The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will hold the Regional Forum for Sustainable Development for the Arab States 2021 from 29-31 March 2021. The Regional Forum will be held in a hybrid format that will provide for both in-person and virtual participation. The Annual Regional Collaborative Platform for the...

As part of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) work programme, the Fifth Expert Meeting on Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will take place online on 29 March-1 April 2021, 15.00-17.00 CET each day. The Expert Meeting will provide a platform to share experience on issues related to statistics for SDGs. The meeting...

The IAEG-SDGs hosted a virtual meeting, “Leaving no one behind: Data disaggregation for SDGs,” on Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting was open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.  The speakers focused on data disaggregation initiatives as well as reporting and...

The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for collective transformational changes of all key actors in society. Businesses and the private sector more broadly can provide an important contribution to achieving the SDGs, although their specific role is not sufficiently mainstreamed in the SDG agenda. SDG 12 (sustainable consumption...

Major international processes and frameworks, such as the SDGs, have recognised that strengthening women’s ownership and control over land is a way to empower women and also contribute to the eradication of poverty and hunger. Despite the measures countries have taken to promote gender equality, women continue to be significantly disadvantaged,...