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2018 World Health Summit in Berlin on October 14th to 16th 2018

4. September 2018

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) for Health and PaRD are hosting a session titled "Linking Cultural Heritage, Values, Cutting-Edge Science, Religion, and Health to Promote Peace and Respect" on Oct 14th ...

2nd iDove Intercontinental Youth Forum – October 3rd to 5th 2018

23. August 2018

The Interfaith Dialogue on Violent Extremism (iDove) invites creatives, academics, policy makers and community workers to apply for their Second Intercontinental Youth Forum to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...

Fourth Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion in International Affairs

3. August 2018

On 22nd January 2018, the Fourth Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs was held at the UN Secretariat in New York. The focus ...

PaRD General Assembly of Members 2018

31. July 2018

Over 75 representatives of the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) members gathered for the partnership’s 2018 General Assembly of Members. The meeting took place on June 24th ...

August 8th – September 28th: Innovative online training for capacity building on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

20. July 2018

The GIZ, commissioned by PaRD member BMZ, offers a series of webinars to increase effectiveness of setting up and managing Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP), such as PaRD. ...

July 24th, Side Event on Engaging Transformative Religious Narratives for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

20. July 2018

Side event to the Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC ...

GHR Foundation’s 2018 BridgeBuilder Challenge is now open!

5. July 2018

Through the BridgeBuilder Challenge, a total of US$1 million in funding will be allocated to initiatives seeking to support innovative projects that respond to pressing and emergent needs across peace, ...

Full documentation now online: Strategic Learning Exchange in Amman under the auspices of Prince Hassan ibn Talal

22. June 2018

About 60 participants from 13 countries met in Jordan’s capital Amman from March 21st to 23rd 2018 for the „United Nations Regional Strategic Learning Exchange on Religion, Development and Humanitarian ...

Faith in the Sustainable Development Goals – The Way Forward

22. June 2018

PaRD members and partners convene at Château de Bossey for the General Assembly of Members from Sunday onward to engage the social capital and capacities vested in diverse faith communities ...

Call for submission by April 30th, 2018: Good Practice Examples of Local Faith Community Responses to Refugees

26. April 2018

The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) Refugee Hub is collaborating with UNHCR to undertake an analysis of Good Practice Examples of Local Faith Community Responses to ...

PaRD Task Group meeting to discuss future governance structure of PaRD

27. March 2018

As mandated at the Second PaRD Annual Meeting, a 5+5+1-Task Group consisting of each five representatives of members and partners as well as the PaRD secretariat met from January 31st ...

KAICIID: A busy February in Vienna

20. March 2018

Surrounding KAICIID's fifth anniversary, the Vienna-based intergovernmental organization founded by Saudi Arabia, Austria and Spain with the Holy See as a founding Observer gathered key members and partners on three ...