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Report on Asia Pacific CSO Forum on Sustainable Development 2017: Prosperity for Whom? Asserting Development Justice in a Changing Asia and Pacific
"From 26-28 March 2017, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (AP-RCEM) organised and [...]
UNESCWA Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2017: Samia Ounnoughene’s Intervention
Samia Ounnoughene (Bright Brains Association for young women development), delivered her combined intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development [...]
High-Level Political Forum, 2017: Registration and (DESA) Funding Information
Please keep in mind these key information about registration process: Organizations that are not in consultative status with ECOSOC can attend the HLPF if they are registered by an organization in [...]
HLPF 2017: Women’s Major Group Position Paper
"Solutions by, with and for women as actors in sustainable development must be elevated to guide coherence in addressing multiple SDGs, alongside systemic barriers". Download the Women's Major G [...]
ECE RFSD 2017: Berfu Seker’s Intervention at the Closing Session
"If we really want to achieve the goals by 2030, we should really start looking for ways to make the best of this word. Civil society participation is the most important and substantial element of [...]
Regional Round Table III (Data and Monitoring), ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) 2017: Statements from Civil Society
Members of the UNECE CSO civil society group delivered their combined statements during the Regional Round Table III (Data and Monitoring) Session, at the ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Developm [...]
ECE RFSD 2017: Nurgul Dzhanaeva’s Intervention at the Policy Segment Session
"We call for action to strengthen an enabling environment and overcome systemic obstacles for meaningful engagement of civil society and to ensure obligations to rights holders in the SDGs. We den [...]
The National Voluntary Reporting of the SDGS on behalf of Civil Society in Nigeria
"Effective implementation of the SDGs requires commitments from leaders at all levels to actively engage with the 2030 agenda. Governments are in the driving seat, but the contribution of all secto [...]
Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region and related meetings
"The Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) follows up on and reviews the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UNECE region. Focusing on p [...]
Save the date: Lunch Roundtable with Members States
The Women's Major Group and the IPPF invites you to attend the co-sponsored event by the Dutch Government "Lunchtime Round Table Between Member States and Civil Society" at the 2017 UNECE Regional [...]