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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

events

Jul 2025

Thu 17
Initiating the UN Decade – an Implementation Plan for Sustainable Transport | HLPF 2025 Side Event

As part of the 2025 High-level Political Foru on sustainable development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs will organize a side event titled…

United Nations Headquarters, Secretariat building, 15th floor Room 1522
Side Event

Jul 2025

Wed 16
8th Local and Regional Governments Forum on the 2030 Agenda

 About the 8th Local and Regional Governments ForumThe 2025 Local and Regional Governments Forum (LRGF) at the HLPF will spotlight LRGs as key…

UN Headquarters, New York, CR 3
Special event

Jul 2025

Mon 14
Wed 23
Expert Group Meetings for 2025 HLPF Thematic Review

The theme of the 2025 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030…

Expert Group Meeting

Jul 2025

Mon 14
Wed 23
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2025

Check the official page of the HLPF 2025 here: https://hlpf.un.org/2025The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be…

Forum, Official meeting

Jul 2025

Thu 10
2026 UN Water Conference - Stakeholder Brainstorm 10 July

 A summary of reflection and recommendations from stakeholder during the 10 July Stakeholder Brainstorm is available here. 

Conference Room 12
Other

Jul 2025

Wed 09
2026 UN Water Conference - Multi-Stakeholder Preparatory Meeting 9 July Afternoon Session

 A summary of interventions and recommendations during the 9 July Multi-stakeholder reflections is available here. 

Conference Room 3
Other

Jul 2025

Wed 09
2026 UN Water Conference - PGA Preparatory Meeting 9 July

The preparatory meeting  of the General Assembly was held on 9 July 2025, as mandated in A/RES/78/327.A summary of Member States’ interventions…

Other

Jul 2025

Wed 09
Thu 10
PGA Preparatory Meeting for the 2026 UN Water Conference and related multistakeholder events

The preparatory meeting will be a meeting of the General Assembly (10 am - 1 pm on 9 July), as mandated in A/RES/78/327. Related events will include…

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

Jul 2025

Tue 08
Thu 10
Interregional Training Workshop: Strengthening Capacity for Evidence-Based Social Protection Policies in Response to the Triple Global Crisis – Fuel,…

The workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of social protection systems across selected African and Asia-Pacific countries to better identify and…

Livingstone, Zambia
Workshop

Jul 2025

Tue 08
Wed 09
Enhancing Participation of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Digital Economy to Accelerate Sustainable Development in Cambodia

Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially those owned and run by women and youth, provide significant contributions to…

Phnom Penh Cambodia
Workshop

Jul 2025

Tue 01
Strengthening co-operation and knowledge-sharing through the OECD STIP Compass International Organisations’ Portal

The OECD, with the assistance of UN DESA, is launching a new web portal within its STIP Compass Platform that will map the Science, Technology and…

Side Event Room 10, FIBES Sevilla
Side Event

Jun 2025

Wed 25
Science, Technology, and Innovation for Africa’s Development: Expert-level Capacity-Building Workshop for African Missions to the UN

 The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, the current Chair of the Coalition on Science, Technology, and…

Online
Workshop

Jun 2025

Tue 24
2025 MSME Day Event Enhancing the Role of MSMEs as Drivers of Sustainable Growth and Innovation

Secretary-General Message for 2025 Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Day, 27 June Micro-, small-, and medium-sized…

ILO New York Office
Other

Jun 2025

Mon 23
Tue 24
UN Decade of Sustainable Transport – Building Capacities for Action and Seeking Feedback on the Implementation Plan

As part of the preparations for the upcoming United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport and the associated Implementation Plan, United Nations…

Conference room VII, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop

Jun 2025

Mon 16
From Frameworks to Practice: Unlocking the Potential of Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education

Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is hosting an event including a workshop facilitated by the Student Action Group (HESI-SAG),…

Istanbul, Turkey
Global Workshop