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SDGs and Humanitarian Working Group International Multistakeholders Meeting – 23-24 June, Jakarta

“Re-thinking G20 commitment on the interconnected SDGs-Humanitarian Nexus in the post-pandemic world”

This two days workshop was organized with the following objectives

·       Delivering and disseminating the agenda of the main issues of the SDGs and Humanitarian C20 working group, particularly SDGs and humanitarian financing

·       Improving the consolidation and coordination of the SDGs and Humanitarian C20 working groups with development and employment working groups and other engagement groups

·       Get input and voice aspirations from vulnerable groups to be a concern in the G20 forum.

Recognizing the root causes of the stagnant process for SDGs target 2030 and how the Indonesian Presidency responds to these challenges:

·       Humanitarian Crisis in several countries

·       The widening gap in economic disparities and gender inequality

·       The impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups

·       Indonesia’s strategic role as a middle power country bridging between the less-developed countries and developing countries

·       Addressing the lack of and variety number of commitments from some members of the G20 due to the global political situation (e.g Ukrainian War)

 
 
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ADA and Members Side Events

Dear members and colleagues, Forus, in partnership with the Pakistan Planning Commission, Pakistan Development Alliance, Latvian Platform for Development Co-operation (LAPAS) and ADA  are organising a UN HLPF side event on SDG 17 and the VNR process.  During this event, Forus will launch its new Policy Brief :  "Leveraging SDG 17 & CSO Capacity Development to accelerate SDG implementation".   Date : Monday 11th of July 2022 Time :  11:30 - 13:30 GMT (Find your local time here) Registration link : Click here to register Discover speakers and more information on our website Simultaneous interpretation in English, French, and Spanish will be available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Description of the Event
Policy Coherence for sustainable development is a critical element for the success of the Agenda 2030 and therefore, it is enshrined in the Agenda itself. The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement represent two complimentary global frameworks for eradicating poverty and hunger and achieving environmental sustainability. For the first time, these frameworks show bottoms up approach in international policymaking. While on the face of it, it appears that countries are making tireless efforts to align their social, economic and environmental policies with the Agenda and the Paris Agreement; much remains to be done to make their national policies and programmes coherent with these. Lack of policy coherence at global level is also one of the most important factor reinforcing lack of policy coherence at national levels. These conflicts are likely to undermine success of the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement, and cannot be addressed unless acknowledged and active policy coherence pursuit.

High-Level Political Forum 2022

The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022 , under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022. The high-level segment of the Council will conclude with a final day on Monday, 18 July 2022.
The theme for the 2022 HLPF is “ Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.
As the world is struggling to recover from COVID-19 amidst continuing crises, the HLPF will reflect on how recovery policies can reverse the negative impacts of the pandemic on the SDGs and move countries on to a path to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda.
The HLPF will also review in-depth Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. It will take into account the different impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Sustainable Development Goals and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals.

• Draft programme at a glance for the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
• New: Annotated programme (3 June 2022)
• Secretariat’s concept note for the 2022 HLPF
• Invitation letter from the President of ECOSOC for the 2022 High-level Segment of ECOSOC and High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) (6 April 2022)

Detailed programme (forthcoming)
45 countries will carry out voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . For more details, please click here .

Programme

First, we are pleased to announce that the HLPF annotated programme with speakers, the tentative programme of side events, and an updated information note are now available on the HLPF website main page at: https://hlpf.un.org/2022
 

Outcome: Ministerial Declaration

The informal negotiations are ongoing, and a fourth revision of the HLPF negotiated outcome document was shared this week. The co-facilitators (Italy and Nauru) will convene another round of closed informals on Thursday 30 June. Please find the latest version of the ministerial declaration attached to this message.

Registration

Registration for the HLPF is now closed.
The List of MGoS Organizing Partners is available on the HLPF website at: https://hlpf.un.org/2022/stakeholders

Passes

Registered participants to the HLPF who do not already hold a UN grounds pass will need to pick up their HLPF passes at the UN Pass and ID Unit, located at 320 East 45th Street.
Please bring a copy of the confirmation letter generated by the Indico registration system (either electronic or printed paper copy) along with a valid photo ID.  
The hours of the UN Pass and ID Unit have been extended as follows:
Monday, 4 July from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Tuesday, 5 July from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, 13 July from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
On all other days, the Unit will maintain normal office hours from Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. (Tel: 1-212-963-7533)
 If you are an invited speaker in an official session of the HLPF, you will also be contacted by a focal point for your session and provided with a Special Event Ticket (SET) prior to the session to ensure that you will have access to the room for that session.

Access

The UN Visitors Entrance, located at 46th Street and First Avenue, will keep the following hours:
 Tuesday, 5 July:                  7:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday, 6 July:           8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday, 7 July:               7:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Monday, 11 July:                7:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday, 12 July:               7:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday, 13 July:        7:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday, 14 July:            7:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday, 15 July:                   8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Monday, 18 July:                8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
 
All official sessions of the 2022 HLPF will be available to watch via UN Web TV.

Preparation

The HLPF website includes a preparation page, with links to inputs from the intergovernmental bodies and forums, reports from the regional forums, information on expert group meetings held in advance of the HLPF, and a report summarizing the findings from a global online stakeholder consultation that compiles inputs submitted by stakeholders from different sectors and regions around the world on the SDGs under review during the 2022 HLPF: https://hlpf.un.org/2022/preparation
 
Opening of the HLPF on 5 July, and the opening of the ECOSOC Ministerial Segment on 13 July (General Assembly Hall)
Limited seating will be available in the 4th floor balcony, on a first-come, first seated basis, with no need for any special passes. 
 
Official Thematic Sessions 
(Conference Room 4) 
There are 13 thematic official sessions in this year’s HLPF programme: https://hlpf.un.org/sites/default/files/programme/2022/2022%20HLPF%20ECOSOC%20HLS%20programme_2.pdf
 
Stakeholder Perspectives - Official Thematic Session
(Conference Room 4) 
The MGoS Official Session is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 12 July from 9:00 to 11:00am. It is titled: Vision of civil society: Leaving no one behind in recovering better: How can we identify those left behind and how can we provide social protection and other measures to contribute to more equal societies and build resilience? The speakers for this session can be found in the annotated programme. The background note with guiding questions for the discussion is available at on the documents page at: https://hlpf.un.org/2022/documentation

Official VNR Sessions 

(Conference Room 4)
The usual practice of inviting Major Groups and other Stakeholders to ask a question of VNR countries following their presentations will continue this year. UN DESA is working with the MGoS VNR Task Group to secure visas and provide funding for these speakers to participate in person. There will be limited allowance for virtual participation by invited speakers who are unable to participate in person.
 
In an effort to ensure that the HLPF VNR sessions are as open, inclusive, transparent and safe as possible for MGoS speakers who should be permitted to ask questions without fear of reprisals, the HLPF Secretariat is transmitting the attached message from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which contains information on the OHCHR’s reprisals mandate and the confidential email where relevant information can be shared.

VNR Labs 

The traditional series of VNR labs will be convened on the margins of the 2022 HLPF, to provide an informal platform for experience sharing and reflection on the Voluntary National Review process. As always, the Labs will be held under the Chatham House rule and will be open to Member States, the UN system and representatives of Major Groups and other Stakeholders. More information and details can be found here: https://hlpf.un.org/2022/vnr-labs

Reports 

Sectoral Position Papers 

Major Groups and other Stakeholder who contributed Executive Summaries of their MGoS Sectoral Position Papers, which are now available at: https://hlpf.un.org/2022/documentation
Paragraph 89 Reports 
The submission of MGoS Paragraph 89 reports remains ongoing.
 

Exhibitions, and Special Events 

Details on special events at the 2022 HLPF are here:

https://hlpf.un.org/2022/hlpf-2022-other-events

We are looking forward to a successful HLPF and ECOOSC HLS and thank you for all your support and cooperation in the lead-up to the meetings!
The Major Groups and other Stakeholders are crucial partners in sustainable development, and we greatly appreciate your hard work, dedication and enthusiasm.

2022 VNR LABS

Since 2018, the VNR Labs have become a much-appreciated feature of the HLPF. The Labs will again provide an informal platform for sharing experience and for reflection on the VNR process, as additional opportunities for informed discussion. The theme for the 2022 VNR Labs is “Sustaining Momentum for Achieving the SDGs.” A programme of VNR Labs is being developed and will be posted on this page by mid-June.
Click here for information on the VNR labs in 2021

Global Online Stakeholder Consultation – SDGs under Review at the 2022 HLPF

All stakeholders were invited to submit inputs through a global online stakeholder consultation on the SDGs under review during the 2022 HLPF and interlinkages with other SDGs.
·  For details check here: bit.ly/SDGsConsultation2022
·  Please check the information flyer here.

Youth Forum Focuses on Five SDGs Under HLPF Review in 2022

Youth’s recommendations on education, gender, biodiversity, and means of implementation will be forwarded to the ECOSOC High-level Segment, HLPF, UN Transforming Education Summit, and UN Ocean Conference. Read
 

Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) - 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development

According to the letter from H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the ECOSOC, on the closing of the list for countries that will be presenting their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) at the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) for your information.
 
Since the first communication dated October 4, a number of other countries have expressed their wish to present their VNRs for the first time at the HLPF. For your ease of reference, please find below the final list of VNR-presenting countries (a total of 45):
 
Andorra*, Argentina**, Belarus*, Botswana*, Cameroon*, Comoros*, Côte d’Ivoire*, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador*, Eritrea, Eswatini*, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia*, Ghana*, Greece*, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Italy*, Jamaica*, Jordan*, Kazakhstan*, Latvia*, Lesotho*, Liberia*, Luxembourg*, Malawi*, Mali*, Montenegro*, the Netherlands*, Pakistan*, the Philippines**, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal*, Somalia, Sri Lanka*, Sudan*, Suriname, Switzerland**, Togo***, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates*, Uruguay*** 
 
VNR Countries in Asia - 2022
Kazakhstan*, Pakistan*, the Philippines**, Sri Lanka*,
Pacific- Tuvalu
 
 
(Note: Countries with one asterisk * are second timers, those with two asterisks** are third timers, those with three asterisks *** are presenting for the fourth time, while those without asterisks are presenting for the first time).
 

VNR 2022 Main Messages for 45 Countries Available

The UN Secretariat has issued a note (E/HLPF/2022/5) compiling the main messages for the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) to be presented at the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July. Most of the 45 countries have presented their VNRs at previous HLPF sessions. Argentina, the Philippines, and Switzerland are third-, and Togo and Uruguay are fourth-time presenters. Twelve countries are presenting their VNRs for the first time.
Main messages from the 45 countries that will present their VNR in 2022 are available via the UN’s HLPF database. According to the ‘Guidance and Best Practices for Presenting a VNR at the HLPF in 2022’ by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), full VNR reports should be submitted by countries to the UN Secretariat by 10 June 2022. 

Interesting Readings!!

• Zero draft of the Ministerial Declaration of the 2022 ECOSOC high-level segment/high-level political forum on sustainable development (14 April 2022)
• Letter of the co-facilitators on the zero draft of the ministerial declaration of the 2022 ECOSOC high-level segment/HLPF (14 April 2022)
• Press Release: Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs (11-13 April 2022)
• Major Groups Share Positions on Building Back Better Ahead of HLPF 2022
• Measuring Progress Through Numbers: Pakistan’s First SDG Status Report
• Secretary-General’s Report Presents Pathway to Reach SDGs
•  Pakistan Civic Space, democracy and human rights

 

NGO MG Global and Regional Organizing Partners ‘contact details

 
Global Organizing Partners (ngomajorgroupopny@gmail.com):
Jessica Bridgers (jessica.bridgers@wfa.org)
M. Victoria Espada (mariavictoria.espada@dianova.ngo)
Oli Henman (oli.henman@action4sd.org)
 
Regional Organizing Partners:
Central Africa: Bernard Lutete Di Lutete (bernlutete@yahoo.fr)
Eastern Africa: Henry Oriokot (henrycidc@gmail.com)
Northern Africa: Hagar Monsif (h.monsif@maatpeace.org)
Southern Africa: Joseph Mihaye (aminiac15@gmail.com)
Western Africa: Kofi Kankam (eri@eri.kabissa.org)
 
Caribbean: Donovan McLaren (kevoy1@yahoo.com) and Joseph Severe (unascadhaiti@gmail.com)
North America: Kehkashan Basu (kehkashanbasu@greenhopefoundation.com)
South America: Rosario Diaz Garavito (r.garavito@themillennialsmovement.org)
 
Asia: Jyotsna Mohan (jyotsna@ada2030.org)
Central Asia: Artem Stepanenko (a.stepanenko@eca-ces.ru)
 
Europe: Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (golesorkhiwow@gmail.com)
 
Middle East/North Africa: Anis Brik (anisdago@gmail.com)
 
Pacific: Emeline Siale (siale@piango.org)

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