Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 8:54PM Tier classification
The global indicator framework comprised 93 tier I indicators, 66 tier II indicators and 68 tier III indicators at 1 December 2017. There were also five indicators that were classified in multiple tiers, ie different components were classified in different tiers…
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:05PM DESA-OISC, with thanks to a generous grant from the European Commission, will be funding a number of representatives of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders from developing VNR countries to participate in the 2018 session of the HLPF taking place from 10-18 July in New York. The selection will be done by OISC in collaboration with the MGoS HLPF Coordination Mechanism Steering Group. The selected colleagues will receive funding to support airplane tickets, two days of daily subsistence allowances and terminal expenses during the HLPF. They will be responsible for arranging their own accommodation during the Forum.
HLPF 2018 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:46AM DESA/OISC is pleased to launch the registration process for the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) in 2018, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The meeting will be held from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Monday, 16 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018…
HLPF 2018 Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 6:56AM 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…
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8:31AM We have received the following from the 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:…
ECOSOC Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8:01AM We have received the following from the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development:
As part of the effort to set up a participatory process for the VNR Q&As during the 2018 HLPF, a very short survey was created to assess your national experiences in the context of the VNRs.
We strongly encourage you to take less than five minutes and complete the survey, no later than May 13.
Survey link: http://bit.ly/2jciYUf
HLPF 2018 Friday, April 27, 2018 at 6:00AM 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
ECOSOC Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:54AM 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…
Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 8:50AM 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…
HLPF Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:51PM 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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