Background
The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum was held on 2 February 2022 on the “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Multiple actors and stakeholders participated, including countries, the United Nations system, including international financial institutions, as well as international organizations, parliamentarians, local governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, civil society, scientists, academia, women, youth and others.
Participants debated solutions and policies to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic guided by the SDGs. They (a) exchanged new ideas, expectations and priorities which should be explored further by the Council and the high-level political forum in the following months; and (b) shined the spotlight on forward-looking actions and partnerships by countries and all relevant stakeholders that can help recover from the pandemic and accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda.
The Partnership Forum was held in a hybrid format, back-to-back with the Council’s new coordination segment (3-4 February) that guides and coordinates the work of the UN and ECOSOC system, as decided by the General Assembly (A/RES/75/290A).
As part of the preparatory process for the Partnership Forum, a global online stakeholder consultation has been set up to solicit views, experiences and proposals from all stakeholders and make them widely available in advance of the event. UNDESA has published a summary report to showcase the main findings here.
Announcements
Please find summaries and recordings of all sessions under the "documentation" and "recordings" tab.
Concept Note
Programme
Logistics Information
Summaries
Session 1
Stakeholders
In preparation for the Partnership Forum, a global online stakeholder consultation was held to solicit views, experiences and proposals from all stakeholders. The consultation received over 240 inputs from all sectors and regions of the world. With many thanks to those who submitted inputs, please view the key messages and takeaways from the consultation in the report here. In addition, all submitted responses are available here.
For more information on the global online stakeholder consultation, please visit: https://bit.ly/2022consultation.
Based on the recent resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the strengthening of the ECOSOC(A/RES/75/290A), the 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be held on 2 February.
The Partnership Forum will bring together governments and other stakeholders to debate new ideas and solutions on the main theme of the ECOSOC and the HLPF “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. In order to support inclusive preparations, the ECOSOC President, H.E. Ambassador Collen Kelapile, has established an informal Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group to advise him on the organization of the 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum.
On 15-16 December 2021, Members of the Multi-Stakeholders Advisory Group attended a virtual two-day Expert Group Meeting (EGM) where Members provided inputs to the Partnership Forum programme, recommendations for the organization and format, and shared ideas for the promotion and mobilization of actions to be showcased at the Forum. The meeting was organized by UNDESA and the UN Foundation.
A summary of the discussions during the Expert Group Meeting can be found HERE.
Please, find here an overview of all Members of the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory on the 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum: https://bit.ly/EGMMembers.
Opening Segment and Plenary Session 1:
Opening statement by Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations:
Plenary Session 2:
Spotlight Sessions:
Bridging the gap: Addressing the vacuum in multilateral governance of digital technology to close the digital divide and support efforts to leave no one behind
COVID-19 Vaccines for All - Promoting vaccine equity and vaccines for all
To be added.
Building back better from the bottom up: collaboration with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for SDG implementation
Achieving the SDGs and a Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery through Partnerships and Sound Governance: The Vital Role of Local and Regional Governments
Education for All as a Key Step of the Recovery
Financing for the SDGs in the Era of COVID-19
Meaningful, effective and inclusive partnerships for gender equality
To be added.
Partnership Exchange
Experiences from partnering during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fostering an enabling environment for collaboration
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International Organisation of Employers (IOE) |
Changing the landscape by breaking down silos: Cross-cutting business |
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Red Dot Foundation, The Urban Vision |
Putting women at the centre of sustainable development |
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Women@TheTable |
Who gets to speak? Who gets heard? The deadly data gap: gender, age, region
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UN Habitat, Local 2030 Coalition, UNDP |
Enabling multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development at the local level
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The Partnering Initiative |
From COVID-19 to climate change: How can we turbo-charge collaboration to build forward at speed?
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University College Dublin |
Making global multi-stakeholder SDG Partnerships work for the SDGs
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Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education (Tebtebba)
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Advancing a rights-based partnership for a just transition: The Right Energy Partnership (REP) initiative
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Indonesia Global Compact Network (IGCN), UNESCO, Indonesia Ministry of Education, KUPUKU (teaching transformation education platform), Indonesia Child Protection Agency
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Accelerating effective children education programs through teaching transformation in Indonesia during the post-COVID era (SDG 4) |
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Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights
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COVID-19 and Gender Violence: Extra challenges need extra solidarity
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and The Land Portal Foundation |
Land governance and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Building Back Better with Improved Land Information Systems
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Bright Light Projects and The Lady B Bless Humanitarian Foundation |
5th African Youths & Sustainable Development Roundtable. Theme: Building Back Better- The 2030 Agenda Moving Forward After COVID-19
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Green Hope Foundation |
Rebuilding better in vulnerable communities through the creation of local circular economies
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Volunteers Stakeholder Group, International Forum for Volunteering in Development (Forum)
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Let’s talk volunteering: Exploring future issues and trends |
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SDSN Europe and SDSN Greece |
Joint implementation of Agenda 2030 and the European Green Deal: Transformations for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19
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“la Caixa” Foundation with the participation of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal) and IESE Business School
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Better together: the values and key points of the Vaccine Alliance in the context of COVID-19 |
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International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) |
Sustained and Healthy Recovery from COVID-19: Addressing climate change impacts through trans-sectoral strategies with youth inclusion
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The Geneva Consensus Foundation |
Book launch: Measuring Sustainable Development Goals performance
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UNA-USA |
Becoming Generation Restoration: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
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CANEUS and FILAC |
Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure (IKRI) a tool to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
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Rural Development Centre |
Access to Water and Sanitation, partnership approaches and lessons learned in the global pandemic to protect the most vulnerable and achieve the SDGs
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Baha’i International Community and Together 2030 |
Partnerships, UN Reform and a new multilateralism to build forward better
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Caritas Interntaionalis |
Working successfully together, health innovation partnerships to build back better from the COVID-19. Experiences from Peru, Lebanon and DRC
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