SDGs

On 16 July 2019, Professor José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the CDP’s 2019 report to ECOSOC to the Council’s High-Level Segment. Professor Ocampo stressed the CDP’s main messages on the theme of the C ...

On 15 July 2019 Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated as resource person at the session of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) entitled "Four years of VNRs: what have we learned on implementi ...

On 11 July 2019 Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the findings of the CDP analysis of the 2018 Voluntary National Reports in a HLPF side event entitled: “National Reports on the 2030 Agenda: W ...

The paper analyses how countries addressed leaving no one behind, pursuing global partnership as means of implementation and SDG 4 on quality education in the VNRs submitted in 2018.

On 10 July, DISD, EAPD and DPIDG of DESA, in collaboration with OHCHR, UNWomen and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, organized the VNR Lab “Leaving no one behind: Inclusive implementation and reporting”. The lab focused on how ...

Development often creates or exacerbates poverty and comes at the expense of environmental integrity, pushing people further behind.  It is particularly important, she stated, to  address the inequalities that create obstacles to the reform of the mechanisms through which people are pushed behind, such as decision-making systems where the most disadvantaged are often unrepresented.

The report analyses how countries addressed three key issues: leaving no one behind (LNOB); pursuing global partnership as means of implementation (SDG17); and quality education (SDG4). While the 2018 VNRs contain many interesting examples for mutual learning and sharing of good practices, the analysis also identifies a need for more attention to these issues and more explicit discussions on strategies for their implementation.

On 6 June 2019 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s Report on it’s 21st Session at the Management Meeting (MM) of ECOSOC's 2019 Management Segment. The CDP’s deliberations on ...

What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP by Diane Elson Development is a disruptive process. It changes people’s lives, often for the better, though it sometimes bypasses them, leaving them behind. But for too m ...