CSW63 Townhall Meeting of Civil Society and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, 12 March 1:15 pm, UNHQ

The townhall is an opportunity for civil society to engage with the Secretary-General António Guterres and his senior leadership on topics pertaining to gender equality and the work of the UN. The event is part of ongoing dialogue and engagement between civil society organizations and the Office of the Secretary-General.

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Call for Innovations: Share your workable tech solutions to achieve the SDGs! Through 29 March 2019

Ahead of the fourth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum), to be held at UN Headquarters in New York from 14 to 15 May 2019, the UN Department of Economic Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the Global Innovation Exchange (GIE), is inviting innovators from around the world to submit their scientific and technological solutions to the challenges impeding progress towards one of these five in-focus SDGs: 

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Update on UNECE Regional Forum for Sustainable Development

The UNECE Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (RFSD) will be held in Geneva on 21-22 March, preceded by a Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (RCEM) Civil Society Pre-Meeting on 20-21 March.

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INVITATION: “What’s changed?” UNFPA's first ICPD25 conversation - Tuesday 5 March, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. [New York time]

UNFPA is excited to invite you to its first “What’s Changed?" conversation, taking place tomorrow in NYC. This will be the first in a series of discussions on ICPD25 in the lead-up to The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 in November 2019.

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UHC High-Level Meeting: Get Involved Now

We have received the following from Global Health Strategies | UHC Coalition

We are writing to make sure you saw the important deadlines coming up in March that will help lay the groundwork for the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, which will take place on 23 September 2019 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.

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CPD52 zero-draft political declaration

The zero-draft political declaration for CPD52 is now available as circulated to UN Members States by the Chair of the Commission with the letter of transmittal. 

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Invitation: From Global Issues to Local Priorities: The role of Cities in the Global Agenda (19 February, 3-6PM, Trusteeship Council Chamber)

Please see the below invitation from our colleagues at FAO.

Please Save the Date of the event From Global Issues to Local Priorities: The role of Cities in the Global Agenda, co-hosted by the President of the General Assembly, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), that will take place on 19 February, from 3 to 6pm in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. 

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[Invitation]: UN ESCAP/SDSN Webinar -SDG Help Desk: Welcome to UNESCAP’s SDG Gateway

We have received the following from UN-ESCAP

It is our pleasure to write to you from the Environment and Development Division (EDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand about our upcoming webinar.

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RFSD - Youth pre-meeting application open. Deadline Feb 11

We have received the following from UNFPA:

We would like to share with you the info for the youth pre-meeting that will be held at the margins of RFSD. 

The application is now open and the deadline is February 11.

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VNRs (ENVs) 101 Webinar - EN/FR/ES materials available online

We have received the following from DESA/OISC

Thank you/Gracias/Merci to everyone who participated in the webinar, “Voluntary National Reviews 101” held in English, French and Spanish. The webinar was the second in a series aimed at supporting stakeholder engagement in the HLPF and its preparations. 

The presentations and recordings from the three webinars (EN/FR/ES) are now available at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2019 under the tab “Preparation”. 

More information on subsequent webinars will be shared shortly.