Regional Forum 2022
How to build back better from the COVID-19 crisis while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the UNECE region? The 2022 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development aimed to uncover concrete policy actions to accelerate SDG progress and support efforts to build a resilient and sustainable economic recovery.
Geneva & Online
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 offered 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 were 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
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Live streaming via the UN Web TV was provided for Plenary Sessions and Round Tables. Watch the recordings here.
Pictures of the event
Programme
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Opening and High-level Policy Segment
Opening session, followed by high-level plenary discussion on achieving a sustainable COVID-19 recovery while fully implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Plenary Session and Closing
Forward-looking policies for a sustainable COVID-19 recovery.
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Round Tables
Through peer learning round tables the Regional Forum offered a unique learning space where participants could interact with their peers and other relevant stakeholders to exchange experiences and get new impulses for national policy-making.
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Pre-Meetings
The pre-meetings provided an early opportunity for various stakeholders such as civil society, youth, parliamentarians, business organizations, and academia to meet, share experiences as well as introduce and discuss issues on the agenda, thereby identifying priorities and distilling a common vis
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Side Events
Side events aimed to create an additional space for various stakeholders to share their experience with regards to a specific issue, related to the main theme of the Regional Forum.
Speakers
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Edil Baisalov
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz RepublicChair of the RFSD 2022 -
Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy UN Secretary-General -
Olga Algayerova
UNECE Executive Secretary -
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 InstituteKeynote 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
VENUE
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Plenary sessions of the 2022 Regional Forum took place in the Room XVII and peer learning round tables were held in Tempus Rooms 1, 2 and 3 (see the red circle on the map).