The Ninth Session of the Committee on Sustainable Development and the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development will convene from 16-18 June 2015. The ninth session of the ECA Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD-9) will deliberate on statutory and programmatic matters related to the ECA subprogramme on innovations, technologies and the management of natural resources under the auspices of the Special Initiatives Division (SID). The session will in addition provide a platform for the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD), which ECA is organizing jointly with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) will bring together government ministries and agencies, major groups and other stakeholders, to deliberated on and provide Africa’s collective input to the HLPF at its 2015 meeting.  

dates: 16-18 June 2015  
location: Addis Ababa, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia  
contact: Federica Pietracci  
phone: +1 212 963 8497  
e-mail: pietracci@un.org  
www: http://www.uneca.org/csd-9-and-arfsd