HLPF draft programme now available
Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:43AM
Richard in HLPF

The draft programme for the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) is now available. 

After the opening / scene setting session on Monday 10 July, there will be reviews of SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9 and 14 during the following morning sessions. SDG3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages and SDG5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls will be considered on the morning of Wednesday 12 July. SDG17 will be discussed separately on the afternoon of Thursday 13 July and the morning of Friday 14 July will be devoted to “leveraging interlinkages for effective implementation of SDGs.” On the afternoon of Tuesday 11 July there will be a session on multi-stakeholder perspectives on the thematic review theme “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world.”

During the Ministerial segment in the second week (Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 July) the voluntary national reviews will be considered, together with the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and the HLPF draft report. A High-level policy dialogue will be held with international financial and trade institutions on Thursday 20 July.

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