CSO meeting with ECOSOC President 14 February 2017

We have received the following:

For latest information on meeting with the President of ECOSOC on 14 February 2017:

Dear all,

The meeting with the President of ECOSOC that was announced in previous emails will take place on Tuesday, 14 February at 10 am. The meeting will be held on the 27th floor of the UN Secretariat Building. An access through WEBEX for those who are not based in New York will be provided.

A group of volunteers to prepare the meeting had a call today and agreed on a draft agenda for the meeting:

I.        Proposed Draft Agenda

1.    HLPF 2017 programme of work

a.    Thematic review

b.    Voluntary National Reviews by Member States

2.    Enhancing the participation of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders in the High-level Political Forum

3.    Any Other Business

A link for a Google document can be found below. We kindly ask you to work on this document, providing comments and inputs around the issues proposed in the agenda until Tuesday, 24 January 2017. (My apologies for such a short deadline, I am trying to ask for an extension)

We are preparing a background note to share with the President of ECOSOC at the meeting. You can also provide comments for this background note on the google doc. 

Finally here is the link to the google document: https://goo.gl/87PTIS
Please, do not provide comments answering this email but in the google document.