UN-Habitat at the High Level Political Forum #HLPF2021

We have a wonderful line up of panels and deep-dive conversations at this year's High-Level Political Forum #HLPF. Together with various partners have lined up a series of high-level events centered on local action and SDG localization. Look through below to see how you can join the conversation!

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Reinventing Social Welfare – Examples to Combat Inequalities and exclusion at the local level

July 8: 07:30am – 9:00am EDT | 13:30pm – 15:00pm CEST | 14:30pm – 16:00p, EAT

This seminar will explore experiences from Sweden and different parts of the world in bridging social gaps through welfare institutions and programs at the local level, ensuring that no one is left behind when developing policy solutions to combat inequality and exclusion. 

Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pq1N1EfLKc&ab_channel=SidaSverige

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Scaling up Voluntary Local Reviews in Africa: Responding to COVID-19 and Meeting the needs of the Decade of Action 

July 8: 07:30am – 9:00am EDT | 13:30pm – 15:00pm CEST | 14:30pm – 16:00p, EAT

This event will review progress made towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through the use of voluntary national reviews (VNRs) and voluntary local reviews (VLRs) in Africa and discuss how these reviews could facilitate countries’ efforts to take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nfiL9aKvR0Olu5THg0_IpA

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Visualizing SDGs in the city – Venice City Solutions

July 8: 07:30am – 9:00am EDT | 13:30pm – 15:00pm CEST | 14:30pm – 16:00p, EAT

Venice City Solutions aims to offer local governments tools about how the SDGs can help them analyze what happens in the city, how the different SDGs interact, who are the involved stakeholders and how to use such data to develop better policies for more efficient service delivery by the year 2030.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-mrqz8sEtHV7k5fPswidLEubqUBsyC1

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Building cities’ resilience for socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and achievement of the SDGs

July 8: 07:30am – 9:00am EDT | 13:30pm – 15:00pm CEST | 14:30pm – 16:00p, EAT

This session will examine how the local action plans and VLRs can effectively support sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and promote sustainable urban development. 

https://unece.org/housing/events/socio-economic-recovery-covid-19

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Island Economy Responses to COVID 19 - In the Context of Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development through the Local2030 Islands Network

July 12: 06:00pm – 7:30pm EDT | 00:00am – 1:30am CEST | 01:00am – 02:30am EAT

This event will showcase the ways in which islands are coming together through the Local2030 Island Network to achieve the SDGs during the Decade of Action, despite the current challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. 

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WzvBTgTHRImtdqh-11YJ2Q

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Local and Regional Governments Forum 

July 12: 08:00am – 10:30am EDT | 14:00pm – 16:30pm CEST | 15:00pm – 17:30p, EAT

The fourth Local and Regional Governments Forum will bring together local, regional, and national governments to discuss how decentralized cooperation among local and regional governments and their associations and networks, national authorities and the international community can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. 

Registration link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccDh-pjIAPzJFniHJJ1xJ091UNk84RjYwTVRTQVpGQ0FWSDJDTlRPMkJBSC4u&wdLOR=cE68E1F29-6D7A-064F-A66B-35B2D85455AD

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Local 2030 Coalition 

July 15: 13:00pm-15:00pm EDT | 19:00pm-21:00pm CEST | 20:00pm-22:00pm EAT

Member states, local and regional governments and their associations, UN agencies, businesses (including small and medium-sized enterprises, social enterprises, and major corporations), finance, academic and civil society leaders, youth, entrepreneurs and solution-makers will come together to discuss advancing the localization of the SDGs.

Registration link: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccA,1NnARkZNcU2-Y5vOsA7gdg,jrnuMeOQgU2vRd99pCAowA,_ApZgtyIw0K9Lo9vl34dAQ,UW_J_lSNE0Cnc1Vjl94FdQ,L8J15NDpNEqhcjlAay3CKQ?mode=read&tenantId=0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70

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