Concept note for the fifth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Abstract

The workshop will comprise an opening session to be run by ECA and the United Nations department of economic and social affairs and a plenary session during which presentations will be given and discussed. The presentations will focus on the follow-up and review processes related to the implementation of the 2030 agenda and agenda 2063 and progress in achieving the sustainable development goals and the aspirations of agenda 2063, with a special emphasis on the selected goals that are particularly relevant to the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development. An interactive panel session will follow to give representatives of major groups and other stakeholders the opportunity to share and discuss experiences, lessons learned and promising approaches and practices in the implementation of the 2030 agenda and tracking progress towards achieving the goals and the aspirations of agenda 2063.The workshop, is intended to achieve the following objectives: Brief major groups and other stakeholders on the follow-up and review process related to the implementation of the 2030 agenda, in the light of the selected sustainable development goals approach from 2017 to 2019; Promote mutual learning through exchange of experiences, lessons learned and promising approaches and practices in the implementation of the 2030 agenda and tracking of progress towards achieving the sustainable development goals and the aspirations of agenda 2063, with a special emphasis on the selected goals that are particularly relevant to the 2019 high-level political forum; Promote dialogue and consensus among the major groups and other stakeholders on their perspectives to advance the implementation of the 2030 agenda and agenda 2063.