HLPF 2020 Preparatory Workshop with participation of representatives of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities, New York, 2-3 December, 2019
The regional engagement came onto the 2030 Agenda stage, in all regions, in 2017. SDG forums on the regional level work alongside national and global levels to ensure the most effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The five regional commissions are Western Asia (ESCWA), Africa (UNECA), Europe (UNECE), Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Below is a list of the regional forums, the website to those forums and a general website for the region.
United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 will be organized around the theme of “Accelerating Progress on the 2030 Agenda post-COVID”
29-31 March – virtual
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
The seventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: Building forward better: towards a resilient and green Africa to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063
1-4 March – hybrid format
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo and online
- Click here for the website
- Call for side event proposals by 22 January
- Click here to register
- Learn more about the 7th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development here
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2021
17-18 March – hybrid format
Geneva and online
- Click here for the website.
- Registration will open on 1 February
- Click here to read the Report of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the ECE region on its 5th session
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Nothing posted yet.
- Click here for the general website
- Click here to read about the Agreed Conclusions & Recommendations of the 4th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America & the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
- Learn more about the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021 here
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021: “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific”
23-26 March – hybrid format
Bangkok, Thailand and online
- Click here for the website
- Call for side event proposals by 31 January.
- Click here to read the Report of the Eighth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development