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Findings from the Workshop Series: Strengthening Transregional Cooperation on AI Governance

Strategic Input Note

As the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance gets underway, the KAS New York Office, Cepei, and the Canadian Council for the Americas are highlighting the findings of a three-part workshop series held between March and April 2026 to strengthen transregional cooperation on AI governance among Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Canada.

Antarctica as a Model for Peace: Lessons for Global Commons in Times of Great Power Competition

Lunch Roundtable Discussion

How can lessons from Antarctica help inform the peaceful governance of global commons in an age of renewed great power competition?

Terrorist Exploitation of Armed Conflicts for Digital Content

Report Launch and Presentation

The latest report from the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office examines how terrorists and violent extremists are exploiting conflicts in Afghanistan, the Sahel, and Ukraine to develop online materials that can be used to incentivize further violence and exacerbate grievances.

Safeguarding the Future Role of Civil Society in the HIV Response: Opportunities and Challenges

Breakfast Roundtable with Civil Society

Civil society has been at the heart of the global HIV response for decades, reaching communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, advancing human rights, challenging stigma and discrimination, and holding governments and international partners accountable. Yet today, hard-won gains are under growing pressure from shrinking civic space, funding constraints, geopolitical shifts, and persistent barriers to care.

New Technologies and the Transformation of the Maritime Security Agenda

Breakfast Workshop with UN Member States

New technologies are driving major transformations in surveillance and information-sharing, weapon systems, and maritime critical infrastructure. With these transformations, however, come a host of challenges for maritime security, made even more complex by the growing role of non-state actors and the blurring of boundaries between commercial activity, dual-use technology, and armed conflict at sea.

Financing Resilient SIDS Economies: UN–IFI Coordination on Debt Sustainability and Investment

New York–Washington Dialogue

For Small Island Developing States, debt, climate vulnerability, and investment are not separate challenges. They are deeply connected and addressing them requires stronger coordination between New York and Washington, the UN system, the World Bank Group, Member States, and external partners.

Fostering Partnerships with Small Island Developing States for Strengthened Ocean Governance

High-Level Lunch Roundtable

For small island developing states (SIDS), achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14—focused on the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources—is not merely a policy objective, but a matter of survival. As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, urgent action is needed to accelerate implementation of SDG 14 and ensure effective ocean governance for our future.

From Ambition to Action: Strengthening Biodiversity Governance and Financing

In Recognition of the International Day for Biological Diversity

On May 22, in observance of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN, convened a breakfast roundtable, “From Ambition to Action: Strengthening Biodiversity Governance and Financing.” The discussion brought together representatives from the United Nations system, Member States, international financial institutions, and civil society to examine how global biodiversity commitments can be translated into stronger governance, better financing, and practical implementation ahead of COP17.

The Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Key Developments and Regional Outlook

Roundtable Discussion with High Representative Christian Schmidt

More than 30 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, the question much remains the same: what can be done to preserve stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and more broadly, the Western Balkans region?

From Pledges to Production: Delivering the SDGs through the Real Economy

Roundtable Discussion, on the margins of the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum

On April 22, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office, in partnership with the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), convened a lunch dialogue, “From Pledges to Production: Delivering the SDGs through the Real Economy,” bringing together representatives from the UN system, Member States, international financial institutions, and the private sector.

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