2016 Africa regional forum on sustainable development: progress report: achievements, main outcomes and way forward

Abstract

The Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development was organized with the objective to deliberate and agree on collective input from Africa in the form of key messages to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at its 2016 session. The Forum, which was held over three days, consisted of a pre-event on the first day followed by two days of main sessions. Plenary presentations and discussions on the four sub-themes of the Forum: The presentations were drawn from the background reports on the Forum sub-themes, namely: the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals; inclusive transformation and sustainable development; an integrated results framework and integrated implementation, including means of implementation, for both agendas; and integrated follow-up and review of both agendas.