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Digitalisation is acknowledged as a tool to scale the climate-smart agriculture solutions but for this to happen, capacity building for countries to better coordinate their data as the foundation for digital solutions is a must. Countries need national space for data exchange, where harmonisation takes place, to reduce the current duplication and conflicting national statistics.
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The establishment of the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1965 emphasised the equality of all members, and gave final discouragement to the lingering sentiment that one member had a right to some predominance over others. It has enabled the Commonwealth to develop along independent lines in accordance with the interest of all its members.
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23 January 2025 to 23 January 2025
(GMT)
Event
In 2018, the Secretariat partnered with the United Kingdom to improve the engagement of member states with the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. The Secretariat and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the Commonwealth Small States Office.
13 June 2024 to 13 June 2024
(GMT)
Conference
Botswana is a member of the Physical, Digital and Regulatory Connectivity clusters of the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda. The Connectivity Agenda is a platform for countries to exchange best practices and experiences to trade and investment and undertake domestic reform.
A series of high-level ministerial meetings will bring together representatives from all Commonwealth member countries to exchange views and discuss joint strategies around governance, sustainable development and climate issues, in the margins of the High-Level week of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
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