Concept note for the Civil Society symposium side event during the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum, 3 May 2021 - AFRIHEALTH
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AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION
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Email: afrihealthnigeria@gmail.com Phone: +2348034725905 Website: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org |
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Taiwo Close, Toronto Junction; MCC Rd, P.O. Box 1484, Owerri, Imo State,
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CONCEPT NOTE FOR THE
CIVIL SOCIETY SIDE EVENT DURING THE UNITED NATIONS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION (STI) FORUM, 3 MAY 2021
Organizers:
1. Afrihealth
Optonet Association [CSOs Network with consultative status at UN ECOSOC]
2. Society
for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria
(SOCSEEN)
3. Dr
Uzo Adirieje Foundation (DUZAFOUND)
Background and Introduction:
Contemporary and future global economies and
development systems need to be knowledge-driven and anchored around Science,
Technology and Innovation including intellectual properties, ICT (information
and communications technology), health/COVID-19 and energy/climate, among
others. These can never be achieved if the civil society continues to be
largely left out of the efforts to achieve knowledge-based and STI-driven
economies especially in Africa and developing countries (low income and middle
income). The world needs to deliberately harness the abundant (potential) STI
competences and development resources within the civil society and our
communities. It's important to recognize and engage the civil society
organizations [CSOs] and communities as critical partners in creating demand
and accountability for STI research and knowledge generation, depository,
dissemination and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). These capacity and
engagement are needed at all levels of society and governance in order to
'build back better' and achieve the Agenda 2030 SDGs during and beyond
COVID-19, towards achieving Agenda 2063.
To this end, Afrihealth Optonet Association invites
Civil Society actors and STI stakeholders to the Symposium Workshop on ‘The
Place of the Civil Society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to
achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable
Development Goals: imperative of paradigm shifts to leave no one behind’.
This event shall be held on the sideline of the sixth annual (2021) United
Nations multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the
SDGs (STI Forum).
Afrihealth Optonet
Association is a community-focused civil society organization [CSOs]
network/think-tank of about 1000 CSOs with interests in the promotion of Health
as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and
achievement/realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially
in the global South. AFRIHEALTH Network and its members are involved in Health;
Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment; and Empowerment,
Gender/women empowerment, Good Governance and Human Rights. Incorporated in
Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees
in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (PPP); Advocacy and
Mobilisations; Research/Evidence-Generation; Capacity Development/Training and
Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its
objectives; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized,
vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children,
adolescents and elderly. Its target beneficiaries include the poorest of the
poor, children/infants and orphans, women, youth/adolescents, vulnerable
population/groups and the elderly in rural and urban/suburban communities.
Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations
ECOSOC.
Topic:
The Place of the Civil Society in using Science,
Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19
recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals: imperative of paradigm
shifts to leave no one behind
Objectives of the Civil Society side event
include to:
1.
Promote the inclusion of the Civil Society in
the conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and
reporting of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable
and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals and
Agenda 2063
2.
Sensitize the global civil society and
communities at all levels to use community-focused activities to mobilize the
critical support the governments and stakeholders need in using Science,
Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19
recovery and the SDGs;
3.
Emphasize the monitoring and demand-creation
roles of the civil society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to
achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs;
4.
Advocate and emphasize the integration of the
civil society as a key player in promoting and achieving knowledge-based
economies/societies through STI especially in Africa and global South
countries in a seamless manner to avoid unnecessary duplications; and
5.
Promote effective partnership between the
Civil Society and other sectors (government, businesses/private for-profit
sector, media, etc.) in order to achieve knowledge-based
economies/societies anchored on STI at all levels and in all
countries/communities.
WHEN: May 3, 2021 04:00 PM
West Central Africa
VENUE:
Virtual via Zoom
Event Link:
The event link is available
through registration. Register in advance for this meeting via (clicking on)
this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvduGtqT8pHdad_t0je_rw6HSaCLbIMPGt
After registering, you will
receive a confirmation email containing the personalized event link for joining
the side event.
The symposium workshop shall
also receive interventions from notable panelists across the world, activists,
participants and stakeholders in vaccine and immunization, in a global
audience.
Contact:
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
CEO/Global Coordinator & Main
Representative to the United Nations,
Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network]
– with consultative status at UN ECOSOC
Website: www.afrihealthcsos.org
Weblog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com/
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