HLPF 2024 Official side event

How are multi-stakeholder platforms for SDGs involved in the follow-up and review process at national level including the Voluntary National Review process?

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 13:15 - 14:30 EDT (UTC-4)
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The Political Declaration of the SDG Summit clearly states that the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) will help “to further strengthen the follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda”. Indeed, achieving the SDGs requires robust follow-up and review (FUR) processes that boost accountability, empower different stakeholders, and connect disparate voices involved in SDG implementation. 

Thus, revitalising multi-stakeholder platforms is essential to ensuring that FUR leads to the transformations required to achieve the SDGs. In fact, it is arguably this promise that has led many countries to create multi-stakeholder SDG platforms. However, just as there been a growing emergence of these platforms, there have also been increasing questions about their effectiveness.

This side event will convene representatives of multi-stakeholder platforms from across regions to explore how these platforms have bolstered FUR and how they can further amplify their impacts on this and other SDG processes. 

Additionally, the session will examine the evolving role of these representatives over time as they engage in the FUR process. The overall objective of this side event is to foster knowledge exchange among multi-stakeholder platforms to enhance their influence on national-level FUR processes and on the stakeholders involved.

Moreover, the session intends to provide insights for countries and stakeholders contemplating the establishment of similar platforms.

Event Details

Date/time
Wednesday, 17 July 2024 13:15 - 14:30 EDT (UTC-4)
Venue

Conference Room B, United Nations Headquarters, New York (In person only)

Organisers
Ministry of the Foreign Affairs Japan
Languages
English
Agenda
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Presentation Materials

 Opening remarksKUSAKABE Hideki, Deputy Director-General / Deputy Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 
 Framing presentationAMANUMA Nobue, Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)PDF (3.8MB)
 PresentationCarlos Applewhaite, Development Analyst, Sustainable Development Goals Secretariat, Planning Institute of JamaicaPDF (295KB)
Eeva Furman, Secretary General, Finnish National Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentPDF (2.0MB)
Myriam Rapior, Member of German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) and Vice President of German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)-Friends of the Earth GermanyPDF (1.6MB)
Robeliza Halip, Coordinator, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development
Coordinator, Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples
 
 DiscussionAll speakers 
Gabriela Suarez Buitron, Executive Director, FARO 
Lynn Wagner, Senior Director, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) 
 Q&A  
 Final commentsAll speakers 
 Concluding remarksKOJIMA Takumi, Assistant Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs