HLPF Weekly Update 2

Here is the weekly update of HLPF announcements relevant to the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS). The headings will remain each week so that new participants can receive all the relevant information when they join the mailing list.

[update] indicates that there is new information has been announced since last week.

[final call] indicates that the deadline is soon approaching (none this week)

HLPF Format [update] 

The 2020 HLPF Programme has been released and is available for you download from the 'Latest' column of the HLPF 2020 website. The 2020 HLPF will most likely be virtual.

Funding

Due to the likely virtual format of the 2020 HLPF, there will not be any funding available to bring participants to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Registration

The HLPF meeting will have registered participants who will be able to attend the virtual meetings. Others will be able to follow the meeting through UN Web TV (http://webtv.un.org/) or YouTube. Further details on the key dates and the process will be shared soon.

New Stakeholders Webpage

We have created a webpage to provide information to the Major Groups and other Stakeholders on engagement and participation at the 2020 HLPF. We hope that this page will provide a simple step-by-step guide for new participants, as well as a resource for recent documentation specific to the 2020 HLPF: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2020#stakeholders

Ministerial Declaration

All documentation can be found in the Library section of the Stakeholders, 2020 HLPF website. This includes the Draft Outline – Structure of the HLPF Ministerial Declaration 2020. Three meetings of informal consultations will take place on the dates below. The means of engagement will be shared when available.

• Monday, 8 June 2020
• Tuesday, 16 June 2020
• Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Lead Discussants - Official Thematic Sessions [update] 

UN DESA will be requesting 11 Lead Discussants from the Major Groups and other Stakeholders to participate in the official thematic sessions of the 2020 HLPF. 

Each of the Major Groups and Stakeholder Groups (MGoS) will conduct its own process to nominate Lead Discussants. These nominations will then be reviewed by the Steering Group of the MGoS Coordination Mechanism. A slate of nominations will be submitted by the Steering Group to ECOSOC for review. Please do not contact UN DESA directly to submit a nomination, await instruction from your Major Group and/or Stakeholder Group about its own nomination process.

The deadline to submit the slate of nominations to ECOSOC will be on Monday, 22 June at 12pm (New York time). Please note that the deadlines for the MGoS' own nomination processes will conclude much earlier than the date above and may differ between each Group.

Stakeholder Perspective - Official Thematic Session [update] 

The MGoS Official Session is listed in the 2020 HLPF Programme on Tuesday, 7 July 2020 from 5 - 6pm (New York time). The title of the session is: Transformative pathways to realize the 2030 Agenda: a whole of society approach taking into account the impact of COVID19 (Stakeholder perspective). UN DESA will be working with the MGoS Coordination Mechanism Steering Group to organise the session. You will be able to view the session on UN Web TV (http://webtv.un.org/) or YouTube.

Reports

• Executive Summaries

The deadline for the executive summaries of the MGoS Sectoral Position Papers has passed. An advance unedited version of the compilation of the executive summaries of the position papers on the theme of the HLPF, submitted by MGoS, can be found here: E/HLPF/2020/2

• Sectoral Position Papers

The deadline for the MGoS Sectoral Position Papers (in full) will be extended from Friday, 15 May to Friday, 29 May. Please contact your Major Group and/ or Stakeholder Group to find out about the process for contributions.

• Paragraph 89 Reports

The (soft) deadline for MGoS Paragraph 89 reports will be Monday, 1 June. Please submit reports to: bekelee@un.org. Receiving reports before the deadline will ensure that there is time for them to be reviewed and posted as inputs on the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform

Official Side Events & Exhibitions

All Side-events and Exhibitions will be held virtually. The application process for both will be open until Friday, 29 May. Further information can be found under ‘Other Events’ on the HLPF 2020 website: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2020#other

Library [update] 

The ‘Library’ section on the ‘Stakeholders’ page of the HLPF 2020 website has been updated with the following documentation:

•  Report of the Secretary General – Progress towards the SDGs (Advanced unedited version)