CDP participates at VNR session of the 2019 HLPF

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 implementing the SDGs?". In an interactive townhall meeting participants shared their experiences and analysis on the lessons learned on SDG implementation through the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) conducted thus far.

News Image

Launch of CDP Background Paper on 2018 VNR Reports

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: What do they (not) tell us?”. 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).

News Image

VNR Lab “Leaving no one behind: Inclusive implementation and reporting”

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 public/civil institutions can create mechanisms to ensure inclusive processes in the implementation of SDGs and VNR preparatory and reporting processes to ensure that no one is left behind.

News Image

Vanuatu looks toward LDC graduation

On Friday 5 June, on the sidelines of the annual 2019 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Aid for Trade review, the UN Committee for Development Policy Secretariat and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held a workshop with senior Vanuatu government officials to help with the preparation of a smooth transition strategy for progress toward and beyond LDC graduation.

News Image

Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality

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.

News Image

National Reports on the 2030 Agenda: What do they (not) tell us?

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.

News Image

CDP Secretariat visits Lao People's Democratic Republic

From 4 to 7 June the CDP Secretariat conducted a mission to Lao People's Democratic Republic to: (1) study the potential impacts of the country’s graduation from the LDC category on trade and development cooperation, by holding meetings with government bodies, international organizations and embassies as part of the substantive preparations for the 2021 Triennial Review of the LDC category; and (2) conduct a training workshop on the ePing system for Lao PDR, including stakeholders from the government and private sector, in order to increase awareness and facilitate their response to changin

News Image

Presentation of the 2019 CDP Report to ECOSOC

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 the ECOSOC theme of inclusiveness and equality and the Committee’s continued analysis on the voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda were presented.

News Image

Three-minute PhD dissertation seminar at the United Nations

The Development Research Branch, in partnership with Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a unique Development Policy Seminar featuring the inaugural Ivy three-minute thesis competition in New York. Dubbed as IVY3MT2019, the event provided a platform to 14 PhD candidates from Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University to present their PhD dissertation ideas and key messages in 3 minutes, using only one slide.

News Image