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High-level political forum 2019
/ Events
Forus will be involved in 4 main side events at the HLPF 2019 :
Additionally, Forus will also convene its members present in New York to a working meeting around Forus’ 2021-2025 Strategy on Sunday July 14 from 3pm to 7pm, followed by a networking dinner. Both events will take place at the Pescatore restaurant (955 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA).
/ Reports & publications
Wed 10 Jul 2019
FUNDING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS & NETWORKS : “Promising approaches to financing development in the 21st century” (full report)To support these missions to connect, support and ensure capacity development of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Forus conducted a study on the sources and modalities of funding for civil society networks and platforms at national and regional levels. The study examined the strengths and weaknesses of different funding sources and modalities in order to make recommendations for improving the future allocation of resources to CSO networks and platforms, ensuring that CSO contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are supported, and accompanying the development of a more enabling civil society ecosystem.
Forus Publication
Wed 10 Jul 2019
FUNDING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS & NETWORKS : “Promising approaches to financing development in the 21st century” – Executive summaryTo support these missions to connect, support and ensure capacity development of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Forus conducted a study on the sources and modalities of funding for civil society networks and platforms at national and regional levels. The study examined the strengths and weaknesses of different funding sources and modalities in order to make recommendations for improving the future allocation of resources to CSO networks and platforms, ensuring that CSO contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are supported, and accompanying the development of a more enabling civil society ecosystem.
Forus Publication
Wed 10 Jul 2019
The review of the HLPF as an opportunity to strengthen multi-stakeholder participation & improve SDG implementationThe High-level Political Forum is the United Nations (UN) central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Civil Society is calling for greater transparency in relation to the process of HLPF review. Given the importance of the official review of the HLPF this year, Forus and Civil Society actors are calling for civil society to be fully informed, in advance of the launch of the process being launched, of how it can best engage with and influence it.
Forus Publication
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Delivering on the Capacity Development of Civil Society and other Stakeholders to ensure a successful implementation of the 2030 AgendaAn analysis of the 2017 & 2018 VNRs to evaluate what national governments are doing in this area
Forus Publication
Mon 1 Jul 2019
Empowering Civil Society for National Reporting and Action on SDG16Increased fragility and conflict, negative impacts of climate change, slowing economic growth, rising inequalities, growing intolerance, and frequent attacks on international norms and human rights are threatening the momentum towards equitable and sustainable development. The effective implementation of Goal 16 is a precondition for the realization of the 2030 Agenda. The report « Empowering Civil Society for Monitoring and Action on SDG16 » published by Forus, the Asia Development Alliance (ADA), and the Transparency, Accountability, and Participation (TAP) Network provides analysis of a range of approaches and methodologies utilized by civil society for implementation and monitoring of SDG16 by civil society.
/ Videos
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Every year Forus’ members participate in the event. In these videos, 3 members from Burkina Faso, Chile & Canada explain their challenges in their own country to cope with the SDGs implementation and their opinions regarding the 2019 HLPFreview.
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Interview of Aline Napon Ouédraogo, representative of (SPONG) & Country Manager ChristianAid, talks about Burkina Faso’sprogress on SDGs’ implementation and highlights how the security issues of this country could negatively affect the progress the country has made so far. In addition, she welcomes the engagement of the private sector, civil society and government in this report.
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Interview with Nicolas Saujeteau (MESA) Project manager of ACCIÓN talks about the importance of MESA in promoting the debate on sustainable development in Latin America in the face of the difficulties, institutional decline and political polarization that is also weakening the HLPF. At the same time, he welcomes the numerous VNRs contributions and greater civil society participation.
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Interview with Shannon Kindornay, Director, Policy, Research and Practice (CCIC) who emphasizes on the great opportunity of the HLPF to come together globally to progress in the implementation of the 2030 agenda. She also highlights the opportunity to address the issue of shrinking civic space and see the HLPF as a unique channel to create awareness on SDGs amongst Governments and other stakeholders.
/ Press releases
