ALL ABOUT THE EVENT

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant setback regarding the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2022 Regional Forum will offer opportunities for exchange and peer learning on how to accelerate SDG progress in the context of COVID-19 in several formats, including plenary sessions, peer learning round tables, side events and preparatory consultations.
The following SDGs will be reviewed in depth: 

 

  • SDG 4 – quality education and lifelong learning
  • SDG 5 – gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
  • SDG 14 – life below water: oceans, seas and marine resources
  • SDG 15 – life on land: terrestrial ecosystems, forests, desertification, land degradation, biodiversity
  • SDG 17 – partnerships for the goals 

 

- Join us on Twitter: #RFSD2022 

- Live streaming via the UN TV website will be provided for all sessions (plenaries and round tables)

- Pictures of the event 

Speakers

  • Edil Baisalov

    Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic
    Chair of the RFSD 2022

  • Amina J. Mohammed

    Deputy UN Secretary-General
  • Olga Algayerova

    Olga Algayerova

    UNECE Executive Secretary
  • Mirjana Spoljaric Egger

    Mirjana Spoljaric Egger

    Vice-Chair of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Europe and Central Asia

  • Åsa Persson

    Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute
    Keynote speaker

  • Octavian Bivol

    Chief of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UNDRR

  • Andrea Innamorati

    Senior Policy Advisor for the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea

  • Aneta Kankaras

    Head of Office for Sustainable Development, Secretariat-General of the Government of Montenegro

  • Biljana Ginova

    Advocacy Manager of ERA - LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey
EVENT DOCUMENTS
Statement

Keynote speech: Dr. Åsa Persson

By: UNECE
Release date: 4/2022
Download:  English
Statement

Mayor of Evian: Josiane Lei

By: UNECE
Release date: 4/2022
Download:  English
Statement

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed_2022

By: UNECE
Release date: 4/2022
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Information note

List of participants 2022

By: UNECE
Release date: 4/2022
Download:  English
Report

Halfway to 2030: How Many Targets Will Be Achieved in the UNECE Region? Snapshot and insights in 2022

By: UNECE
Release date: 4/2022

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the pivotal role of the regional dimension in implementation, follow-up and review.

Download:  English
VENUE

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Conference participants must register in advance through the registration link below. Security identification badges to physically access the venue are delivered only upon an approved registration. Participants can obtain such a badge at the Pregny gate of the Palais des Nations after passing through security screening and presenting a valid passport or a national identity card. Entry at Pregny Gate is possible from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Plenary sessions of the 2022 Regional Forum will take place in the Room XVII and peer learning round tables will be held in Tempus Rooms 1, 2 and 3 (see the red circle on the map).

Registration for the 2022 Regional Forum taking place on 6 and 7 April is now open!

The Forum will take place in a hybrid format at the Palais des Nations. For technical reasons, possibilities for remote interventions will be limited throughout the event – physical participation is therefore greatly encouraged when possible.

The deadline for registrations is 31 March 2022, 23:59 (CET).

Please regularly check this registration section as registration for side events will be added soon.