Major groups: concept note

Abstract

Major groups and other stakeholders play a crucial role in promoting sustainable development. For instance, their involvement is vital to enhancing inclusion by representing voiceless, marginalized and vulnerable populations; engaging in capacity-building activities; and strengthening the participation in and ownership of development processes by diverse communities, in particular at the national, sub-national and local levels. Clearly, major groups have attributes essential to enhancing the reach, effectiveness and durability of development initiatives and outcomes. The workshop will comprise an opening session and presentations will be delivered and discussed. The presentations will focus on the Sustainable Development Goal follow-up and review processes and progress in the implementation in Africa of the Goals and those of Agenda 2063, with particular emphasis on the Sustainable Development Goals selected for the 2017 meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development.