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USAID officially launched the New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Incubator

7. December 2019

The NPI Incubator will develop resources and training for local and underutilized groups, including faith-based, community, and civil-society organizations, so they can successfully compete for USAID funding. ...

World Bank Global Faith Engagement: The Role of Faith in Fragile Contexts

5. December 2019

70 high-level faith-based actors convened on October 15th, 2019 in Washington to discuss the role of faith in building social and economic inclusion to advance sustainable country level outcomes in ...

New Study on the Rights of the Child

12. November 2019

On November 19th, a new multi-religious study on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will be presented in the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Registration for this ...

EADI ISS Conference 2020

5. November 2019

The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) announce the 16th EADI General Conference, to be held in The Hague. ...

Call for Applications: First iDove Intercontinental Youth Forum in Southeast Asia

22. October 2019

The First Intercontinental Youth Forum in Southeast Asia will be held from December 4th to 6th, 2019 in Jakarta. Are you engaged or interested in preventing violent extremism? Please apply ...

Water and Faith: 2018 World Water Week

29. September 2019

A number of events raised interest and attention to the shared efforts of faith actors to achieve SDG 6, to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for ...

Faith and Development in Focus: Tanzania

26. September 2019

The World Faiths Development Dialogue has published a report on Faith and Development in Tanzania in September 2019, supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD). ...

International Day of Peace: Peacebuilders Call on Governments to Move from Commitments to Action on Peace

21. September 2019

Over 100 organizations release a statement in advance of the International Day of Peace on September 21th, 2019 in New York. ...

Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

19. September 2019

Advocating for Human Rights at the US Department of State ...

Caring For Our Common Future: Religions for Peace World Assembly in Lindau, Germany

2. September 2019

900 delegates from more than 100 countries convened from August 20th to 23rd, 2019 to commit to concrete action for the building of multi-religious peace globally. ...

The Role of Partnership in Achieving Freedom of Religion or Belief

28. August 2019

PaRD members held a side event on the margins of the 2019 Ministerial To Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, DC. ...

PaRD Side Event to the High-Level Political Forum 2019. Together for the Goals – Religious Actors’ Role in Sustaining Peace

1. August 2019

The PaRD SDG 16 work-stream on Sustaining Peace convened a side event during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2019 on July 16, at the Church Center for the United ...