Dates for ICPD Regional Review Conferences finalized

Meeting/Event	Date	Venue
3rd Regional Conference on Population and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean	7-10 August 2018	Lima, Peru
UNECE ICPD Regional Review Meeting	1-2 October 2018	Geneva, Switzerland
Africa Regional Ministerial ICPD Review Conference	2-5 October 2018	Accra, Ghana
Mid-Term Review of the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference	26-28 Nov 2018	Bangkok, Thailand
High Level ICPD-SDG Regional Review Conference in the Arab Region	30 Oct-1 Nov 2018	Beirut, Lebanon

Post-2015 development agenda session on follow-up and review, 18-22 May – No 1: regional and other opportunities for engagement

As we move towards the next session of the intergovernmental negotiations on follow-up and review, which will be the final one before the ‘negotiations proper’ take place in June and July, it is important to highlight related regional meetings scheduled for the next two months. These are all included on the calendar of events that we are regularly updating on the website.

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Outcome Document for the ESCWA Region

The Declaration, adopted at the ICPD Beyond 2014 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States held in Cairo from 24 through 26 June 2013, is now available and can be downloaded here.

The Arabic version is also available and can be downloaded directly from UNFPA here. 

Process gears up for inputs into the Operational Review through the initial findings of the Global Survey and start of the Regional Conferences

Part II – Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States: Development Challenges and Population Dynamics in a Changing Arab World, Cairo Egypt, 24-26 June 2013 

(The following reports on the Civil Society meeting, the Youth Forum and the Regional Conference are based on the report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF))

The ICPD review process is gaining momentum as the first of five regional inter-governmental population conferences has concluded with successful outcomes in Cairo, in a conference hosted by the League of Arab States.

The Inter-governmental meeting was preceded by a civil society meeting convened by IPPF Arab World Regional Office and a Youth Forum convened by the Arab Youth Coalition for Population and Development.

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Regional Population and Development Conference for the Arab States 24-26 June 2013

The ICPD review process is gaining momentum as the first of five regional inter-governmental population conferences is currently underway in Cairo, hosted by the League of Arab States. The Inter-governmental meeting was preceded by a civil society meeting convened by IPPF Arab World Regional Office and a Youth Forum convened by the Arab Youth Coalition for Population and Development.

The civil society meeting convened by IPPF was attended by national NGOs from each country in the region, with strong participation from the youth forum.

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Building Youth Leadership: MENA Regional Training for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Advocates

Deadline to Apply: April 30, 2013

The Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YCSRR) has announced that  it is holding a Regional Training Session for Building Youth Leadership in the MENA Region, following its successful trainings in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean and Africa regions.

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