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Events>Regional Forum 2021>Plenary Session and Closing 2021
last updated 06.12.2021

Plenary Session and Closing 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.

18
March
2021
10:00hrs
Palais des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
18
March
2021
12:00hrs
  • Overview

Overview

10:00hrs
until 12:00hrs
March 18
2021

Plenary Session and Closing

Plenary Session and Closing
Experiences from the region with Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)


Experiences from UNECE member States that have presented or will present VNRs at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, including linkages between multiple VNRs and the inclusion of SDG implementation at the local level.

Guiding questions: What are the experiences of member States with the VNR process? If member States have prepared more than one VNR, what are the linkages between these VNRs? How has the local dimension of SDG acceleration and implementation been reflected in VNRs? How could the VNR process further evolve in the future?

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

Mr. Liu Zhenmin
Under-Secretary-General of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations

Mr. Martin Chungong
Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Mr. Alexander Marschik (video message)
Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in New York
Co-facilitator for the intergovernmental negotiations for the review process of the ECOSOC and HLPF

Ms. Najat Maalla M'jid (video message)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PANEL (10:15-10:45 CET)

Mr. Vladislav Smrž
Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic

Ms. Mia Crawford
Coordinator 2030 Agenda, Deputy Director Global Agenda, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Mr. Anton Czvetov
Deputy Director, Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects,
Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation

Mr. Peter Erik Danielsson
Mayor of Helsingborg, Sweden
Report from the pre-meeting “Local Governments: The role of SDG Voluntary Local Reviews”

Ms. Nelya Rakhimova
Open School of Sustainable Development, Openshkola (Civil Society representative)

PLENARY DEBATE (10:45-11:40 CET)

CLOSING (11:40-12:00 CET)

Ms. Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva and Under-Secretary-General

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

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

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