Date: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Time: 1:15- 2:30 PM (EDT)
Conference Room 12, UN Headquarters, New York
Livestreamed on UN Web TV

During the HLPF side event, jointly organized by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), the two committees will share their findings and recommendations for how the VNRs could be improved with the aim to provide points for consideration by governments and other stakeholders participating in the VNRs and propose a new and revised approach to the VNRs - VNRv2.0 - ahead of the upcoming 2023 SDG summit and HLPF review.
Member states and civil society organizations will be providing their reflections on the findings of the two committees and share their own perspectives on how the VNRs can be improved to support accelerated SDG implementation.

Documents

• Concept Note
• CDP presentation
• CDP Background Paper: Implementing the SDGs: Strengthening the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)
• Conference room paper on the Use of governance indicators in Voluntary National Review and Voluntary Local Review processes and what it may mean for building strong institutions for the SDGs
  (commissioned in support of the deliberations of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration at its 22nd session on the application of the UN principles of effective governance for sustainable development)

Moderator

• Mr. Thomas Alfstad, CDP Secretariat, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Speakers

• Ms. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Chair, Committee for Development Policy (CDP)
• Mr. Rolf Alter, Vice-Chair, Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) (via video link)
• Mr. John Gilroy, Climate and Sustainable Development Lead, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations
• Ms. Latoya Clarke, Programme Director, Sustainable Development Goals Secretariat, SDG Focal Point, Planning Institute of Jamaica
• Mr. Javier Surasky, Research Director, Centro de Pensamiento Estratégico Internacional (CEPEI)