UN Global Compact Ghana

Green Finance Dialogue
2021-11-25 09:30 UTC
“The Green Finance Dialogue: “Connecting Businesses to Green Investment Opportunities” is brought to you by the UN Global Compact Network Ghana and Arocha Ghana.
The objectives of the event are:
• To create awareness on green investments opportunities;
• To provide information on how businesses can access these opportunities;
• To encourage businesses to adopt greener ways of doing business;
• To create a platform for knowledge and experience sharing.
Kindly contact Mina Pokuaa Agyemang on mina.agyemang@arocha.org / 0244437099 for any further enquiries.

The UN Global Compact Network Ghana's Launch of the UN Global Compact Africa Strategy
2021-11-17 08:00 - 14:00
Under the theme “The Importance of Sustainability in the Decade of Action: Transforming Businesses to become more Resilient and Competitive”, the program will focus on 3 key areas:
• A discussion on the importance of sustainability of business as a key driver of corporate leadership on the Sustainable Development Goals using the Ten Principles;
• An introduction of the UN Global Compact as the leading resource for businesses and a showcase of its new Africa Strategy and offerings for businesses to achieve sustainability and finally;
• A session on how companies need to be sustainable to take full advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area with its opportunities.
Kindly contact Ms. Rhoda Boateng via rhoda.boateng@unglobalcompactghana.com or on 0505526586 for further inquiries.

United Nations Day
2021-10-24
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.
There is no other global organization with the legitimacy, convening power and normative impact of the United Nations. Today, the urgency for all countries to come together, to fulfil the promise of the nations united, has rarely been greater.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
2021-10-17
In a world characterized by an unprecedented level of economic development, technological means and financial resources, that millions of persons are living in extreme poverty is a moral outrage. Poverty is not solely an economic issue, but rather a multidimensional phenomenon that encompasses a lack of both income and the basic capabilities to live in dignity.
Persons living in poverty experience many interrelated and mutually reinforcing deprivations that prevent them from realizing their rights and perpetuate their poverty, including:

dangerous work conditions
unsafe housing
lack of nutritious food
unequal access to justice
lack of political power
limited access to health care

This year marks the 27th anniversary of the declaration by the General Assembly, in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, of 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year also marks the 32nd anniversary of the Call to Action by Father Joseph Wresinski — which inspired the observance of October 17 as the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty — and the recognition by the United Nations of the day as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

World Food Day
2021-10-16
World Food Day – It’s your day!

Collective action across 150 countries is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, businesses, NGOs, the media, and general public. They promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure healthy diets for all.
#WorldFoodDay 2021 will be marked a second time while countries around the world deal with the widespread effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a time to look into the future we need to build together.

YOUNG SDG INNOVATORS SUMMIT
2021-10-13
This Young SDG Leaders Summit will be the first Summit to celebrate and engage young corporate
leaders and entrepreneurs to create the solutions for the future of sustainable business. This
inaugural Summit is designed to be exclusively virtual year-after-year.

UNITING BUSINESS LIVE
2021-09-20 00:00 - 2021-09-22 00:00
A virtual summit held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Week, Uniting Business LIVE (UBL) hosts the Private Sector Forum, Global Impact Forum and SDG Business Forum (in partnership with International Chamber of Commerce and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs). Uniting Business LIVE aligns with the themes of the General Assembly and amplifies unified global actions on the SDGs.

International Equal Pay Day
2021-09-18
Equal pay for work of equal value
International Equal Pay Day represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls.
Across all regions, women are paid less than men, with the gender pay gap estimated at 23 per cent globally. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls continues to be held back owing to the persistence of historical and structural unequal power relations between women and men, poverty and inequalities and disadvantages in access to resources and opportunities that limit women’s and girls’ capabilities. Progress on narrowing that gap has been slow. While equal pay for men and women has been widely endorsed, applying it in practice has been difficult.
In order to ensure that no one is left behind, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address the need to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Furthermore, the SDGs promote decent work and economic growth by seeking full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. Mainstreaming of a gender perspective is crucial in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Achieving equal pay is an important milestone for human rights and gender equality. It takes the effort of the entire world community and more work remains to be done. The United Nations, including UN Women and the International Labour Organization (ILO) invites Members states and civil society, women’s and community-based organizations and feminist groups, as well as businesses and workers’ and employers’ organizations, to promote equal pay for work of equal value and the economic empowerment of women and girls.

International Youth Day
2021-08-12
International Youth Day (IYD) gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement. The commemoration will take the form of a podcast-style discussion that is hosted by youth for youth, together with independently organized commemorations around the world that recognize the importance of youth participation in political, economic and social life and processes.

UN Global Compact Leaders Summit: 2021
2021-06-15 - 2021-06-16
The UN Global Compact 2021 Leaders Summit will elevate ambition for strategic collective action, with focused objectives and clear paths to recovery from the continued climate crisis, global pandemic, economic disparities and social inequalities. The annual Summit will once again virtually convene more than 25,000 leaders from business, Government, the UN, and Civil Society, to take stock of the state of progress, highlight the areas for greater influence, and drive collective action on focused issues to make lasting change.
Only through multi-stakeholder collaboration, innovative thought leadership, transparent reporting on progress and focused data driven initiatives can we get back on track. Now, more than ever before, adherence to the Ten Principles and advancement of responsible business practices is essential for recovery and rebuilding a just, equitable and resilient society.
Together, we can unite business for a better world.
Register here: https://na.eventscloud.com/website/23790/registration_types-5/

World Day Against Child Labour
2021-06-12
This year’s World Day Against Child Labour focuses on action taken for the 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. It is the first World Day since the universal ratification of the ILO’s Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, and takes place at time when the COVID-19 crisis threatens to reverse years of progress in tackling the problem.
In June for the World Day, the ILO and UNICEF will release new global estimates and trends on child labour (2016-2020), under the aegis of Alliance 8.7. The report will include an assessment of how the pace of progress towards ending child labour is likely to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented economic crisis that has accompanied it.

Committees' Official Induction and Leadership Election
2021-05-20 09:30 - 12:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88025468427
In this session, the leaders of the UN Global Compact Network Ghana Committees will be elected. The Committees will then be inducted officially to begin their activities.

Poverty Alleviation Workshop
2021-03-31 09:00 - 10:30

WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool Demonstration
2021-03-23 09:00 - 10:15
This session will include an introduction to the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a demonstration on how to use the WEPs Tool and an invitation to sign up to the Target Gender Equality Initiative.
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. Established by UN Global Compact and UN Women, the WEPs are informed by international labour and human rights standards and grounded in the recognition that businesses have a stake in, and a responsibility for, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The WEPs Tool is a business-driven tool designed to help companies from around the world assess gender equality performance across the workplace, marketplace, and community.
Register here to join us – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HDdjSK4-TFyakw3CvkKjLQ

WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool and SDG Action Manager Training
2021-02-25

West African Gender Equality Initiative: Engaging and Communicating with Stakeholders to Support Gender Equality
2021-02-18 09:00 - 11:00

Board Meeting
2021-02-04
