High Level Political Forum 2019

Local and Regional Governments' Forum
on the occasion of the United Nations SDG Summit
“Connecting global ambition and local action”

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September 24

15:00-18:00

Conference Room 3 - UNHQ

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As a prelude to a decade in which much is at stake, the Local and Regional Governments Forum, hosted by Cameroon and Morocco, represents an opportunity to take stock of the lessons learned until now, and to explore new ways in which successful local, national and international policies can be scaled up. This Forum will collaborate closely and create substantive connections to the cities and local action dimension of the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Summit (23rd September 2019) as well as strengthening synergies with other High-Level events happening on this week, such as the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development and the High-Level Review of the SAMOA Pathway.

Objectives:

The objectives of 2nd LRGF are:

To showcase successful experiences from local and regional governments on the implementation and follow up of the 2030 Agenda.
To cultivate multilevel, permanent and structural dialogue between national, local and regional governments and their associations to support the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the local and regional level, building on the roadmap for localization laid out in the Seville Commitment .
To share experiences from UN member states in localizing the SDGs and on how local, regional and central governments are working together to make the 2030 Agenda a reality at the local level.
To establish synergies and announce acceleration actions by local and regional governments on the climate-development nexus, in both the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and of the Paris Agreement.

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Local and regional governments' delegation programme

The 74th session of the UN General Assembly will open on 17 September, and the high-level week will take place the following week: from Monday 23 to Friday 27. At the heart of the agenda will be the momentum for action on climate and sustainable development, which will take the form of the Climate Action Summit (23 September) and the ODS Summit (24-25 September). The main space for dialogue between local leaders and national governments will be the second Forum of Local and Regional Governments (September 24, 15-18h). Cities and regions will also have a prominent place in the preparatory meetings for the Climate Summit, during the previous weekend (21 and 22 September).

The Local and Regional Governments' Forum

On Tuesday, 24 September, the opening ceremony of the SDGs Summit will take place to review progress made on the implementation of Agenda 2030. In the SDGs Summit, the delegation of local governments will host the second Forum of Local and Regional Governments, with the aim of establishing high-level dialogues between different spheres of government and accelerate the achievement of Agenda 2030. The results of these conversations will lead to commitments for action with a declaration that will reaffirm the purpose of accelerating sustainable development in all territories, interconnecting Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda.

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High-level Political Forum (HLPF) under the 74th Session of the General Assembly

Accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

On 24 and 25 September 2019, Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow up and comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event is the first UN summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015.

See the draft agenda here.

Read the concept note here.

Climate Summit

On September 23, the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has convened the Summit on Climate Action in order to strengthen the commitment among all spheres of government in this urgent issue for the planet. The objective is to explore new alliances and align local, national and international policies in order to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through climate action.

Visit the dedicated website here.