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Geospatial Practices for Sustainable Development in South-East Asia
The Asia-Pacific Plan of Action on Space Applications for Sustainable Development (2018–2030) aligns with ESCAP’s Regional Roadmap for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. The Plan of Action includes 188 actions in the following 6 thematic areas: (a) disaster risk reduction and resilience; (b) management of natural resources; (c) connectivity for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (d) social development; (e) energy; and (f) climate change.
Communication for behavioural impact in Kenya
A continuing global dilemma for health and social development professionals is finding effective ways to encourage adoption and maintenance of behaviours that enhance people’s lives the critical challenge being that of achieving behavioural impact. Communication for behavioural impact (COMBI) is a methodology for influencing and/or reinforcing a decision/behaviour/social norm and/or mobilizing various sectors of society to take action on a common issue and creating a sense of shared responsibility. It is based on the private-sector approach of integrated marketing communication and offers a dynamic approach to achieving behavioural results in social development and not just results in terms of increased awareness and knowledge.
Acknowledgements
The present publication was prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division Stefan Schweinfest Director.
Policy recommendations for accelerating the implementation of the Plan of Action in South-East Asia
Chapter 2 and 3 demonstrated the wide range of space applications that are being used in South-East Asia to support sustainable development. The chapters showed that the use of space and geospatial applications have increased diversified and gained increasing traction since ESCAP began tracking them in the context of monitoring the implementation of the Plan of Action on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific (2018–2030). Geospatial information has played a critical role in providing information to manage and respond to the various challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been vividly demonstrated in the past two years as epidemiological information and information pertaining to the development of response and policies to manage the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic was efficiently and effectively provided.
Introduction
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) done at Geneva on 26 May 2000 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) entered into force on 28 February 2008.
Introduction
L’Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par voies de navigation intérieures (ADN) fait à Genève le 26 mai 2000 sous l’égide de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Europe (CEE-ONU) et de la Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin (CCNR) est entré en vigueur le 29 février 2008.
Acknowledgements
The authors – Yitna Getachew Rosilyne Borland Noëlle Darbellay Dina Afzali Bryan Ocaya Grace Gayao and Marina Cakic – would like to thank IOM colleagues Tim Howe Joselito Cabaña Sacha Chan Kam Nassima Clerin Laurence Hunzinger Nimo Ismail Rana Jaber Peppi Kiviniemi-Siddiq Alem Makonnen Agueda Marin Daniel Redondo Heather Komenda Aleksandra Izydorczyk Heba Abdel Laura Boucein Giamaica Scoppa Olta Ndoja and all the IOM colleagues in the field for their valuable contributions to this report.