Regional Workshop on Accelerating SDG Implementation: the role of Voluntary National and Local Reviews
Event information
Seventh Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
In the framework of the Seventh Meeting of the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development to be held in person at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago from 15 to 18 April 2024, ECLAC together with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) are organizing this event to discuss and reflect on the opportunity presented by the development of voluntary local reviews to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Participants in this workshop will include national and local authorities from the Latin American and Caribbean region who have been involved in SDG territorialization efforts, as well as in the preparation of the Local and National Voluntary Reviews; Resident Coordinators of the UN system and representatives of their offices, and other UN system officials, particularly from DESA and ECLAC, as well as other stakeholders, including civil society and academia.
The overall objective of the event is to promote dialogue and reflection on the opportunity represented by the elaboration of voluntary local reviews for the strengthening of intersectoral, multilevel, multi-stakeholder and long-term governance.
Schedule
Moderator: Mareike Eberz, Economic Affairs Officer, Office of the Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Moderator: Humberto Soto, Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC’s Office in Mexico
Keynote address: Jaime Miranda (virtual)
The VNRs at the 2024 United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF): Maame Agyeben (virtual)
Good practices in Voluntary National Review (VNR) reporting from the region of Latin America and the Caribbean: Mareike Eberz
Q&A.
Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Social Affairs Officer, Subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, ECLAC
Moderator: Daniel Taccari, Statistical Division, ECLAC (tbc)
Connecting the dots – reporting the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda between the SDG Summit and the Summit of the Future: Javier Surasky
Local level data collection in Bolivia and the Atlas Municipal of SDGs: Edgar Pacheco (virtual)
Moderator: Valeria Torres, Governance and Public Administration Officer, ILPES, ECLAC
VNR/VLR Integration: developments at international level: Carol Pollack
National and sub-national experiences from the region, Honduras: José Rosales (tbc), Norman Sanchez
National and sub-national experiences from the region, Mexico: Irais Barreto, Representative from the State of Querétaro
Moderator: Fiona Littlejohn-Carrillo, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, ECLAC
Perspectives from Local Governments: Constanza Figuero, Marcos Antonio Benitez Velazquez, Bolivia (tbc)
Regional Perspective: Sergio Godoy
Stakeholder perspectives: Youth Representative, Esther Camac Ramírez (tbc), Representative from the Private Sector
Q&A.
