Plastic. We create it. We use it. We fill our oceans with it. A staggering 350 million tonnes is produced each year and hardly a fraction is recycled. Most ends up in landfills or gets dumped into oceans. How can we make use of this revolutionary material without polluting our environment? Merijn Tinga puts this global dilemma into perspective for […]

Today’s youth are part of the largest generation of young people to date. The potential of this generation will be lost if we do not invest more in ensuring they have the necessary vocational and digital skills to contribute to an economy which requires adaptability like never before. Today’s youth are three times more likely to be […]

Center back Dejan Lovren will lead the defense of the Croatian national team in the World Cup final on Sunday against a feared French attack. But challenges are nothing new to Lovren. He was born to Croatian parents in Zenica in Yougoslavia, now Bosnia-Herzegovina. When he was only three years old his parents had to escape the conflict and […]

Thursday 12 July 19.00 (Cinéma Galeries) On July 12th 2018, Ciné-ONU screened Sacred Water, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at Cinéma Galeries in Brussels. The film takes the audience to modern Rwanda where it confronts the topics of cultural heritage, marital relations, and girlhood […]

10 July 2018. Europe is the region doing best “by far” in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Sweden topping a list presented at the annual High-­‐level  Political  Forum  on the progress of the SDGs. The top fourteen countries on the list presented in a key-note speech by Professor Jeffrey […]