Latin America discusses proposals for sustainable development

By the Editorial Staff

Tuesday | October 21, 2014 | 10:24 AM | Last update: September 22, 2016, 4:07 PM (Brasilia time)

With its theme “Educating Sustainable Citizens”, the Legion of Good Will (LBV) of Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay have been holding a series of meetings and events with civil society as part of the calendar of the 11th Solidarity Society Network Multi-stakeholder Forum — 8th Innovation Fair, in support of the Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN). The events will continue until March 2015 and are supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Advances in education and combatting poverty are being discussed and analyzed in the forum. The result aims to bring forward proposals and ideas for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will be put into effect in the UN Summit in September 2015.

This series of events started on August 29, 2014, when the LBV of the United States organized a workshop during the 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference, in New York, USA. On the occasion, the best practices of Brazil in Rio+20 were discussed.

Check out the calendar of the upcoming events:

October 31, 2014 | Paraguay
Theme: Green Cities and Sustainable Agriculture

November 18, 2014 | Uruguay
Theme: Best educational practices and learning opportunities throughout life

November 26, 2014 | Argentina
Theme: Quality, egalitarian, and inclusive education and learning opportunities throughout life

This edition of the Forum will conclude in 2015, with events organized by the LBV of Bolivia and Brazil. For further information write to: english@boavontade.com.