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Be part of the global effort to achieve the SDGs by engaging with FAO's upcoming events or delve into previous webinars and revisit the discussions and learnings.

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2024

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2024

Hybrid Event, 22/04/2024 - 25/04/2024

Organised by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Tenth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is taking place 22-25 April. The annual intergovernmental forum aims to assess progress and exchange knowledge, best practices, and policy solutions to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in line with regional priorities.

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2024

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2024

Hybrid Event, 15/04/2024 - 18/04/2024

Organised by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development  will take place from 15-18 April. The annual intergovernmental forum aims to assess progress and exchange knowledge, best practices, and policy solutions to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,...

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2024

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2024

26/03/2024 - 27/03/2024

Hosted by FAO, in collaboration with UN DESA’s Division for Sustainable Development Goals, an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on SDG 2 will take place in Rome, in March 2024. With the aim of contributing to the 2024 in-depth review of SDG 2, the EGM will take stock of progress towards SDG2 targets, share knowledge of success stories, good practices and challenges; identify particular areas of con...

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2024

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2024

Hybrid Event, 13/03/2024 - 14/03/2024

The 2024 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development took place 13-14 March in Geneva, Switzerland. The annual intergovernmental forum aims to assess progress and exchange knowledge, best practices, and policy solutions to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in line with regional priorities.

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2024

7/3

2024

Hybrid Event, 05/03/2024 - 07/03/2024

Organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UESCWA), the 2024 Arab Forum on Sustainable Development took place from 5 - 7 March in Beirut, Lebanon. The annual intergovernmental forum aims to assess progress and exchange knowledge, best practices, and policy solutions to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in line with regional priorities.

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2024

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2024

Hybrid Event, 20/02/2024 - 23/02/2024

Organised by the Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the 2024 Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development will take place from 20-23 February,  under the theme: “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: The effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions in Asia and th...

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2024

Hybrid Event, 30/01/2024

Organized by FAO, UN Major Group on Children and Youth and the UN Major Group on Science and Technology, as part of the 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum, the SDG Action Segment on Goal 2 will discuss the challenges, share lessons learned and good practices as well as report on innovative tools and strategies to strengthen and facilitate meaningful multi-stakeholder engagement and partnership fo...

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2023

10/12/2023

Co-lead by the Local2030 Coalition, FAO, UN-Habitat, UNDP, UCLG and the Global Task Force for Local and Regional Governments, this COP28 side event scheduled for 10th December 2023 from 12:30-1:30pm (GST) aspires to highlighting the need for integrated, collaborative approaches to address the complex challenges posed by climate change, food security, and biodiversity loss at the local level. 

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2023

Virtual Event, 22/11/2023

The Agrifood Innovation Finance Debate was an engaging online event bringing together small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and investors to discuss critical current challenges in financing innovations that have the potential to transform agrifood systems across Africa and Asia. The Debate is part of the SDG Agrifood Accelerator Programme, an instrument designed by the Food and Agricultu...

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2023

19/10/2023

FAO will participate in this multi-stakeholder forum dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 20230 in the Benelux with a side event on 'SDGs and the food-climate-biodiversity-environment nexus: global development and local implications''. 

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2023

29/9

2023

Hybrid Event, 16/09/2023 - 29/09/2023

Including the SDG Action Weekend (16 - 17 September) and the SDG Summit 2023 (18 - 19 September), the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will open from United Nations headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, 5 September 2023, with the High-Level Week of UNGA78 spanning from 19 to 25 September.

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2023

Hybrid Event, 15/09/2023

On 15 September, join FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO Office of Chief Statistician (OCS) for the launch of "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2023" report.

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2023

19/8

2023

Hybrid Event, 10/07/2023 - 19/08/2023

The 2023 session of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will take place from 5 to 18 July, in New York, and will include a High-level Segment. Convening under the theme "Building back better from the coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," the 20...

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2023

Virtual Event, 07/03/2023

FAO, in collaboration with the Data Strategy, will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, 7 March 2023 on the use of Earth Observation data for the production of official agricultural statistics and SDG indicators.

Collecting data and predicting real time crop area and yield is difficult and expensive. FAO, through the EOSTAT project, is helping countries in overcoming this challen...

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2023

Virtual Event, 24/01/2023

With the 5F crisis – lack of food, feed, fuel, fertilizer and finance pushing millions more people in the world’s most populous region into hunger and poverty, four specialized agencies of the United Nations are calling for urgent coordinated efforts to address the impacts this crisis will have on economies...

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2023

Virtual Event, 12/01/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will present the latest Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and...