International Organizations

  • UN, EU Bodies Issue "Telework" Recommendations

    March 01, 2017

    The UN International Labour Organization and EU agency Eurofound have published a report containing global recommendations on access of employees to "telework," warning of increased stress due to mobile work and calling for the promotion of "part-time teleworking" to improve worker well-being.

  • UN Develops Tracking of SDG Progress in Cities

    March 01, 2017

    UN-Habitat recently held its first technical meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, on developing criteria to help the UN and global activists scrutinize the progress of cities around the world in implementing the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • UNESCO Works Toward Global Internet Indicators

    March 01, 2017

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seeking proposals for candidates interested in developing a set of indicators on "Internet Universality" that will serve as global guidelines on how countries can implement the global human rights agenda through their internet policies.

  • UN Launches Tools for Monitoring SDG Progress

    March 01, 2017

    The UN Environment Programme has launched new tools as part of its Environment Live "knowledge platform" that enable users to track the impacts of global warming and scrutinize their governments' contributions to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030.

  • UNEP, Argentina Develop "Sustainable Finance" Roadmap

    February 28, 2017

    In recent meetings with Argentinian officials, representatives of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) discussed the establishment of "a strategic roadmap on sustainable finance in Argentina" and how it would fit into UNEP's broader promotion of a global financial system based on the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.

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