UNOSD will organize the Workshop on Accelerating Progress on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa from 4 to 6 March 2025 at UN ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This workshop will highlight success cases and assess persistent barriers and gaps for accelerated progress considering regional stocktaking progress for SDG 6 and SDG 7, as well as interrelated goals, targets, and indicators, and working on the WEFE nexus in the region.
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The United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), supports the UN Member States in planning and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through knowledge sharing, capacity development, policy advisory, research, and partnerships with a particular focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Landlocked Developing States (LLDCs). UNOSD was established in Incheon, Republic of Korea in 2011 by the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Korea. UNOSD is part of the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
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UNOSD organized a side event during the Side Event at the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC-5) at BEXCO Exhibition Center in Busan, Republic of Korea to address the global challenge of plastic pollution, with a particular focus on supporting developing countries for national capacity, evidence-based policies and finance to implement a Global Plastics Treaty
UNOSD will organized the 2025 Executive Training Course for Policymakers from 18 to 21 March 2025 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The training aims to assist UN Member States in adopting a systems-thinking and integrated approach to translating the global synergies and co-benefits between SDGs and climate action into domestic priorities.