“The 2030 Agenda forms the new global development framework anchored around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a total of 169 targets covering economic, social development, and environmental protection… In particular, Africa can take advantage of this universality of the 2030 Agenda to create partnerships across the goals and ensure effective implementation.” Maged Abdelfatah Abdelaziz, UN Special Adviser on Africa Our second international conference on ‘Sustainable D...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance, plus mentions in the media. Output for April includes five working papers, one journal article, one country report, and one report based on eight urban case studies. Our research spans the globe, covering migrant integration from the Americas to Asia, school programmes in rural Senegal, and the quality of Chinese scientific research, among many others. Please note that the images above are clickable and ...
UN University Rector David M. Malone signed the Host Country Agreement for a new UNU Institute on 4 March 2014 with Senegalese Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye. This is a further step in a long-term process between UNU-MERIT in Maastricht and CRES in Dakar. Set to become a key UNU hub in Francophone Africa, the centre will work on sustainable growth and development with a particular focus on innovation and structural transformation. The signing ceremony was attended by CRES Executive Director Pro...
The conference ‘Sustainable Growth and Development in Africa’, Dakar, 25-26 November 2013, aimed to create a bridge between research, policy and practice and to promote evidence based policy making. It was attended by researchers from various countries, mostly African, as well as policy makers and other development agents. The event was opened by Senegal’s Minister of Higher Education and Research, Prof. Mary Tew Niane, who stressed the need for evidence based policy making to promote sust...