The mission of the GSO is to facilitate dialogue and disseminate information on social issues in order to encourage stakeholders to engage in a broadened search for solutions and policy coherence. This service is based on a participatory process that brings all interested parties together in a neutral space to identify solutions and policies that are coherent. These solutions can then contribute to policy-making at the governmental and intergovernmental levels.

In addition, the GSO builds its programming around information gathering and analysis of global social issues. Our team monitors and reports on the Geneva international scene, a major center for international organizations dealing with global social issues, but we also look beyond Geneva to provide in-depth analysis on selected issues in a broadened search for solutions and policy coherence. GSO reports cover a wide range of social issues such as business and human rights, migration, food security and climate change.

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GSO Colloquium Series Launch Event

10 January 2012

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On 10 January 2012, the Global Social Observatory launched a Colloquium Series on Non-Communicable Diseases to support the implementation of the United Nations Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs under the leadership of the World Health Organization.  The launch event on 10 January featured a discussion on the specific issues and challenge areas associated with establishing the underlying principles for multi-stakeholder dialogue and engagement, leading to the adoption of a statement on “The Role of Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Sectoral Collaboration on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases”.  Please click here to read the statement. 

The 10 January event also introduced the participatory framework for the rest of the Colloquium Series.  Please click here to see the results of the GSO Colloquium Series Survey.  The GSO has also prepared a proposal for a 2012 Colloquium Series on Non-Communicable Disease for broad multi-stakeholder sponsorship for the series.  Please click here for the proposal.

Click here to go to the GSO NCD project page