Launch of the FACTI Panel report
Triennial review of the list of LDCs by the Committee for Development Policy
UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) +5 Online Conference
59th Commission for Social Development
The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) will take place from 8 to 17 February in 2021.
The priority theme will be “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all.”
SDG Good Practices
SDMX Expert Group and Meeting of the SDMX-SDGs Working Group
Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
Workshop titled "Voluntary Local Review Series: Monitoring, data and indicators"
EGM on the Assessment of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Forest Management
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) at its fifteenth session, requested the UNFF Secretariat, in consultation with other members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and with input from members of the Forum, to compile an initial assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on: (i) sustainable forest management (SFM), (ii) the forest sector, forest-dependent people, indigenous peoples and local communities, (iii) forest financing and international cooperation, and to present this assessment to the Forum at its sixteenth
session in April 2021.
Global Network Webinar Registration: Monitoring SDGs through citizen science and citizen-generated data
This is the fourth event in our Building Strong Data Ecosystems for SDGs series in the framework of the UNSD Global Network Webinars: Rosy Mondarini (Adviser at Citizen Cyberlab, University of Geneva) and Gabriel Gamez (UNSD) will present on Monitoring the SDGs through citizen science and citizen-generated data.
Webinar: Building Back Better - Natural Capital Accounting for a Green Recovery
14th Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS)
14th Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) (3-4 and 7 December) will bring together gender statisticians and experts to review on-going national, regional and global initiatives to improve evidence for gender-relevant policies, including the development and implementation of international statistical methods in the context of COVID-19; discuss and review on-going workstreams of the IAEG-GS Advisory Groups; take stock of the latest assessments of progress towards gender equality at the sub-national, national, regional and global levels, as presented in T
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Theme for IDPD 2020: “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.
Online event Good Practices on SDG Implementation: Inspiring Examples to Drive Change
Online event (2 December, 9-10 am) will be convened virtually by .
Joint informal high-level meeting of the GA and ECOSOC to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development
Joint informal high-level meeting of the GA and ECOSOC to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development (1 December, held in-person in the GA Hall, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm). The anniversary is an opportunity to reset inclusive social policies, based on the lessons learned, including during the COVID-19 crisis, and to help countries build back better with greater resilience to meet the future challenges for achieving Sustainable Development Goals for all.