23-24 February 2016 New York City, US
Retreat on Preparation for 2016 Session of HLPF

The Permanent Missions of Germany and the Republic of Korea to the UN will host a retreat on the preparation for the 2016 session of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The retreat will aim to inform the preparation of the reviews at the 2016 HLPF, including the voluntary national reviews, the thematic reviews, the annual SDG Progress Report and the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR).

The retreat will focus on: countries' expectations for the HLPF 2016 session, and notably for the HLPF reviews, building on the retreat convened by the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in November 2015 and the theme chosen for the session, 'Ensuring that no one is left behind;' the voluntary national reviews and their state-led preparations; how best to prepare and conduct HLPF thematic reviews in 2016; the possible outcome and follow-up to the HLPF reviews in 2016 – including how voluntary national reviews can lead to possible support and new partnerships to assist the reviewed countries; documentation for the HLPF, notably the GSDR and the SDG progress report, and how the HLPF can address it; and other aspects related to the 2016 HLPF session.

The outcome of the retreat is expected to be an informal summary to inform the continuing preparations for the 2016 HLPF and its reviews. This first retreat will be followed by a second retreat at the end of April to discuss the status of national preparations to HLPF voluntary national reviews, and emerging findings, and to start preparing for the presentation of the voluntary national reviews at the HLPF.

dates: 23-24 February 2016
venue: German House
location: New York City, US
contact: Isabela Cunha, Stakeholder Engagement Programme, DSD/DESA
phone: +1 (202) 733 7377
e-mail: cunhai@un.org

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