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Dear NGO Major ,

I hope you are well and finding productive, interesting ways to spend your time under this singular situation. Building new routines that involve social distancing with many hours in one's home involves new, and at times, difficult challenges. This Digest is sent with the good intention to help liven up your time. Happy reading!

Stay safe, stay healthy.

Victoria

NGO MG Updates/Resources

1. NGO MG Task Teams HLPF 2020

2. Next Commons Cluster meeting – April 4

3. Next NGO MG meeting -- Date to be announced

4. Past meeting notes

5. NGO MG Donations / Contributions

UN (and international organizations) Updates

1. UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan – US$2 billion

2. UN DESA Briefing: “COVID-19 likely to shrink global GDP by almost one per cent in 2020”

3. UN-DESA: “Multi-stakeholder Engagement in 2030 Agenda Implementation: A review of Voluntary National Review Reports (2016-2019)”

4. ESCWA, UNEP and UNEP-DHI -- “Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region. Progress on SDG Indicator 6.5.1”

5. SDGs Learning, Training and Practice HLPF Workshops – Extended deadline for submitting proposals: April 22

6. UN SDG: Learn – A gateway to learning of 50+ UN agencies, international organizations, academia, civil society, and private sector

7. UNITAR Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Monitoring selected SDG indicators in the Asia-Pacific Small Island Developing States” – Still running and duration has been extended to April 30

8. Extraordinary G20 Leaders´ Summit Statement on COVID-19

Other NGO Updates and Opportunities

1. UN2020 Civil Society Partnerships of the UN We Need – Update

2. The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and Earth Day Network virtual dialogue: “Honoring Tradition Keepers and Change Agents as Earth Day Turns 50” -- April 6, 2020 -- 8:30am (EST) | 3:30pm (GMT+3) | 1:30pm (CET) | 8:30pm (GMT+8)

3. Virtual Launch Event - 2020 Global Food Policy Report: Building Inclusive Food Systems -- April 07, 2020 @ 12:15pm EDT

4. CSO Letter on UN-WEF agreement and UN Food Systems Summit

5. Planetary Emergency -- Call for Action to Global Letters | Open for Signatories

6. IISD / SDG Knowledge Hub Story: “Sustainable Forests and Reaching the SDGs”

7. IISD / SDG Knowledge Hub Story: “Asia-Pacific Off Track: 20% of SDG Indicators Predicted to be Worse in 2030”

8. IISD / SDG Knowledge Hub Story: “G20 Leaders Pledge Cooperation to Address Pandemic´s Health, Economic and Trade Implications”

9. Madhyam Briefing Paper: “G20 Leaders´ Commitments Fall Far Short of Expectations”

10. Eurodad, Birkbeck - University of London and Latindadd Articles: “Latin America and the Outbreak of COVID-19: a chronicle of multiple crisis” (I and II)

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