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Events>Regional Forum 2021>Opening and High-level Policy Segment 2021
last updated 06.12.2021

Opening and High-level Policy Segment 2021

Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and action and delivery on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region

17
March
2021
10:00hrs
Palais des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
17
March
2021
11:00hrs
  • Overview

Overview

10:00hrs
until 10:30hrs
March 17
2021

Opening

Mr. Francisco André
Co-Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Portugal

Mr. László Borbély
Co-Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development State Counsellor to the Prime Minister, Romania

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed (video message)
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Mr. Munir Akram (video message)
President of the Economic and Social Council

Ms. Olga Algayerova
UNECE Executive Secretary and Under-Secretary-General

10:30hrs
until 12:00hrs
March 17
2021

High-level Policy Segment

Keynote address by Mr. Hans Kluge
WHO Regional Director for Europe

PLENARY DEBATE

12:00hrs
until 14:00hrs
March 17
2021

Lunch break

14:00hrs
until 16:00hrs
March 17
2021

Plenary Session

Plenary Session
Key actions and accelerators to tackle the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and to promote a sustainable recovery

The session will take into account key messages from the virtual peer learning sessions (thematic clusters: People, Prosperity, Planet and cross-cutting issues).

Guiding questions: Which are the key actions and accelerators of member States to tackle the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and move towards a sustainable recovery? What are the key take-aways for member States and other stakeholders from the peer learning sessions?

Mr. László Borbély
Co-Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
State Counsellor to the Prime Minister, Romania


MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PANEL (14:10-14:40 CET)

Ms. Odeta Barbullushi
Adviser to the Prime Minister of Albania
National Coordinator for Regional Cooperation of Albania

Mr. Thomas Wagner
Deputy Head of Delegation, EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva

Mr. Mark Wheatley
European Union of the Deaf (Civil Society Representative)

Mr. Christoph Steck
Director of Public Policy and Internet, Telefónica S.A. (Spain)

PLENARY DEBATE (14:40-15:30 CET)

INTERACTION WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL (15:30-16:00 CET)

Guiding question: What support for a sustainable and resilient recovery do member States
expect from the UN system at national and regional levels?

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Ms. Olga Algayerova
UNECE Executive Secretary and Under-Secretary-General

Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
Vice-Chair of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Europe and Central Asia and
Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS
 

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