Platform Partners to Attend High Level Political Forum
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development starts today. The theme for 2016 is Ensuring that No One Gets Left Behind.
The HLPF is the United Nation’s platform to review the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and will provide leadership, guidance and recommendations on implementing and monitoring progress on the SDGs.
The HLPF is “the most inclusive and participatory forum at the United Nations, bringing all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies together”. High-level representatives from UNRISD, ILO, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS and UNICEF will attend.
In addition to international organizations, other stakeholders will participate in the Forum. One group of stakeholders, officially known as “Major Groups”, was identified at the 1992 Earth Summit. Major Groups are comprised of the following nine sectors of society whose participation is considered crucial to achieving sustainable development:
- Women
- Children and Youth
- Indigenous Peoples
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- Local Authorities
- Workers and Trade Unions
- Business and Industry
- Scientific and Technological Community
- Farmers
Other stakeholders identified by governments to participate in sustainable development include “local communities, volunteer groups and foundations, migrants and families, as well as older persons and persons with disabilities”.
Session Events
Among the sessions included in the Forum’s official agenda are Where do we stand at year one?, Ensuring that no one is left behind: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 and Ensuring that no one is left behind – Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs.
Other events include side events such as SDG 6 and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation and Financing the SDGs in the Least Developed Countries: Diversifying the Financing Tool-box and Managing Vulnerability.
On Monday, 18 July, UNRISD is hosting Walking the Talk: Transformative Pathways for Achieving the SDGs, an official side event of Forum. UNRISD Director Paul Ladd will present a preview the Institute’s 2016 flagship report, Policy Innovations for Transformative Change, which will be released in October.
The side event is officially sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Sweden.