The first two weeks of July will be busy. The 5th UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) (6 -17 July) will host an array of online debates, events and activities to take stock on the achievement made at global, national and local levels to achieve the SDGs. This year, a particular focus will be brought on making sure that the world can recovery swiftly from the COVID19 pandemic, using the framework of the 2030 Agenda – it will also analyse how progress on SDG implementation has been affected by the outbreak. You can find the official programme of the HLPF here: The programme at a glance / Full annotated programme with detailed concept notes of the sessions. Background documents that will help feed into the discussion can be found here.
Key dates to keep in your agendas include:
- Wednesday 8 July: UCLG – UN HABITAT VLR Guides launch.
- Thursday 9 July from 16h30 to 18h00 (CEST): UN DESA High-level segment on “Bolstering Local Action to accelerate implementation” - more info on the agenda of this session will be shared with you shortly.
- Friday 10 July (TBC): Local and Regional Governments Day, organised by the Global Taskforce
- Monday 13 July from 14h30 to 17h00 (CEST): Local and Regional Governments forum of the Global Taskforce. Concept note here and draft programme here.
- Tuesday 14 July: LRG dialogue with the World Health Organisation.
- Wednesday 15 July from 15h30 to 17h00 (CEST): PLATFORMA’s webinar on the SDGs: where we will also touch upon the consequences of the COVID19 on SDG localisation at EU and global level.
Please find more information on these and other events, and ways to register here.