In a special briefing during the 19th Plenary Session of the CDP members briefed delegates on lessons learned in building productive capacity in least developed countries (LDCs) – those who have graduated and those in the process of graduating

Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated as panelist at the ECOSOC Integration Segment at the session themed "Bringing the ECOSOC System Together"

This event brought together LDCs and development partners and presented some supporting tools currently being developed by the CDP and EIF

On 4 June 2017 Equatorial Guinea graduated from the LDC category

The report addresses the themes discussed during the plenary

Informal exchange of views on key accomplishments and critical constraints in implementing Agenda 2030 and the IPoA

Introduction of CDP's deliberations on LDC-related issues as well as recommendations on the issue of total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD)

CDP Secretariat presented the ePing export alert notification system during a side-event

CDP Vice-Chair stressed in her keynote address that a holistic approach would be critical to reviewing progress on the 2030 Agenda’s implementation

CDP member called for bridging the differences in the way donor and developing countries approach SDG 17 in their VNRs