Our Common Agenda
About the initiative
In commemoration of the UN’s 75th anniversary, member states signed a declaration identifying twelve areas of action for global cooperation and recovery. In response to this, the Secretary-General presented the “our common agenda” (OCA) report, making recommendations on how to fulfil the twelve commitments of the UN75 declaration.
Southern Voice was invited by the office of the Secretary-General to contribute to this report. The network had four background notes cited in the final OCA and commissioned four policy briefs from its think tanks in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. These briefs highlight and make recommendations on important points from the report including the future of work, multilateral systems, vaccine equity, energy access, and public information.
ARTICLES
Building back better: global priorities for a new social contract
As COVID-19 became a pandemic, the universal nature of the crisis put the focus on inequalities within countries.
The Future of Jobs: A Global Call to Action
In times of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the key to the future of work lies in the intersection of the demographic transitions and the reskilling of the Global South labour force.
