(Webinar on May 2nd) Apply for ECOSOC consultative status now in order to be considered by the 2019 NGO Committee

We have received the following information from the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development:

Please note that UN DESA is organizing a webinar for those NGOs interested in applying for ECOSOC consultative status:

Date: 2 May 2018

Time: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (New York Time)

Venue: online

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(Important) Information on Indico, the 2018 HLPF registration platform

We have received the following:

Please note that from 2018 onwards, NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC and NGOs on the CSD roster will register to the HLPF using Indico, which replaces the CSO Net registration system. A key difference to note is that in the Indico platform each participant must create their own personal account in order to register to events, as opposed to using a single account per NGO as was done in CSO Net. 

Registration to the 2018 HLPF will open in the coming days, and we strongly recommend those who have yet to create an Indico account to visit https://reg.unog.ch/ Please see the quick guide for instructions on how to create your account in Indico…

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Outcome document from the Nexus Conference

Here is the copy of the outcome document from the Nexus Conference held at University of North Carolina, USA, last week. At the front is the shorter Nexus Key Messages and the longer document which people input to. 

I hope you will share with your networks and promote the inclusion of some of the recommendations in the Ministerial Declaration for the HLPF…

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Inscribe to the General Debate speakers' list: 2018 ECOSOC Integration Segment (deadline 27 April)

We have received the following from Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development:

There will be a general debate of the ECOSOC Integration Segment held on 1 and 2 May, from 16:30 to 18:00, on the theme "Innovative communities: leveraging technology and innovation to build sustainable and resilient societies" (for more details please see: https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/node/3613435…

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7th meeting of the IAEG-SDGs: UPDATE 5

Data disaggregation 

Presentation and review of the work plan on data disaggregation

By decision 47/101 of the 47th session of the Statistics Commission the IAEG was asked to “develop the necessary statistical standards and tools, including establishing a working group to work on data disaggregation as a subgroup of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group.” Subsequently the 49th session asked the IAEG-SDGs to “clearly determine the dimensions and categories of data disaggregation.., keeping in mind the resources neededand the key principle of the 2030 agenda of no one left behind.”…

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7th meeting of the IAEG-SDGs: UPDATE 4

Updates on works of working groups

SDMX

The SDXM-SDGs comprises 12 countries and is chaired by Colombia. Ten international agencies are also members including WHO and UNICEF. In February 2018 the group released its first draft Data Structure Definition (DSD) and began its work on Metadata Structure Definition (MSD), which was finalized in March…

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[csw-cpd] IPPF Statement on the Commission for Population and Development

New York, New York: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is disappointed with the outcome of the 2018 UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD), whose theme was “Sustainable Cities, Human Mobility and International Migration.” 

Ana María Bejar IPPF’s Director of Advocacy, issued the following statement:…

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2018 HLPF: Call for expert speakers from Major Groups and other Stakeholders

The 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held at UNHQ in New York from 9 to 18 July 2018 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme for the session will beTransformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. More information is available at…

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Invitation to ECOSOC Integration Segment on Integrated Resilience

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2018 ECOSOC Integration Segment, which will take place 1-3 May 2018 at the UNHQ in New York. Please see the attached flyer and draft programme for more details.

The Segment will address the theme, “Innovative communities: leveraging technology and innovation to build sustainable and resilient societies”…

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Launch of Policy Briefs on SDG7 and its interlinkages with other SDGs in support of SDG7 review at the HLPF 2018 (April 18)

UN DESA and the Permanent Missions of Norway, Denmark and Pakistan as co-chairs of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Energy have the pleasure to invite Major Groups and others stakeholders to the High-Level Briefing to Member States and Launch of Policy Briefs on SDG7…

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