President of the General Assembly's High-level Meeting "Financing for SDGs--Breaking the Bottlenecks of Investment, from Policy to Impact"

11 June 2018
UN Headquarters - New York

Stakeholders: Apply to speak, attend, or for Selection Committee 

On 11 June 2018, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a one-day high-level meeting to address the challenges and bottlenecks that block the private investment towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) sectors and elaborate the role of the UN in strengthening public-private partnerships. It will also provide an opportunity for relevant actors to showcase and share best practices of scaling up investment in SDG sectors.

At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), UN-NGLS is facilitating a process to identify 4 stakeholder respondents to speak from the floor during the panel discussions, and for stakeholders to apply to attend this meeting as observers.

Apply here for the speaking roles or to attend as an observer:

http://bit.ly/11-June-PGA-Financing-SDGs-Apply

UN-NGLS will facilitate a stakeholder Selection Committee for the evaluation and short-listing of the candidates for the speaking roles to be presented to OPGA for their consideration. The Committee will ensure regional and gender balance, and diversity of constituency and expertise in the overall set of candidates. The President of the General Assembly will make the final selection of the speakers for this event.

Apply here for the Stakeholder Selection Committee:

http://bit.ly/11-June-PGA-Financing-SDGs-SC-Apply 

Application Deadlines:

May 11 - Apply to Speak or for the Selection Committee

May 27 - Apply to attend as an observer 

More information about the high-level meeting is available here.