[2015] Sustainable Development Transition Forum

 

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 - to Thursday, 19 November 2015

 

Description

The 2015 SDTF will convene representatives from national governments, UN Agencies, and experts
who are responsible for integrating the 2030 Agenda and SDGs into national plans and planning
processes.

In view of the above context and needs, the overall objective of the SDTF is to convene government
officials, UN Agencies and experts from around the world to discuss guidance on mainstreaming the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SDGs into national and sub-national development
plans. The SDTF will meet this objective by convening three parallel workshops as outlined below
and through the facilitation of combined opening and closing sessions designed to share critical
insights across the three parallel workshops.

1. International Workshop on Guidance for Implementing The 2030 Agenda and SDGs Organized by the UNOSD together with the UN Development Programme and the Asia-Europe Foundation

2. Inter-Regional Experience Sharing and Training Workshop for Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda into National Strategies Organized by UNDESA-DSD together with the UNOSD

3. Workshop on Capacity Development for Mainstreaming Energy SDGs, Targets and Indicators into Statistical Programmes in Asian Countries Organized by UNDESA-DSD together with the UNOSD

 

Programme

Concept Note

 

Formal Opening

Welcome Statement and Opening Remarks

  • Mr. SungSoo Jun (Vice-Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City)
  • Mr. JongSoo Yoon (Head of the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA))

Opening

 

 

 

<Workshop 1:

International Workshop on Guidance for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development >

 

Day 1 
 

Opening Session

 

Session 1: Raising Public Awareness

 

Session 2: Applying Multi-stakeholder Approaches

 

Day 2

Session 3: Reviewing National Plans and Adapting to National Contexts

 

Session 4: Creating Horizontal and Vertical Policy Coherence 

 

Session 5: Budgeting for the Future

 

Session 6: Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability

 

Day 3

Session 7: Assessing Risk and Fostering Adaptability

 

Session 8: Key Challenges, Lessons Learned and Way Forward

 

Closing Session

 

Documentation

Summary Report

Speaker Biographies

Participant List

Agenda

 

 

<Workshop 2:

Inter-Regional Experience Sharing and Training Workshop for Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda into National Strategies >

 

Day 1 

Opening Session

 

Session 1: Mainstreaming Sustainable Development at National Level: Country Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges

 

Day 2

Session 2: Integrated Approach for Sustainable Development Planning & Implementation

 

Session 3: Monitoring and Reporting

Session 4: Preparing for the National Reviews in 2016

 

Session 5: Means of Implementation: Capacity Development, Financing and Technology Transfer

  • "Technology Facilitation Mechanism"-Jeffrey Crawford (Programme Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
  • "The Addis Abba Action Agenda and Financing for Development"- Seleshi.B.Awulachew (Inter-Regional Advisor on National Sustainable Development Strategies, Water,Energy and Capacity Building Branch Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA, United Nations) & Sarabeth Brockley (Water, Energy and Capacity Building Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA, United Nations)

 

Day 3

Session 6: Discussion on Implementation of Sustainable Development at National Level (ISDN) and way forward

 

Closing Session

  • "Synthesis Presentation" - Nicolas Tremblay (Inter-Regional Adviser on Sustainable Development, Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA))

 

Documentation

Participant List

Agenda

 

 

<Workshop 3:

Workshop on Capacity Development for Mainstreaming Energy SDGs, Targets and Indicators into Statistical Programmes in Asian Countries  >

 

Day 1 

Opening Session

 

Session 1

Session 2:

Session 3:

Session 4:

Session 5: