| BEYOND THE PANDEMIC Building back better from crises in Asia and the Pacific - 31/03/2021 |
| UNESCAP |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented and globally synchronized health, social and economic crises, which threaten to roll back hard-won development gains. This report analyses the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in the region, takes stock of actions so far, and offers recommendations for building back better – bolstering resilience to future wide-scale crises and setting the re (...) |
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| Coronavirus vaccine disinformation: new reports from online platforms to inform Code of Practice revamp - 26/03/2021 |
| European Commission |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The Commission has published the new reports by Twitter, TikTok, Google, and Microsoft on measures they took in February 2021 against vaccine disinformation as signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation. The reports show that Twitter updated its COVID-19 search prompts in the EU to include authoritative information on vaccines, and activated the hashtag #Vaccinated in 24 languages for (...) |
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| ITU: Digital transformation acceleration - connectivity in the post COVID world - 17/03/2021 |
| ITU |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| In the framework of the WSIS Forum Action Line C6: Enabling Environment, ITU is organizing a session on "Digital transformation acceleration - connectivity in the post COVID world" on17 March 2021 (13h00-14h00 CET). This session addresses critical questions ICT policy makers, regulators and stakeholders need to address to fast forward digital connectivity for sustainable development: -What next? (...) |
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| Latest set of reports and the way forward - Fighting COVID-19 Disinformation Monitoring Programme - 28/01/2021 |
| European Commission |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The European Commission publishes a set of reports on actions taken in December 2020, provided by the signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation as part of the COVID-19 monitoring and reporting programme. The Commission also announces the continuation of the programme as the pandemic is still unfolding. The COVID-19 monitoring programme is a transparency measure to ensure public accoun (...) |
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| Digital inclusion: Global COVID-19 response - 26/01/2021 |
| ITU-UNESCO |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| On the International Day of Education, the BDT Director spoke on a panel organised by UNESCO and the Global Partners for Education on the theme “Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation”. She highlighted the work that Giga is doing to provide universal (internet) access to every school and equip learners with high-quality, vetted, and safe content. |
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| COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker - 04/01/2021 |
| UNDP |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have integrated a gender lens. It includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and social security, including unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against women. The tracker is coordinated by UNDP (...) |
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