Report on the fifth session of the IAEG-SDGs

Starting today we are putting up a series of posts on the fifth session of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goals Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) was held in Ottawa, Canada from 28 – 31 March 2017.

Fifth session of IAEG-SDGs held in Ottawa -- opening (1)

The first two days of the IAEG-SDGs were closed, with only the members of the Group participating. The first open session was held on the morning of 30 March, with Anil Arora, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada, welcoming participants to Ottawa for 5th IAEG-SDGs…

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Apply for 8-9 May Thematic Session in Geneva & Stakeholder Steering Committee: UNGA preparatory process for a global compact for migration

At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly, UN-NGLS, UN DESA, UN University, and the UN Global Compact, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are facilitating the participation of the stakeholders listed above in the informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings and the six informal thematic sessions of the preparatory process for a global compact on migration. An informational note about the preparatory process is available here.

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2017 HLPF: New blog entry by Luckystar Miyandazi, European Centre for Development, on "Sealing the leak: Addressing Financing Around the 2030 Agenda"

A new 2017 HLPF blog entry by Luckystar Miyandazi, European Centre for Development, on "Sealing the leak: Addressing Financing Around the 2030 Agenda" is now posted at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/blog2017/week7

Webinar - application process for consultative status with ECOSOC - DESA NGO

We are pleased to inform you that in view of the upcoming deadline (1 June) to apply for the ECOSOC status, the NGO Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) will hold an informational session about the application process.

This event will be aired online on 5 May 2017 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (New-York time) and will be conducted in English.

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Stakeholder Speakers Selected for UN PGA's High-level SDG Financing Lab - 18 April 2017 at UNHQ

At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), UN-NGLS facilitated a process to identify civil society and social entrepreneur speakers for the High-level SDG Financing Lab, taking place 18 April at UN Headquarters. UN-NGLS facilitated a Stakeholder Selection Committee to review applications for the speaking roles and create a regionally and gender balanced short-list of candidates for the President of the General Assembly to consider.

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2017 HLPF: New blog by ITU Secretary-General on "How ICTs can fast forward progress on the SDGs"

A new 2017 HLPF blog entry by Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), on "How ICTs can fast forward progress on the SDGs" is now posted at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/blog2017/week6

HLPF Survey by UN Foundation

DESA invites you to complete the following survey by United Nations Foundation on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), developed in consultation with DESA: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLPFstakeholders.

2017 HLPF: New blog by Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair of Business and Sustainable Development Commission, now posted

A new 2017 HLPF blog entry by Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, has been posted at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/blog2017/week5

2017 HLPF: inviting proposals for side events (deadline 10 May 2017)

We have received the following from DESA:

DSD is now inviting proposals for side events to be organized during the 2017 HLPF by Member States, UN system and MGoS. For further details please see the HLPF website at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf.

Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals is 10 May 2017.

Reducing overlaps in the UN Agenda

An informal meeting for Member States has been held to exchange views on aligning the work of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and other bodies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It was chaired by the co-facilitators for the process, Martin Garcia Moritan, Permanent Representative of Argentina, and Gillian Bird, Permanent Representative of Australia…

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