The University of Wolverhampton was honoured with a keynote address from the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General as CIDT celebrated its 50th birthday. Executive Director Nikhil Seth of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) commented on the similarity and alignment between the respective missions of UNITAR and CIDT: helping behaviour change through adult learning and the challenge of achieving such change in human behaviour. Watch the full keynote.

CIDT will host this international panel session at the University of Wolverhampton’s Festival of Research & Innovation. CIDT partners will share learning and good practice in community engagement in the context of global sustainable development. Register to attend online.

A new report by Daniela Baur describes findings of an analysis of capacities to deliver social protection in Nigeria. It focuses specifically on generating findings that will be useful to situations of protracted crisis, such as displacement due to conflict or climate shocks. The paper demonstrates that using the Capacity Cube renders visible the imbalances and the gaps in investments in social protection in Nigeria. Read more.