Processes
Side Event “Our Common Ocean: Resources, Rights, and Responsibilities – Progressive Policy Alternatives and Community Led Programmes”
Join us at this side event, it brings together Government and civil society delegates, providing space for conceptual clarity and practical policy proposals on key areas of ocean resources, rights [...]
The Ocean Conference: our Oceans, our Future
"The high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable develop [...]
2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is pleased to invite civil society to attend the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (22-26 May 2017, Cancún, México). Down [...]
African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: Statement of the Africa Women Major Groups
We call on member states to safeguard and protect the rights of women and girls to freely speak out, organize and take action Read the combined Statement delivered by Chantal Umuhoza on behalf of [...]
Recommendations from the Women’s Major Group on engaging with the Voluntary National Review Process
The Women's Major Group invites you to read the final Recommendations on engaging with the Voluntary National Review Process. This guide is the result of a combined work by many Women's Major Group [...]
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 [...]