VNR Lab: What are the VNRs (not) telling us? (2022)

Date: 5 July 2022
Time: 8 - 9 AM (EST)
Virtual event

The Lab, organized by DESA EAPD/Development Policy Branch, was held virtually on 5 July and included speakers from the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), the UN system, civil society and selected countries. It built on the work that the CDP has done on VNRs since 2017, with the objective to review how the reports are succeeding in learning from the experience of countries in implementing the 2030 Agenda and provide recommendations how they could be improved. 

Documents

• Concept note
• Background paper: What are the Voluntary National Reviews (still) not telling us? (CDP Background Paper No. 52)
• Presentation

Infographics

• Under-reported goals and targets
• Leaving No One Behind
• Pandemic preparedness
• Environment
• Gender Equality (SDG 5)
• Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10)

More information

For consolidated information on the CDP work on “Voluntary National Reviews” go to: the CDPs VNR page.

About the VNR Lab Series

During the ECOSOC High-Level Segment/Ministerial Meetings of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development DESA convenes a series of VNR Labs, organized in response to demand from Member States, UN bodies and major stakeholders to take stock of the experiences of VNRs. The VNR Labs aim to provide an informal platform for exchanges between countries that have conducted a VNR, and those that have not, as well as the UN system and other stakeholders.