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VNR Labs 2023:“Recovery, Transformation, Acceleration and Implementation”
VNR Labs provide an informal platform for experience-sharing and reflection on the VNR process. VNR Labs are organized by various Divisions in DESA and partners from various UN and other entities. Discussions are held under the Chatham House rule.
All Labs were held in person and open to all HLPF participants.
All VNR Labs were held in Conference Room 11.
Tuesday 11 July, 9 am
VNR Lab 1: Cooperatives for Accelerated Sustainable Development
Organized by DISD/DESA in collaboration with COPAC. Concept note.
Tuesday 11 July, 1 pm
VNR Lab 2: Multi-level governance for SDG implementation: the role of VNRs and VLRs
Organized by DSDG/DESA in partnership with UN Habitat. For more information click here.
Tuesday 11 July, 2 pm
VNR Lab 3: Integrating Volunteerism and Showcasing Volunteering Contributions to VNRs
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmp_n48AJ45TCd3fTlzyvNe_ElOJY7tSK3gnkf9dHpCHliKg/viewform
Organized by UN Volunteers and DESA. Concept note. Guidance note: UN Entities | Member States
Wednesday 12 July, 9 am
VNR Lab 4: Alternative Ways of Report Writing - the Experience of Timor-Leste
Organized by Government of Timor-Leste and DESA. Concept note.
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Wednesday 12 July, 2 pm
VNR Lab 5: SDG Synthesis Coalition: Using VNR Data as part of a Synthesis of Global Evaluative Evidence on Progress towards SDG17
Organized by SDG Synthesis Coalition. For more information and registration click here.
Thursday 13 July, 1 pm
VNR Lab 6: SDG Progress and Reporting in Times of Polycrisis: the Role of Civil Society in Ensuring Consistency
Organized by UN Foundation. Concept note.
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Friday 14 July, 1 pm
VNR Lab 7: Deepening the Data Analysis in VNRs: Showcasing Country Examples
Organized by Statistics Division / DESA. For more information and registration click here.
Friday 14 July, 2 pm
VNR Lab 8: Bridging Gaps and Forging Partnerships to Enhance Reporting on SDGs in Africa (SDGs 6 & 17)
Organized by OSAA, APRM and ECA. Concept Note: English | French. Hybrid. Zoom link here.
Monday 17 July, 1 pm
VNR Lab 9: Innovations & Frontier Technologies in Support of VNR Preparation and SDG Implementation. Experiences from the Regions
Organized by RCNYO (UN Regional Commissions). Concept Note.
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Monday 17 July, 2 pm
VNR Lab 10: Unleashing the Power of Collaboration: Boosting Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Engagement for the 2030 Agenda
Organized by DSDG/DESA. For more information, click here.
Monday 17 July, 6 pm
VNR Lab 11: Innovative programs and public sector governance mechanisms in service of VNR processes: the Experience of Romania
Organized by OISC/DESA and Government of Romania. Concept Note.
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Tuesday 18 July, 8 am
VNR Lab 12: Principles of effective governance in VNRs: Enhancing policy coherence for sustainable development
Organized by Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
For more information click here.
Tuesday 18 July, 1 pm
VNR Lab 13: The relevance of human rights norms and data to ensuring the effectiveness of VNRs.
Organized by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and OHCHR. Concept note.
Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/9Tszv3BAC2
Tuesday 18 July, 2 pm
VNR Lab 14: SDG Acceleration through a New Generation of VNRs?
Organized by OISC/DESA. Concept note.
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Tuesday 18 July, 6 pm
VNR Lab 15: Whole-of-government and whole-of-society VNRs in times of transformation
Organized by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE).
More information: www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/vnr-lab-2023
Registration: https://forms.gle/aDEA8mVugdyZ8WmR8
Wednesday 19 July, 8 am
VNR Lab 16: Citizen-generated data to leave no-one behind
Organized by ESCAP and UN Statistics Division. Concept Note.
Hybrid. Click here to register.
