The EU is in the process of setting out its position on the newly launched Global Health Strategy intending to improve global health security and deliver better health for all in a changing world.

The first national forum for the Sustainable Development Goals, FNODD (Forum National sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable) has been launched through a two-day conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

On December 6, a one day sensitization meeting was held regarding the role of the university in the implementation of the SDGs in DRC. The Rector of the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN) called on a conference with all the UNIKIN Communities (Professors, scientifics, administratives and students) to discuss.

The Somalia team for the project Building capacity for sustainable development in fragile states (SDGCap) has launched a multisectoral platform for sustainable development.

Reference group of CESH provides valuable feedback on the Centre’s tool kits for sustainable health.

On the 14th of December 2022 the working group members of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH) were joined by the Centre’s reference group for a 90-minute Zoom session.

Training programme on sustainable health presented at major public health conference

Meet Dr. Freddy Bangelesa who is a research scientist and senior lecturer at Kinshasa School of Public Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is also a coordinator for the training programme Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health.

A series of multisectoral workshops on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have been held in Uganda in two local government districts in Uganda: Mayuge and Mukono. The aim of the workshops was to increase the knowledge on the SDGs and enhancing their localization within the district while working across sectors.

Mayuge – September 14-15

The Somali team in SDGCap has conducted a four-day workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) for the Public Sector to enhance Accountability and Transparency. The training workshop targeted key monitoring and evaluation project implementation staff of government officials at federal and state level.

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.

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).

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).

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.