The regional forums are platforms at the regional level for assessing progress and exchanging knowledge, best practices and policy solutions to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in line with regional priorities and specificities. The Regional Forums for Sustainable Development will be convened by the Regional Commissions. To support your advocacy, we wanted to share some information with you on the upcoming 2023 RFSDs. While the below is  all information we currently have, we’ll continue to update here as details shape up: 

UN ECA – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti,  Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, The D.R Congo, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Regional Forum:

  • Date: 27 February to 2 March, 2023 
  • Location: Niamey, Niger and online
  • Format: Hybrid, allowing for both in-person and online participation
  • Registration
  • Website

Civil Society Engagement:

UN ECLAC – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, France, Peru, Argentina, Germany, Portugal, Bahamas, Grenada, Republic of Korea, Barbados, Guatemala, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Brazil, Honduras, Spain, Canada, Italy, Suriname, Chile, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Japan, Turkey, Costa Rica, Mexico, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Cuba, Netherlands, USA, Dominica, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Norway, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Paraguay   

Regional Forum: 

  • Date: 24 – 28 April, 2023 
  • Location: Santiago, Chile
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Registration: No details available yet
  • Website

Civil Society Engagement:

  • Join Regional Civil Society Group – Mechanism of CS participation write to linking.group.cso.lac@gmail.com 
  • RCEM website  
  • Civil Society Forum –  Information Forthcoming

UN ECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, USA, Uzbekistan

Regional Forum: 

  • Date: 29 – 30 March, 2023
  • Location: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Registration
  • Website

Civil Society Engagement:

  • Join regional civil society group (UNECE-RCEM): Register Here
  • ECE-RCEM website
  • Civil society forum –  28 March, 2023, Registration Information Forthcoming

UN ESCAP –  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

Countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Fiji, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Regional Forum: 

Civil Society Engagement

UN ESCWA – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 

Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, the State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen

Regional Forum: 

Civil Society Engagement:

  • There is no RCEM for this region yet. The independent civil society forum for the region will be organized by Academic Network for Development Dialogue (ANDD), you can look onto their website for updates