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Spring Training Highlights

One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries, organized a skill-based training session in the Injooni fishing village in Kismayo, Jubbaland Somalia. The training focused on various aspects of fishing equipment, particularly net making, maintenance, and repair. Five members from neighboring fishing communities participated in the session alongside local fishermen.

March 28,2024

Addressing Migration And Value Chains In The Arauca Region

Since 2021, this project generates opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and employment for the vulnerable local population and Venezuelan migrants.

March 27,2024

One Earth Future's Shuraako Program Joins The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo 2024 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, April 24, 2024 - The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo has a clear message: the time to invest in Somalia are now. Somalia has demonstrated its readiness to embrace investment, setting the stage for fruitful partnerships and initiatives. Organizers and attendees are focused on paving the way for a more interconnected future for the region.

April 24,2024

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May 05, 2020

How Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Business Lending in Fragile States

Artificial intelligence could improve the process of enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

May 05, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Could Aid in Unlocking Access to Capital for Somali Businesses

New research by One Earth Future identifies the potential for artificial intelligence to improve lending practices in fragile and conflict-affected states.

May 01, 2020

AADCO Paper Factory: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Somali Business Sector

Employing over 50 staff members, one third of which are female, AADCO manufactures a range of paper products, but in an innovative push into environment-friendly entrepreneurship, the company also recently started the first recycling initiative of its kind in Somaliland.

Somali company manufactures egg cartons from waste paper

April 20, 2020

New Video Series Presents Stories of Women Seeding Peace in Colombia

In a new eight week video series, “Women Seeding Peace: Life After Coca Crops,” One Earth Future Foundation’s PASO Colombia program presents the compelling stories of women who have courageously transformed their own lives and livelihoods to help put their communities on a path toward a more peacefu...

Women stop growing coca crops in Colombia

April 06, 2020

Supporting Sustainable Substitution of Coca Crops

With a strategy that combines local knowledge and skills, with productive innovations and access to markets, 1,967 people who substituted coca crops have become engines of peace and sustainable development in their territories.

April 02, 2020

Access to Capital Crucial to Increasing Business Revenue in Somalia

A new report drawing on Shuraako data, shows that increased access to capital plays the largest role in increasing business revenues.

April 01, 2020

OEF's Open Nuclear Network Programme Joins European Non-proliferation and Disarmament Network

Open Nuclear Network joins the European non-proliferation and disarmament network (EUNPD), a collection of think tanks combating weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.

April 01, 2020

Plan for the Replacement of Illegal Crops Provides Sustainable Future for Colombian Farmers

PASO Colombia and the UN support 1,967 farmers in the substitution of illegal crops, providing legal crop alternatives and access to markets.

March 30, 2020

Sharing Lessons Learned About Peacebuilding In Colombia

The University of Notre Dame and PASO Colombia work together for the reintegration of ex-combatants and the substitution of crops for illicit use.

March 20, 2020

Creating Market Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

One Earth Future’s Shuraako program empowers women entrepreneurs in the Somali region by providing affordable access to finance and tailored advisory support.

Invest in Africa - Somalia Entrepreneurs

March 16, 2020

New Report Identifies Challenges and Opportunities for Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal

Over the course of the past year, OEF’s Stable Seas program partnered with the UN Office and Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Maritime Crime Programme and the Observer Research Foundation to report on the challenges and opportunities facing maritime security in the Bay of Bengal.

Maritime Security Report - Bay of Bengal

March 10, 2020

Open Nuclear Network: A New Open Source Data Peace Initiative to Reduce Nuclear Risk

ONN combines open source data technology with a multinational team of experienced analysts and researchers, and its expert coordination of a global Engagement Network of accomplished individuals who are well positioned to open doors for dialogue among global leaders.

March 10, 2020

New Programme Aims to Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use

Open Nuclear Network was officially launched today, a new non-aligned non-governmental organization with a mission to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons use in response to human or technical error, uncertainty or misdirection.

New Nuclear Reduction and Monitoring Program

March 09, 2020

Launch of the Congressional Women, Peace and Security Caucus

A newly-established Congressional Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Caucus seeks to ensure that the WPS goals stated in the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 and in the Women, Peace and Security Act (P.L. 115-68) are considered national security and foreign policy priorities.

Women Peace and Security (WPS) Caucus, Lois Frankel, Mike Walz

March 08, 2020

OEF Celebrates Women Seeding Peace Across Our Global Communities

It is well documented that women are critical participants in all aspects of society and positive social change, not least of all in achieving peace and stability around the world. The full and meaningful leadership, empowerment, and protection of women is essential to resolving deadly conflict and ...

March 06, 2020

Meet Nuclear Analyst Tianran Xu

I study missiles and nuclear delivery systems to better understand capabilities and ways to build strong, verifiable agreement and reduce the risk of nuclear weapons systems.

March 06, 2020

Meet Nuclear Analyst Jaewoo Shin

I use open source data, statistics and machine learning to understand evolving trends related to nuclear risk reduction. Our current focus is the Korean Peninsula which, on a personal level, I obviously care deeply about.

Jaewoo Shin Analyst Open Nuclear Network

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