High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) Side Event

Global Policy Roundtable| 7:30 am – 9:00 am EST | 6 July 2021

This event will connect policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders to debate the following questions:

  1. What are emerging trends on SDG 16 (peace, justice and inclusion), with a particular focus on the Global South? How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected progress on this Goal in different contexts?
  2. Peace, justice and inclusion can support progress on the 2030 Agenda as a whole, including on health, the economy and the environment. What do we know about these ‘SDG 16 interlinkages’ and how can we use them pro-actively as levers to inform recovery?

The event will showcase relevant findings from research collaborations such as:

  • Emerging trends on SDG 16 from regional roundtables and thematic e-discussions aimed at amplifying research and perspectives from Latin America, Asia and Africa. Led by Southern Voice.
  • SDG 16 interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda. Led by the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

Moderator will be Mr. Arvinn Gadgil, Director of the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.

A high-level opening will be followed by the presentation of research findings:

  • 7:30 am – 7:40 am: Opening (10 minutes)
    • E. Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste
    • Ambassador Mona Juul | Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations
    • H.E. Ambassador Rodrigo A. Carazo | Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN
    • Dr Ingolf Dietrich, Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  • 7:50: Global Roundtable Discussion (45 minutes)
    • Natasha Palansuriya | Senior Researcher, The Centre for Poverty Analysis
    • Adedeji Adeniran | Director of Governance and Education Research, Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa
    • Dr Carolina Tchintian | Director of the Political Institutions Program, Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth
    • Anita Breuer | Senior Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
  • 8:45: Closing (10 minutes)

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