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The Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit (DSP) of DESA-DPAD organised a live Facebook chat on the World Economic and Social Survey 2013 which focuses on Sustainable Development Challenges. DSP wishes to use the social media to reach out to interested audiences across the globe. The chat engaged 1,364 Facebook users from all over the world and also invited comments and questions from users of Twitter. The panellists included Willem van der Geest, Chief DSP and the authors of the WESS2013.
The questions asked covered a broad range of topics, such as energy transformation, food and nutrition security, sustainable cities—directly related to WESS 2013—to population policies, the progress on the MDGs and the involvement of youth in realizing sustainable development. It was found that many young professionals from Africa, Asia and Latin America were keen to engage with the WESS authors in a discussion on the sustainable development challenges that confront their countries. Many comments proposed immediate collective action for policy makers as well as for civil society organizations.
Link to the Facebook Chat: http://on.fb.me/1dABucQ
