HLPF Special Event "Accelerating the 2030 Agenda and Building Back Better from COVID-19" (15 July, 8-8:45 AM)

Hosted by the five UN Regional Commissions on Wednesday, 15 July, at 8:00-8:45 AM EST, the event will present a region-by-region assessment of the current progress towards the SDGs and will serve as a prelude to the ministerial level session on the official HLPF programme “Messages from the regions” (15 July, 9:00-10:00 AM).

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Concept Note

COVID -19 Building Back Better Through Regional Cooperation

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Regional Commissions Update 6 - 17 July 2020 /Progress in the regions insufficient to meet ambitious 2030 Agenda –the UN Regional Commissions reveal in a special event at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF)

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New strategic vision of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia: Note by the Secretary-General (E/2020/12)

Official HLPF programme 

• Regional perspectives in the thematic sessions

• Ministerial segment:
  • Wednesday, 15 July, 9 – 10 AM “Regional transformations towards the SDGs in a COVID-19 era” 

VNR Lab: Innovative approaches to spur action and delivery on the 2030 Agenda: lessons from the regions.  Thursday, 9 July, 7:00 – 8:00 am (EST)

• Concept Note
• Flyer
• Recording of VNR Lab
• Presentation: Pascal Byarugaba
  PMER Specialist, SDG Secretariat Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda
  
• Presentation: Mr. Taher Belhassan, Director General of the Institute of Planning,
  Head of the Sustainable Development Committee,
  Ministry of Planning, State of Libya
  

Side-events: 

• Fast-tracking the SDGs:  driving Asia-Pacific transformations (Side event, 7 July 2020)
• The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the new
  global and regional context: scenarios and projections
  in the current crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean (Side event, 10 July 2020)
• Regional mechanisms for peer support to Voluntary National Reviews- The VNR Twinning experience (Side event, 13 July 2020)
• Accelerating Transformative Pathways for Equitable Development in Small Island Developing States: A Focus on Environment, Climate Action and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific Region (Side event, 13 July 2020)

The Regional Forums for Sustainable Development, convened annually by the Regional Commissions, have consolidated their status as the regional platforms for assessing progress and exchanging knowledge, best practices and solutions to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in line with regional priorities and specificities. Countries have continued to receive support in the preparation of voluntary national reviews, benefiting from the wealth of knowledge and experiences shared in these forums.

The Regional Forums are convened in collaboration with United Nations agencies and bring together stakeholders from across the three dimensions of sustainable development, including from Member States, as well as regional and sub-regional organizations, international financial institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society organizations.