.
30 November 2021 | 16:00-17:00 Helsinki time | Register for the event here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/emmanuel-gyimah-boadi-and-joseph-asunka-afr…>
WIDER Weminar | Afrobarometer and SDG Scorecards
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life. Its goal is to give the public a voice in policymaking by ensuring access to high-quality public opinion data and analysis for policymakers, policy advocates, civil society organizations, academics, news media, donors and investors, and ordinary Africans.
Joseph Asunka, Afrobarometer chief executive officer, will introduce SDG Scorecards<https://afrobarometer.org/sdg> that highlight citizens' experiences and evaluations of their country's performance against 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
About the speakers
Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi<https://afrobarometer.org/our-network/leadership/e-gyimah-boadi> is co-founder and board chair of the Afrobarometer. He is also co-founder and former executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, a leading independent democracy and good governance think tank in Accra, Ghana.
Joseph Asunka<https://polisci.ucla.edu/2020/09/14/joseph-asunka-named-ceo-of-the-afrobaro…> is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021. He was previously program officer in the Global Development and Population program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation where he managed a portfolio of grants that support efforts to increase transparency and accountability in fiscal governance and foster citizen participation to improve public services in developing countries.
Register for the event here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/emmanuel-gyimah-boadi-and-joseph-asunka-afr…>.
Leeni Varis
Communications Team Assistant
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United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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UNU-WIDER warmly welcomes you to join the upcoming WIDER Seminar series, Political economy consequences of China's export slowdown, held on 9 November. The WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. It provides a forum for senior and early-career researchers, both inhouse and external, to present recent and ongoing work related to UNU-WIDER's current work programme.
9 November 2021 | 17:00-18:00 Helsinki time | Register for the event here<https://go.unu.edu/0zKSs>
WIDER Seminar | Political economy consequences of China's export slowdown
Can adverse economic shocks influence political outcomes? Campante's study examines how unpredictable changes to economic variables have an effect on politics in authoritarian regimes in strong states by examining the 2013-2015 export slowdown in China.
About the speaker
Filipe R. Campante is a Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS and Department of Economics. His research looks at what constrains politicians and policy makers beyond formal checks and balances: cultural norms, institutions, media, political protest. Campante's work has appeared in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, among others.
Register for the event here<https://go.unu.edu/0zKSs>.
Leeni Varis
Communications Team Assistant
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United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Phone +358 (0)9 615 99257 | Email varis(a)wider.unu.edu<mailto:varis@wider.unu.edu> | wider.unu.edu
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Hyvä fingon jäsenjärjestön edustaja,
Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan syksyn merkittävistä vaikuttamistyön teemoista ja prosesseista Fingon vaikuttamistyön ajankohtaiskeskusteluun ke 24.11.2021 klo 13:00 – 16:00 Sofia Helsinkiin<https://sofiahelsinki.fi/coworking-fi/>. Fingon jäsenjärjestöille suunnatussa tilaisuudessa keskustelemme sekä yhdessä että temaattisissa ryhmissä, mm. Glasgown ilmastokokouksen kuulumisista, Covid-pandemian vaikutuksista sekä Kehitysyhteistyön, humanitäärisen avun ja rauhantyön kolmoisnexuksesta.
Keskustelutilaisuuteen on mahdollista osallistua vain paikan päällä Sofiassa, eli kyseessä ei ole virtuaalinen tai hybridikokous. Sen sijaan luvassa live-kohtaamisia, fasilitoitua ja vapaamuotoista keskustelua sekä herkulliset kokoustarjoilut.
Ilmoittaudu mukaan tällä lomakkeella https://forms.office.com/r/itXGQg4wxz ma 22.11. klo 10:00 mennessä.
Lähetämme tilaisuuden tarkemman ohjelman ilmoittautuneille.
Parhain terveisin
Elina Mikola
Adviser, Sustainable Economy | Fingo
+358 46 851 5974 |elina.mikola(a)fingo.fi<mailto:|senja.vaatainen@fingo.fi>
Fingo
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Elina Mikola
Adviser, Sustainable Economy | Fingo
+358 46 851 5974 |elina.mikola(a)fingo.fi<mailto:|senja.vaatainen@fingo.fi>
Fingo
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Tervetuloa FFD:n ja Fingon ruokaturvatyöryhmän webinaariin
Certification and Due Diligence Systems in Developing Countries
16th of November at 9am - 11:00am (EET)
Certification is a growing business in agriculture and forestry. Consumers and companies are concerned about the environmental footprint of crops, pesticides in agricultural products and sustainability of their food. Thus, they rely on certification systems to ensure that the products that they buy have been produced according to set standards. Smallholders, on the other hand, struggle with the growing number of certificates and their high costs. Because each certificate has its own criteria, smallholders need to first understand all the advantages and disadvantages of each certificate and then decide when to decide for a certification system and which type would work for them. It is also important that in developed countries, the consumers understand that there are limitations related to certification systems. We will be discussing these issues in our webinar Tuesday 16th November 9:00 - 11:00 Helsinki time (EET).
The webinar's keynote speaker Kevin Teopista Akoyi is an Agribusiness Lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda and a freelance Agricultural and Rural development consultant. She has been studying certificates for many years and was one of the authors of Fingo's publication "Potential Impacts of the EU Green Deal / Farm to Fork Strategy on Africa's Climate Agenda and Food Sovereignty."<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffingo.fi%…>
After the keynote speaker's presentation, the webinar will continue with a panel discussion and a general discussion. Please see the webinar's programme and details of the panelists below.
Programme (in Helsinki time)
9:00 - 9:05 Introduction - Tiina Huvio, Programme Manager at FFD
9:05 - 9:15 Opening remarks - Lea Rankinen Director of Sustainability & Public Affairs at Paulig
9:15 - 9:35 Keynote speaker Kevin Teopista Akoyi, Agribusiness Lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda and a freelance Agricultural and Rural development consultant
9:35 - 10:30 Panel discussion regarding certification and due diligence systems
10:30 - 10:55 General discussion regarding certification and due diligence systems
10:55 - 11:00 Closing remarks
Panelists:
* Denis Dobrynin, a PhD Researcher majoring in Environmental Policy at University of Eastern Finland
* Markus Kröger, Associate Professor, Global Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Helsinki and Academy Research Fellow
* A producer's perspective (tbc)
Moderator
* Tiina Huvio, Programme Manager at FFD
The webinar continues the dialogue within the framework of the Food System Dialogue, a process in which the UN gathers together a multitude of partners to debate and deliberate on how to improve the present food system to be more sustainable and equitable.
All participants interested in certification in developing countries are welcome to join the webinar.
Please register for the event via this link by 15th of November.<https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Certification_and_Due_Diligence_Systems_in_Develop…>
Fingo is an umbrella organization for Finnish NGOs working in development cooperation and global education. FFD (Food and Forest Development Finland) is a Finnish non-profit organization supporting agricultural producer organizations and forest owner organizations in developing countries.
Kind Regards,
Kirsi Kaikkonen, FFD
Elina Mikola, Fingo
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Elina Mikola
Adviser, Sustainable Economy | Fingo
+358 46 851 5974 |elina.mikola(a)fingo.fi<mailto:|senja.vaatainen@fingo.fi>
Fingo
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