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Africa Day at HLPF is an annual ministerial-level event sharing good practices and lessons-learned among African Member States and development partners. Like previous editions, Africa Day 2022 builds on the outcomes of the 8th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development organized in Kigali in March 2022 on the theme of “Building forward better: a green, inclusive and resilient Africa poised to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063”. Africa Day will expand on the outcomes of the ARFSD-8 and solicit practical recommendations to advance policy options on innovative financing and partnerships.
With a view to strengthening partnerships to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic while advancing SDG implementation during the Decade of Action, the Africa Day will also explore the themes of inclusion, resilience and domestic resource mobilization as a means to consolidate development gains & unlock the potential of the continent’s women and youth in alignment with SDGs 4, 5, 14, 15 and 17 under review.
The day will feature a high-level opening segment and short keynote addresses by a Commissioner of the African Union, Chair of ARFSD-8 (Rwanda), the President of the ECOSOC followed by ministerial statements by the Presidency of the African Union (Senegal) and African Member States from the 21 presenting their VNRs this year.
The event will conclude with an interactive panel of experts. The outcome will include opportunities and solutions to address gaps and strengthen and scale-up innovative financing and partnerships for integrated and full implementation of SDG and goals of Agenda 2063.
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