SDG 16

Strengthening SDG 16/17 implementation in the context of COVID-19

2020 HLPF virtual side-event: How to strengthen the partnership between the government and civil society to accelerate the implementation of SDG 16/17 in the corona context?
Date:14 July 2020
 -1st session: CSO roundtable 07:00-08:00 EDT (20:00-21:00 in East Asia time)
 -2nd session: HLPF Side-event 08:00-09:00 EDT (21:00-22:00 in East Asia time)

Main Organizer: Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development (KCOC)

Co-organizers: Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs, Save the Children Japan, World Vision Japan, Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability

Best regards,
Aoi Horiuchi
Advocacy Coordinator,
Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on CoNGO’s Regional Committee in Asia-Pacific, please visit  facebook.com/ngocongoRCAP.

20th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Provisional agenda of the twentieth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

1. Election of officers

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

3. Discussion on the theme “Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16”

4. Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

5. Dialogues:

(a) Dialogue with indigenous peoples;

(b) Dialogue with Member States;

(c) Dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;

(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

(e) Regional dialogues;

(f) Thematic dialogues;

6. Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

7. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues, specifically challenges related to pandemics and responses to them.

8. Provisional agenda of the twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum

9. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twentieth session

CoNGO NOTES: For information about the work of CoNGO and its NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visit its Facebook account here. 

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