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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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