PROGRAMME FOR ECOSOC INTEGRATION SEGMENT, HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECOSOC*
INTEGRATION
HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SEGMENT
Theme:
Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an
inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development
Week 1, 6-9 and 12 July 2021
Thursday, 8 July
9 AM – 12:15 PM
SDGs in focus:
How do we get on track for building
more peaceful, equal and inclusive
societies
(SDGs 3, 10,16, 17 and
interlinkages among those goals and
with other SDGs)
(Meeting break 11:00 - 11:15 AM)
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Going local
(How
can we support local authorities
in implementing the SDGs and how
can we best build on voluntary local
reviews?)
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
Mobilizing science,
technology and innovation
and strengthening the
science-policy-society
interface
(How
do we ensure that
science and technology support
the realization of the SDGs for
all and how do we bridge
the
digital divide?
This session will
include a dialogue with
scientists preparing the Global
Sustainable Development
Report-GSDR
)
Friday, 2 July
Tuesday, 6 July
9 – 9:30 AM
Opening
President of ECOSOC
Vice President (Integration segment
messages)
9:30 AM – 12 PM
The SDGs in time of crisis:
A sustainable,
inclusive and resilient recovery from
COVID-19 as an opportunity to realize the
SDGs
(Where do we stand on the SDGs given the
dramatic impacts of COVID-19? Discussion
based on the SG’s SDG progress report and
experiences of countries at various development
levels, including MICs and other actors, What
kind of policies can address COVID-19’s
impacts while putting us on track to realize the
SDGs? This session will discuss resilience of
health systems, equitable access to vaccine;
social protection; challenges with
learning/education; impacts on gender and
economic dimensions)
Wednesday, 7 July
9 AM – 12:15 PM
Friday, 9 July
9 – 11 AM
Coming together to help
Small Island Developing
States to get on a path to
realize the SDGs
(Meeting brreak 11:00 -
11:15 AM)
Monday, 12 July
9 AM – 11:30 AM
Investing in the SDGs
(How
can public and private
financing be scaled up to
unlock catalytic investments
for the achievement of the
2030 Agenda)
11:30 AM – 1 PM
4 VNRs – 3
nd
timers
SDGs in focus:
(How do we get on track to end
poverty and hunger, and transform
towards inclusive and sustainable
economies?)
(SDGs 1, 2. 8, 17 and interlinkages
among those goals and with other
SDGs)
9 AM – 1 PM
(Meeting break 11:00 - 11:15 AM)
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Looking at the 2020 targets:
implementation and review
(How are we doing on the 2020 targets?
How can we keep reviewing them while
keeping track of on going
intergovernmental processes to keep the
level of ambition of those targets?)
(targets 2.5, 3.6, 6.6, 8.6. 8.b, 9.c, 12.4,
13.a, 12.4, 14.2, 14.4, 14.5,14.6, 15.1
and 17.118.6. 8.b, 9.c, 15.2, 15.5, 15.8,
15.9 and 17.8 and their interrelations
including with other goals)
12 – 1 PM
Ensuring that no one is left behind:
(How
do we protect the poorest and most
vulnerable from the crisis and empower
them to realize the SDGs?)
3 – 5 PM
Building resilience against future shocks
through structural changes and investment
in sustainable infrastructure
(How can we restructure our social and
economic systems and develop the sustainable
infrastructure we need (transport, water and
sanitation, energy, ICT, urban systems, and
social infrastructure) to build resilience and
achieve the SDGs?
3 – 5 PM
SDGs in focus
How do we revamp and transform
consumption and production and
address and mitigate climate
change?
(SDGs 12, 13, 17 and
interlinkages among these goals
and with other SDGs)
* The programme is based on the resolution 74/298
**The sessions will look at synergies and trade-offs among these SDGs and across all the SDGs and will discuss SDG 17 in all SDG sessions
*** The general debate will consist of pre-recorded and/or written statements that will be posted on the websites of ECOSOC and HLPF
3 – 5 PM
3 – 5 PM
Restoring the conditions for SDG
progress in
African countries, Least Developed
Countries and Landlocked
Developing Countries
3 – 5 PM
Vision and priorities of civil
society, the private sector
and other major groups and
stakeholders: realizing the
SDGs during the COVID-19
recovery
3 – 5 PM
6 VNRs – 3
nd
timers