Upcoming Events
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November 27, 2018
[EN/FR] Webinar: Can an agricultural investment code contribute to sustainable development: the case of Burkina Faso
Speakers will discuss the history, process and objectives that led to the adoption of the Code. They will also highlight the content of the Code and its implications for sustainable development.
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November 26-28, 2018
2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
International investment and trade agreements (IIAs) can foster economic development.IIAs can also adversely impact the realization of human rights in a multitude of ways, such as contraining the legal or policy space or divorcing rights of investors from their human rights responsibilities.Team members presented on integrating human rights into IIAs at the 2018 United Nations Forum on
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November 14, 2018
Advancing Natural Infrastructure
The International Institute for Sustainable Development, ALUS Canada, the Government of Manitoba and other partners is hosting a one-day event to advance the conversation and implementation of natural infrastructure.
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November 14-16, 2018
Pan-African Interactive Workshop on PPP Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) will co-host a Pan-African Interactive Workshop on Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 14–16, 2018.Countries across Africa are looking for ways to accelerate much needed infrastructure
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October 31, 2018
Stakeholder Session on UNCITRAL ISDS Reform Process
Over one year into the process of investor–state arbitration reform, what are perspectives on the process, its outcomes and next steps?
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October 30, 2018
Comprehensive Wealth in Canada Public Forum
Comprehensive wealth measures the country’s produced, natural, human, financial and social capital.
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October 26, 2018
UNIGE-IISD Lunch Series on Investment Disputes: Investment for Sustainable Development Provisions
The next UNIGE-IISD lunch series on investment disputes is taking place Friday, October 26, from 12:30- 1:45 p.m. at University of Geneva, Uni Mail, 40 bd du Pont, Geneva, Room M4020.
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October 25, 2018
The Future of Investment-Related Dispute Settlement: Options and models
IISD is organizing a side event at the World Investment Forum on October 25 from 1:00 p.m to 2:30 p.m., in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
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October 24, 2018
Investment for Sustainable Development: Incorporating investor obligations in trade and investment agreements
IISD is organizing a side event at the World Investment Forum on October 23 from 1:00 p.m to 2:30 p.m., in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
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October 16, 2018
Launch of Ceres2030: Sustainable solutions to end hunger
The goal of this new initiative is to build the evidence base to achieve the SDGs.
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