LRGs days: High Level Political Forum 2021

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The session will be presenting the final results of the previous Venice City Solutions event, and showcase different solutions presented by partners to implement the 2030 Agenda. 

The Venice City Solutions Series is a yearly event addressing issues that are central to the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local level, with specific focus to the role of local and regional governments as key drivers of the 2030 Agenda. 

With the concept of “VISUALIZING” the Agenda 2030 in cities, the 2020 edition of Venice City Solutions offered local governments and partners a space to discuss on how the SDGs can help analyse what happens in the city, how the different SDGs interact, what are the involved stakeholders and how to use such data to elaborate better policies for a more efficient delivery towards the year 2030.

Building on these discussions, the 2021 HLPF side event will serve to report to the HLPF the conclusions and recommendations of the event and to showcase how local governments are using SDGs as a tool to visualize local action and bring together SDGs in the city. The event will gather representatives of local and regional governments, their associations, and other governmental representatives and selected partners to discuss the way ahead for SDG implementation at local level.

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This event aims at promoting the UN’s acceleration actions initiative for the achievement of the SDGs and present the contributions and acceleration actions of Local and Regional Governments through the Local4Action HUBs initiative lead by UCLG.

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This official HLPF event will focus on the importance of Voluntary Local Reviews within the implementation of the SDGs and analyze the main challenges and bottlenecks for effective SDG localization.

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Moderator:

Mr. Anthony Pipa, Brookings Institution

Session speakers:

Panel:

Ms. Noraini Roslan, Mayor of Subang Jaya

Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum, Head of Government, Mexico City

Ms. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown

Lead discussants:

Mr. Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki

Ms. Thembi Nkadimeng, President of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA)

High-level respondent:

Ms. Arantxa Tapia, President of Regions4, Basque Government

Mr. Leendert Verbeek, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Representative of a Japanese local government (TBC)

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Organized by the Global Taskforce

The objective of the LRG Day is to bring together the delegation of local and regional governments and provide an opportunity to exchange with key partners from the UN and other constituencies. The annual GTF Report on Localizing the SDGs is presented during this event.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

📄 Joint Statement to the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (External link)

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Organized by GFMD

As part of the It Takes a Community Campaign to shift the narrative on human mobility, the GFMD Mayors Mechanism will host the first of a series of conversations between national and local government representatives. The Government of Canada and Montreal will meet to discuss what it means to balance narratives in the Canadian context by discussing lessons learned, key achievements and opportunities for different levels of government to amplify each other’s efforts. 

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Organized by the GTF, UN-DESA, UN-Habitat, UNDP and Local 2030

The fourth Local and Regional Governments Forum will bring together local, regional, and national governments to discuss how decentralized cooperation among local and regional governments and their associations and networks, national authorities and the international community can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

📄 Joint Statement to the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (External link)

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Organized by the GTF, UN-DESA, UN-Habitat, UNDP and Local 2030

The fourth Local and Regional Governments Forum will bring together local, regional, and national governments to discuss how decentralized cooperation among local and regional governments and their associations and networks, national authorities and the international community can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

📄 Joint Statement to the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (External link)

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Organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat

The objective of the VLR-VSR Days is to provide a space for exchange, mutual learning and common reflection for all governments and stakeholders engaged in advancing the localization, monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

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Organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat

The objective of the VLR-VSR Days is to provide a space for exchange, mutual learning and common reflection for all governments and stakeholders engaged in advancing the localization, monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.

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Organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat

The objective of the VLR-VSR Days is to provide a space for exchange, mutual learning and common reflection for all governments and stakeholders engaged in advancing the localization, monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

Local 2030 seeks to foster collaboration, incubate innovation, share solutions, and implement strategies that advance the SDG loca, leveraging on rapid urbanization processes happening around the globe to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs.

Focus will be on highlighting innovations in implementation and financing for the SDGs as well as new monitoring and reporting processes inspiring evidence-based policy development and long-term SDG localization strategies.

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Organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat

The objective of the VLR-VSR Days is to provide a space for exchange, mutual learning and common reflection for all governments and stakeholders engaged in advancing the localization, monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)

🖼️ Link to register for the session (External link)

Organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat

The objective of the VLR-VSR Days is to provide a space for exchange, mutual learning and common reflection for all governments and stakeholders engaged in advancing the localization, monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.

📄 Concept Note (External link)