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The second “SDG Summit” - the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly will be convened in September 2023 during the General Assembly high-level week in New York. The Summit will mark the mid-point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The world is trying to embark on a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that advances the SDGs, amidst the impacts of the current geo-political situations. At the Summit, the Heads of State and Government will comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, and provide political guidance for the way forward and new science-based solutions for accelerating the full implementation of the SDGs in the remaining years towards 2030.
This session will launch the preparations for the mid-term review of the SDGs and the September 2023 SDG Summit. Speakers will discuss the focus and expected outcomes from the Summit, the comprehensive preparations for the Summit and how they can accelerate the implementation of the SDGs at the national, regional and global levels, and ways to strengthen coordination and synergies with relevant intergovernmental processes.
Proposed guiding questions:
- What should be the main focus and expected outcomes of the September 2023 SDG Summit, for it to support the kind of recovery from COVID-19, climate and other crises that advances the implementation of the 2030 Agenda?
- How can we best prepare the Summit at the national, regional and global levels with ownership by all Member States and engagement of all stakeholders? How can we best use the findings from the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report?
- What kind of achievements could countries, international institutions and other stakeholders deliver by the time of the Summit? Which countries, network or organization can advocate for the delivery of new policies or initiatives and for new ambitious action pledges and commitments to be made at the Summit? How can countries use the Summit’s preparations to accelerate progress towards the SDGs at national level?
- How can we generate processes that further align the private sector with the SDGs and mobilizes engagement and action of all stakeholders, revamping the sense of ownership and enthusiasm that characterized the elaborations of the 2030 Agenda, despite the on-going crises?
- · How can we make the Summit unique and how can we bring the voices of women, and people including the most vulnerable groups such as youth and children, and grass roots community representatives?
- How can we best coordinate the SDG Summit with other relevant processes, including Our Common Agenda, the Transforming Education Summit, the Summit of the Future, the mid-term review of the Sendai Framework, and the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development also planned for September 2023?
Chair:
- H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council
Fireside chat
Moderator:
- Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of UNITAR
Speakers:
- H.E. Mr. Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Co-Chair of the General Assembly open working group on the SDGs and co-facilitator of the 2030 Agenda process
- H.E. Mr. David Donoghue, Distinguished Fellow of ODI and co-facilitator of the 2030 Agenda process
- H.E. Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships
- Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR)
- Ms. Paula Caballero, The Nature Conservancy's (TNC), Regional Managing Director for Latin America
- Ms. Åsa Persson, Member of the Independent Group of Scientists for the 2030 Global Sustainable Development Report, Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute
- Ms. Daisy Ndikuno Owomugasho, Regional Director for The Hunger Project in East Africa
- Ms. Margaret Olabisi Mekwuye, Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development, Nigeria (MGoS)
