Consilium Group Advisors

CGA Associate’s Day!

So sad to say goodbye to wonderful Paola Carrizo, a student from who joined our internship program three months ago and has successfully finished her term. Paola is hardworking, disciplined, and a pleasure to work with. 


Pao: We wish you the very best in your journey and look forward to the fantastic things you will do in life!

“This is our time. A moment for transformation. An era to re-ignite multilateralism. An age of possibilities”



https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1100452

Restore trust and inspire hope, UN chief says in message to UNGA76 With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his keynote address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

A global early warning center in Berlin will use artificial intelligence to predict the next pandemic. But AI's already helped us fight COVID-19.
https://p.dw.com/p/3w4yI

COVID: Artificial intelligence in the pandemic | DW | 30.08.2021 A global early warning center in Berlin will use artificial intelligence to predict the next pandemic. But AI's already helped us fight COVID-19.

An interesting take on the role of aid in conflict environments.

https://l4p.odi.org/resources/war-gains-in-afghanistan-and-the-implications-for-peace

Earlier this year, consultants for Lessons for Peace: Afghanistan… Earlier this year, consultants for Lessons for Peace: Afghanistan studied the main sources of funds for different conflict actors in Nimroz. A strategic province in south-west Afghanistan that borders Iran and Pakistan, Nimroz became the first provincial capital to be taken by the insurgents last…

Glass ceiling of Latino American women in investment funds

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/women-still-left-behind-in-latin-america-s-investment-funds

Women Still Left Behind in Latin America’s Investment Funds Women comprise the majority of the work force in Latin American funds, but just a fraction of them achieve senior decision-making positions and an even smaller number own money-managing firms.Only 37% of 28 funds surveyed had women in top management roles and just 25% were majority-owned by them, ac...

Sierra Leone abolishes capital punishment.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/24/sierra-leone-abolishes-death-penalty?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sierra Leone abolishes death penalty MPs vote unanimously for abolition, making it the 23rd African state to end capital punishment

Compelling images of the climate crisis. We need to work together for a climate resilient future.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/jul/19/climate-crisis-weather-around-world-in-pictures-wildfires-floods-winds

Climate crisis: 50 photos of extreme weather around the world – in pictures As temperatures rise and pollution increases, wildfires, floods and extreme winds have battered many parts of the world in the last six months

https://thepienews.com/news/africa-to-get-lions-share-of-erasmus-budget/

The Sub-Sahara Africa is is anticipated to have the single largest budget under Erasmus+ with nearly a quarter of the €2.2 billion of funding, which represents nearly the quarter of the programme’s budget.
Improving educational cooperation is crucial to reach better opportunities to African citizens, which represents 20% of the total population according to the Connell Research.

Africa to get 25% share of Erasmus+ budget The European Union’s Erasmus+ program is expected to dedicate the lion’s share of its budget for the next seven years to the Sub-Saharan Africa region.