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Recording of webinar on the crisis in Venezuela

Published June 12, 2020 2:02 PM

What are drivers, transitions and pathways out of Venezuela’s crisis? View the full recording of webinar 4 June 2020.

Peacebuilding is at the core of SDG 16. Here Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, meets with businesses and NGOs to promote the SDGs.

Can businesses contribute to peacebuilding and SDG16?

Published June 26, 2019 10:57 AM

Business can help grow local communities, or they can exploit them. How should the private sector operate in fragile parts of the world?

SDGs and numbers Illustration: Colourbox

What happens when the SDGs get translated into indicators?

Published Feb. 6, 2019 4:02 PM

The transformative agenda may be weakened, and distorted. We recommend that the most problematic indicators be re-examined.

Illustrative photo SDGs conference in Bergen

The SDGs and the researcher: How to engage in practice?

Published Feb. 22, 2018 9:20 AM

Researchers can often appear as too negative when discussing the Sustainable Development Goals. To join the discussion, I recommend what I call critical engagement.

Volunteers putting on their personal protective equipment before taking care of Ebola patients.

Norway’s Ebola response: solidarity and security

Published Aug. 8, 2017 9:16 AM

– The Norwegian government understood the Ebola epidemic both as a humanitarian crisis and as a security threat.

Re-thinking the role of the state in development in a changing world

Published Apr. 21, 2017 10:17 AM

The world is far too complex to fit into neat categories and theories. Nevertheless, it is important to develop concepts and theories as a means to compare experiences from different corners of the world and draw lessons for the future.