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Discussion on UHC for vulnerable populations in DRC

A workshop on how vulnerable populations can be included in the strategy to achieve Universal Health Care (UHC), was organised in Kinshasa 25–26 November.

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Involving students as communicators of SDG:s on campus to raise their UNIKIN awareness and interest on SDG

A workshop to generate new knowledge and innovative solutions and to communicate it to relevant actors, for evidence-based action and policymaking, to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG:s), was organised by the DRC team with the students coordination team of University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN).

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The role of civil society women associations to achieve SDG 5 in Somalia

One of the key activities of the SDGCap project in Somalia has been a workshop to explore the role of civil society women associations for the attainment of Agenda 2030 in Somalia, with particular emphasis on SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls).

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Training of 65 civil agents in DR Congo

Under the SDGCap Project, the Kinshasa School of Public health (KSPH), together with the Ministry of Planning (through the Congolese Observatory for Sustainable Development – OCDD), and with the support of the UNDP, organized an awareness workshop and training of 65 civil administrators from the 13 Ministries on SDG implementation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This national-level

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Adressing the challenge of youth unemployment in Somalia through innovation and entrepreneurship

Benadir University hosted a workshop with stakeholder discussions on how Benadir university and other key stakeholders can address the challenge of youth unemployment in Somalia through enabling innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Empowering the youth in higher education institutions for sustainable development in Uganda
On the 6th of August 2022, the Building Capacity for Sustainable Health in Fragile States project (SDGCap) study team held an multidisciplinary engagement workshop with 19 student leaders from different colleges at Makerere Univ
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Getting started with the Sustainable Development Goals in universities

In June 2022 Benadir University in Somalia, partner in the project Building capacity for sustainable development in fragile states (SDGCap) organized the one day workshop Getting started with the Sustainable Development Goals in universities.

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Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University: the future of Uganda-Sweden Research Collaboration

A delegation from Karolinska Institute that is working together with Makerere University School of public Health visited the Embassy of Sweden in Uganda in May 2022. Dr. Rhoda Wanyenze from Makerere University and Dr.

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Somali Delegation Presents VNR Report at UN Forum

Prof. Hassan Nor, and Eng. Rage Adem, the Somalia SDGCap PLT members, and Prof. Mohamed Fuje, Board Member, were invited to the event of submitting the Somali Voluntary National Review Report (VNR) to the UN during the High-Level Political Forum in New York.

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SDGCap project lead team meets in Kampala, Uganda

Beginning of May 2022, the whole project lead team of SDGCap went to Kampala, Uganda for workshops and meetings. During 3 days packed with activities, the team had the chance to meet in person and continue develop the project.

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Impactful training on sustainable health for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa concludes in Uganda

A total of 19 managers working in the health system, across sectors, from DRC, Uganda and Somalia met for the first time in Uganda in May 2022 after participating in the online professional leadership program Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health.

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Sustainable Development Goals Dissemination Workshop in Kampala, Uganda

On 31st of March 2022, a dissemination workshop on linkages in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) project was organized. The purpose was to share key results from the SDG Synergies Workshop held in October 2021 and to trigger discussions on participants’ perceptions of the results from that workshop.

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KI hosts workshop for CESH-project for sustainable development in fragile settings

Karolinska Institutet hosted a project planning workshop within the project Building Capacity for Sustainable Development in Fragile States (SDGCap) in Stockholm on 21-22 March, 2022.

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Dissemination and validation workshop on Sustainable Development Goal in Mogadishu-Somalia

On March 15, 2022, a dissemination and validation workshop was hosted at Benadir University Research and Development, where findings from the previously held SDG Synergies workshop were presented and discussed along with findings from key informant interviews. 

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Multisectoral discussion on sustainable development goals in DRC, Uganda and Somalia

Within the framework of the Sida funded project Capacity development project for sustainable development in fragile states 3 workshops were held. The workshops included 30 participants form different sectors and therefore created an arena for multisectoral discussions, something that ha

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