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External event

Bargaining for the Common Good in the World of Global Finance (New York)

Date: 
16 July, 2018

A discussion of what trade unions should know about options within the multilateral system - This one-day strategy session – taking place on the sidelines of the UN HLPF - will bring experts in financial regulation and corporate governance from academia and the UN system together with representatives from trade unions and CSOs.

Partnership or Business Case? Private Sector and the SDGs (New York)

Date: 
13 July, 2018

This side event to the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, co-sponsored by PSI, will discuss the activities and strategies of private sector actors towards the SDG implementation. Does private sector involvement lead to more sustainability, the implementation of the SDGs and positively affect business models and behavior in the long run – or not?

Conversation with the authors of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018 (New York)

Date: 
12 July, 2018

The authors of the Spotlight Report 2018 Exploring new policy pathways: How to overcome obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda will present key findings and recommendations to participants for discussion.

AFT Convention 2018 (Pittsburgh, PA)

Date: 
13 July, 2018 to 16 July, 2018

The American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) 85th convention will convene in at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA from 13-16 July. The biennial AFT convention is the most important policy making body of the federation. PSI General Secretary, Rosa Pavanelli will be attending.

CLP Leadership Symposium (Jamaica)

Date: 
28 June, 2018 to 29 June, 2018

The Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP) fifth and final Leadership Symposium, will be held from 28-29 June 2018 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Building Leadership Resilience is the focus of the 2-day Symposium.

Tax Justice Network’s annual conference (Lima)

Date: 
13 June, 2018 to 14 June, 2018

The Tax Justice Network’s annual conference "Paradise lost? Inequality and tax injustice" is taking place this Wednesday 13 June to Thursday 14 June in Lima, Peru. The conference, jointly hosted with FES and Latindadd, brings together campaigners, researchers, policy makers and tax experts from across the world to share the inspiring and vital work they are doing on tax justice.

The Future is Public (Montreal)

Date: 
15 June, 2018 to 16 June, 2018

The Future is Public is a two-day gathering of union leaders, activists, researchers, and community groups designed to share ideas and proposals around building a pro-public movement in Canada.

UN Conference of State Parties to the Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Date: 
12 June, 2018 to 14 June, 2018

PSI is participating for the first time in the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) held in New York from 12-14 June. PSI is also jointly organising a side event on 13 June, to identify how Social Dialogue is, or could be, used to ensure the implementation of the CRPD.

World Health Assembly – 71st Session (Geneva)

Date: 
21 May, 2018 to 26 May, 2018