Co-chairs for STI Forum appointed by ECOSOC President

The co-chairs for the third Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be held 5-6 June 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York, have been appointed by the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Marie Chatardova. They are Toshiya Hoshino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, and Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico...

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Calling All Young Family Planning Champions: FP2020 Now Accepting Applications for Reference Group Youth Members

FP2020 is seeking applicants interested in a leadership role in the movement to provide insights and expertise to address these challenges and to strengthen young people’s voice and participation within the partnership. Successful candidates will be family planning champions in their country and well-connected to national, regional and/or global networks committed to ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people and adolescents. 

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Reminder: Are you part of the SDG community? Only days left to help shape this year's Festival!

We have received the following from: UN SDG Action Campaign

This new edition of the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development will be a diverse, dynamic and inclusive event for the international SDG community. We want to hear from you! If you have a panel to convene, a project to showcase, a workshop to run – relating to any of these themes, we want to hear from you!…

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Letter from the President of ECOSOC appointment of co-chairs of 2018 STI Forum, 5-6 June 2018

We have received the following from DESA:

Please note that the President of Economic and Social Council, H.E. Mrs. Marie Chatardová, has appointed the two co-chairs of 2018 STI Forum to be held on 5-6 June 2018. They are H.E. Mr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations; and H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations.

The full letter can be found at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/17258MSSTI2018appointment.pdf

More information can be found at the STI Forum 2018 page: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum2018

Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs, 11-14 November, Update 7

Marianne Haslegrave made a presentation on behalf of the Women’s Major Group during which she stressed that the WMG “must be the voice that is heard on issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

While disaggregation of data is a small, albeit important part of its concerns in relation to the global indicator framework, the WMG’s endpoint is structural change. Further disaggregation is,…

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Invitation to the Global SDG 7 Conference, 21-23 February 2018, Bangkok

Recognizing the importance of energy for sustainable development, the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has devoted Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) to energy - the first-ever universal goal on energy, with five targets on access, efficiency, renewables and means of implementation. SDG 7 is inextricably interlinked to other SDGs and related targets,…

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Call for Exhibition: HLPF 2018

Please note that DSD has launched a call for proposals of exhibitions sponsored by Member States, UN system and other Inter-Governmental Organizations as well as accredited Major Groups and other stakeholders, which will be welcomed at the UN Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum 2018 (HLPF 2018)…

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The UN SDG Action Campaign are calling for nominations for the inaugural UN SDG Action Challenge Awards program!

In order to achieve Agenda 2030, we will need to learn from some of the greatest innovators, mobilizers, connectors, storytellers, communicators, visualizers and includers from across the globe! This awards program aims to find these change-makers and celebrate achievements being made in every corner of the earth, which all form a critical contribution to the international sustainable development movement…

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Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs, 11-14 November, Update 6

Eric Swanson, of the Open Data Watch (ODW) gave a presentation on Gender Data and the SDGs during the session on SDG implementation and reporting at national, regional, global and thematic levels. He referred to the 53 indicators among the SDGs, as identified by UN Women to be disaggregated by sex or are gender-specific indicators. He also noted that among them are 11 disability indicators. There are an additional 33 indicators that can and should be disaggregated by sex and other attributes…

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(12 Dec - 9 am NYC time) Webex briefing on the Second Committee

DSD is organizing a briefing for Major Groups and other stakeholders regarding the UNGA 2^nd Committee resolutions. Colleagues from DESA and other offices will provide updates and answer questions you may have. We will share a detailed agenda this Friday. 

The briefing will take place on Tuesday, 12 December, 9 am NYC time. Webex details can be found below, please share them with your networks…

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