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events

Apr 2025

Mon 07
Thu 10
National Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Expanding Access to Affordable Finance among Micro-, Small and Medium-sized…

The National Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Expanding Access to Affordable Finance among Micro-, Small and Medium-…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UNCC
Workshop

Mar 2025

Tue 18
Multi-stakeholder Webinar on the 2026 UN Water Conference

BackgroundThe high-level 2026 United Nations Water Conference to Accelerate the Implementation of Sustainable…

Zoom
Webinar

Mar 2025

Thu 06
Expert meeting of the Steering Committee on Partnerships for Small Island Developing States 2025

Expert level meeting of the Steering Committee on partnerships for SIDSDate: Thursday 6th of March 2025Time: 10:00am to 12:00pmVenue: Conference Room…

Conference room 6, UN Secretariat Bldg, New York
Official meeting

Mar 2025

Mon 03
Organizational Session - 2026 UN Water Conference

To begin the preparatory process for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference, and as mandated in A/RES/78/327, an organizational session will be…

Official meeting

Feb 2025

Wed 12
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 3 in preparation for HLPF 2025

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025 will convene from July 14-23 in New York under the theme "Advancing sustainable…

Geneva, Switzerland
Expert Group Meeting

Feb 2025

Tue 11
UN IATT Webinar - The Joint SDG Fund

As the United Nations' flagship global development fund, the Joint SDG Fund's mandate is two-fold: to supercharge the United Nations development…

Webinar

Feb 2025

Thu 06
Fri 07
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 8 ("Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for…

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025 will convene from July 14-23 in New York under the theme "Advancing sustainable…

New York
Expert Group Meeting

Feb 2025

Wed 05
2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum

The 2025 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was held on 5 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York…

Forum

Feb 2025

Wed 05
34th Meeting of the UN Inter-agency Task Team on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs (IATT)

DESA/DSDG and UNCTAD co-organized the 33rd UN Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on STI4SDGs Coordination Meeting. The virtual meeting brought together…

Online
Intersessional Meeting

Feb 2025

Tue 04
Thu 06
Trinational SDGs Localization and Voluntary Local Reviews Capacity Building Workshop (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

The Division for Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of…

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Workshop

Jan 2025

Tue 21
Wed 22
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 5 in preparation for HLPF 2025

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

New York
Expert Group Meeting

Jan 2025

Tue 14
Wed 15
High Level Retreat: Investing in ocean solutions-Towards a brighter future for the ocean

In anticipation of the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in collaboration with…

Incheon, Republic of Korea
Official meeting

Jan 2025

Tue 14
Wed 15
Capacity Building Workshop on Sustainable Transport for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)

The 32 Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 16 of which are in Africa, continued to confront substantial difficulties stemming from their…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Workshop

Jan 2025

Tue 14
Wed 15
UN Decade of Sustainable Transport 2026 – 2035

In 2023, the General Assembly declared the first ever United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport to start in 2026.While there is no single…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
United Nations

Dec 2024

Wed 18
33rd Meeting of the UN Inter-agency Task Team on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs (IATT)

DESA/DSDG and UNCTAD co-organized the 33rd UN Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on STI4SDGs Coordination Meeting. The virtual meeting brought together…

Online
Intersessional Meeting