Register for the High-level Mid-Term Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries, Antalya, Turkey

We have received the following information from UN-NGLS:

27-29 May 2016

The High-level Mid-Term Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries will take place in Antalya, Turkey from 27-29 May.

Civil society representatives wishing to participate are invited to express their interest by applying here by 25 April 2016: http://www.unngls.org/index.php/ldc-mid-term-review/registration

Background

The Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) adopted at the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2011, constitutes an ambitious policy agenda agreed by the international community to address the challenges faced by the LDCs, based on the fundamental tenets of mutual accountability and enhanced international cooperation.

The overarching goal of the IPoA is to overcome the structural challenges faced by the LDCs in order to eradicate poverty, achieve internationally agreed development goals and enable graduation from the LDC category. It also recognizes that the LDCs represent an enormous potential for world economic growth, stability and prosperity.

As the midpoint of the decade-long programme of action draws near, the UN General Assembly decided to hold the comprehensive high-level Mid-TermReview of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action, which will take place from 27 to 29 May, 2016, in Antalya, Turkey (see resolution A/RES/69/231 on the "Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries"). Participation shall be at the highest possible political level.

The high-level Mid-Term review shall result in an inter-governmentally negotiated and agreed outcome in the form of a political declaration. Thereview will undertake an assessment of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action by the LDCs and their development partners. It will share best practices and lessons learned and identify obstacles, constraints and actions and initiatives needed to overcome them, as well as new challenges and emerging issues.

The Mid-Term Review will also serve to reaffirm the global commitment to address the special needs of the LDCs and to further strengthen the global partnership for development for LDCs in all priority areas of the Istanbul Programme of Action in order to ensure its timely and effective implementation during the remainder of the Decade.  Synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the COP-21 agreements will be explores to accelerate implementation.

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