Side Events
List of Side Events for ARFSD2020
| Organizer | Tile | Contat Person | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDEP & UNCDF | Leaving no-one behind : Harnessing inclusive digital transformation to meet SDGs and Agenda 2063 objectives | Thierry Amoussougbo | 24-Feb | 09:00-13:00 |
| German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) | Science and sustainable development – the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR ) and African science-policy-interface | Dr. Sven Grimm | 24-Feb | 09:00-17:00 |
| Restless Development | African Youth Powering the Global Goals: Intergenerational Learning Festival on Achieving Accelerated Action & Accountability towards Agendas 2030 and 2063 | Kelly Thompson | 24-Feb | 09:00-17:00 |
| UNESCO | Accelerating attainment of SDG4 and CESA targets to leave no one behind | Dimitri Sanga | 24-Feb | 14:00-17:00 |
| International Maritime Organization | Mainstreaming the Maritime Sector in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework | William Azuh | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| International planned parenthood federation -African Region Office | Youth as Drivers of SDGs in Africa | Anne Alan Sizomu | 24-Feb | 09:00-17:00 |
| The African Women’s development and Communications Network (FEMNET) | Enhancing Data driven Actions for accountability and achievement of SDGs in Africa | Hellen Malinga Apila | 26-Feb | 13:00-4:30 |
| ILO, ITU, AU in collaboration with ECA | Information session on accelerating partnerships towards decent jobs and digital skills for youth in Africa’s digital economy” | Christine Sund, Amal Mowafy | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| HelpAge International – Africa Regional Office | Counting the current gains on age-inclusion to deliver 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 | Roseline Kihumba | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| TrustAfrica | Ending Discrimination and Changing the Terms of Inclusion: Making the SDGs Meaningful for all in Africa | Olivia Tchamba | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| UNSSC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | EMPOWERING ACTION AND SUPPORTING THE DECADE OF DELIVERY FOR THE 2030 AGENDA AND AGENDA 2063 THROUGH HIGH-IMPACT LEARNING | Paulyn Duman | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| ECA-OES- ACPC | Nature Based Solutions for Development: Reimaging Conservation in Africa | James Murombedzi | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| AUC, ECA, FAO, WFP,UNDP, IFAD | Food Security-Nutrition-Poverty Nexus: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities to Achieve SDGS of 2030 Agenda and Commitments of Agenda 2063/Malabo Declaration | Caprazli, Kafkas | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE) | Health-in-all-Policies: The “People” Integrated Approach | Silvia Logar | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| United Nations Mission of Senegal to the UN and Brooke | Carine Bambara | 26-Feb | 18:30-20:00 | |
| Global Call to Action Against Poverty -GCAP | Assessing the multiple discrimination against women with disabilities in Africa-Strategies and ways to address it to ensure no one is left behind | Kyerewa Asamoah | 27-Feb | 15:00-16:30 |
| Africa Women Major Group | Women Working to Promote Sustainable Development in Africa | Nozipho Wright | 26-Feb | 07:00-08:30 |
| Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data | Timely data for SDGs | Davis Adieno | 26-Feb | 07:00-08:30 |
| UNFPA in partnership with AUC and ECA | Accelerating the Promise to Leave No One Behind: Enhancing Partnerships to Advance Population and Development in Africa | Samuel Kissi | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| HIVOS Foundation | People and Prosperity: Gender Equality for Africa's economic growth | Tambudzai Madzimure | 27-Feb | 15:00-16:30 |
| Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Network of African National Human Rights Institutions and Danish Institute for Human Rights | Learning session: using human rights to accelerate progress for the most vulnerable as we enter the dcade of action and delivery for the SDGs | Francesca Thornberry | 27-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| Caritas Africa Regional Executive Secretariat | Partnering with Faith Groups to Achieve Sustainable Development in Africa | Albert MASHIKA | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| ECA/GPSPD with IOM and AUC | “Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Africa: Operationalizing Migration SDGs” | Gideon Rutaremwa | 27-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| Africa Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) | SDGs Financing in the era of digital technologies – Opportunities and Challenges | Tirivangani Mutazu, Theophilus Jong YUNGONG tirim@afrodad.co.zw; theo@afrodad.co.zw; yungongtheojong@gmail.com | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| African Centre for Human Adavancement Social and Community Development & African School of Diplomacy and International Relations | Gravitating Towards Renewable Energy: The New Dawn for Africa | Opeyemi Marcellina Aderinto | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| APRM with ECA, OECD and UNDESA | Governance mechanisms and Challenges for the Implementation of Agenda 2063 &SDGs. | Mr. Allan Mukungu mukungua@un.org; Lennon.Monyae@aprm-au.org Sara Tawfik Hamouda | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions | Informed and Empowered: Making the Most of Information in the Decade of Delivery | Stephen Wyber | 26-Feb | 18:30-20:00 |
| UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa | Concept Note | Juliet Wasswa-Mugambwa Hussein El-Shaar | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| United Nations University’s Institute for Natural Resources in Africa | Africa’s Development in an Age of Stranded Assets: Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities | Fatima Denton; Pedi Obani | 27-Feb | 15:00-16:30 |
| Evaluation Offices of the ECA, UNICEF, Clear and in partnership with the African Evaluation Association (AFREA), ILO, AUC and AfDB. | Towards evidence-based SDGs and Agenda 2063 reporting: Strengthening National Evaluation Capacities for the Africa we Want | Grace Chisamya | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| UNDP; AfDB; AUDA-NEPAD, ECA | LAUNCH OF THE NEW DIGITAL GUIDE FOR INTEGRATED PLANNING IN AFRICA TO MAINSTREAM THE SDGs, AU AGENDA 2063, NDCs, DRR and the NEW DEAL: To deliver a Transformed and Prosperous Africa | Alessandra Casazza | 27-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| WMO-ECA | Harnessing the resilience dividend through better climate information services | Mariane DIOP KANE | 27-Feb | 15:00-16:30 |
| ECA, UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)-Africa | Strengthening the capacity of Subnational Authorities in Selected Countries to conduct Voluntary Local Review to accelerate implementation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063 Goals | 26-Feb | 13:00-14:30 | |
| UNIDEP &UN Foundation &UNDESA | VNR Town Hall: Elevating Good Practices & Lessons Learned to Raise Ambition in 2020 | Thierry Amoussougbo | 24-Feb | With Major Groups workshop |
| United Nation Resident Coordinator Office in Cameroon | Localising the SDGs Through Mainstreaming in Cluncil Development Plans in Cameroon | Allegra Maria Del Pilar Baiocchi | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| University of South Africa | Silencing the Guns-Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Sustainable Development | Prof Raphael Mpofu Cristal Peterson | 25-Feb | 18:30-20:00 |
| World Vision | SDGs Decade for Action and Delivering: What it means for most vulnerable children | 27-Feb | 13:00-14:30 | |
| UNDP/HDRO with ECA | People and Planet: Towards Sustainable Human Development Consultation co-organized with ECA on the 2020 Human Development Report | JACOB ASSA | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| UNWOMEN (Zimbabwe) | African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Launch and Dialogue | Caroline Nyamayemombe | 25-Feb | 13:00-14:30 |
| UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office (Zimbabwe) | “Opportunities for strengthening partnerships on CSA for rural women smallholder farmers’ contribution to Sustainable Development in Africa” | Delphine Serumaga | 27-Feb | 15:00-16:30 |
| Youth in Agriculture Show casing | Nickros Kajengo | 27-Feb | 13:00-14:30 | |
| Zimbabwe Youth SDGs | Jasper Mangwana | 26-Feb | 18:30-20:00 | |
| CR4D Initiative Partners (ECA, WMO, AMCOMET, WCRP, AAS, DFID, WISER, Grant recipient institutions | Climate Research for Development in Africa (CR4D) Research Grant | Yosef Amha amhay@un.org | 26-Feb | 13.30-14.30 |
