HLPF Timeline 2021

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2021#preparation 

 

Official outcome reports from the Regional Sustainable Development Forums have been released:

(a) Africa region, Brazzaville (hybrid meeting), 1–4 March (E/HLPF/2021/3/Add.1);
(b) Latin America and the Caribbean region, San José (virtual meeting), 15–18 March (E/HLPF/2021/3/Add.2);
(c) Europe region, Geneva (hybrid meeting), 17 and 18 March (E/HLPF/2021/3/Add.3);
(d) Asia-Pacific region, Bangkok (hybrid meeting), 23–26 March (E/HLPF/2021/3/Add.4);
(e) Arab region, Beirut (virtual meeting), 29–31 March (E/HLPF/2021/3/Add.5). (not yet published)
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UN ECA – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

 

  1. Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti,  Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, The D.R Congo, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
  2. Regional forum: 
    1. 1-4 March in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, hybrid format. 
    2. Official event website
    3. Register here to the event (deadline TBC) 
  3. Civil society engagement
    1. Join regional civil society group – This information will be coming later! 
    2. Africa Regional Mechanism for Major Groups website  
    3. Civil society forum – MGoS – 26 – 27 February (please follow the registration link for the official meeting to access the pre-meeting MGoS events) 
    4. Thu, Feb 25, 2021: Preparatory and capacity development workshop for major groups and other stakeholders: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdOihrzopH9E83QErh7y4IbX3lCzl08Iy

 

UN ECLAC – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

 

  1. Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, France, Peru, Argentina, Germany, Portugal, Bahamas, Grenada, Republic of Korea, Barbados, Guatemala, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Brazil, Honduras, Spain, Canada, Italy, Suriname, Chile, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Japan, Turkey, Costa Rica, Mexico, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Cuba, Netherlands, United States of America, Dominica, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Norway, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Paraguay   
  2. Regional forum: 
    1. 15-18 March in Costa Rica, virtual format
    2. Official event website
    3. Register here Not yet open 
  3. Civil society engagement
    1. Join regional civil society group – Mechanism of CS participation write to linking.group.cso.lac@gmail.com 
    2. RCEM website  
    3. Civil society forum –  the 15th March in the afternoon time of Costa Rica 

 

UN ECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

 

  1. Countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova (Republic of), Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
  2. Regional forum: 
    1. 17-18 March in Geneva, Switzerland, in hybrid format. 
    2. Official event website
    3. Register here to the event (deadline 22 Feb 2021)
  3. Civil society engagement
    1. Join regional civil society group (UNECE-RCEM): register here
    2. UNECE-RCEM website
    3. Civil society forum – will be held in the week of 10 March (date TBC, join the listserve to get the latest information and to receive the registration link)

 

UN ESCAP –  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

 

  1. Countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Fiji, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, UK, US, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
  2. Regional forum: 
    1. 23-26 March 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand, in hybrid format. 
    2. Official event website
    3. Register here (deadline March 10): UNESCAP Events Portal 
  3. Civil society engagement
    1. Join regional civil society group: register to AP-RCEM’s listserve here 
    2. AP-RCEM website
    3. Civil society forum – The registration link will be coming from UN ESCAP
    4. Youth forum (14-16 March 2021): Register here (deadline 19 Feb)

 

UN ESCWA – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia 

 

  1. Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, the State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.  
  2. Regional forum 
    1. 29-31 March in Beirut, Lebanon, in hybrid format.
    2. Official event website
    3. Register here (deadline 15 March)
  3. Civil society engagement
    1. There is no RCEM for this region yet, and usually there is no CSO forum, there is no pre-forum scheduled for this year as of yet.

 

(We’d like to thank Hanna Gunnarsson of WECF and the regional OPs of the WMG for collating this information)