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Programme of Side-Events at the 2021 HLPF Tentative Programme of Side-events * FINAL (15 July 2021) Time Organization Title of event <Tuesday, 6 July 2021> 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The importance of rehabilitation for achieving SDG3: Challenges and best practices to to the UN (Geneva) access quality rehabilitation services and inclusive health systems. 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Timor Leste to the UN As governance crises worsen COVID-19 impact, is SDG 16 key for recovery? 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Leave No One Behind: Building resilience in communities Brooke 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the UN The importance of SDG Target 4.7 for a just and sustainable future in post COVID era 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN Circular Economy as a holistic means to accelerate the implementation of SDG 12 and SDG 13 0730-0900 Government of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Driving more effective adaptation to climate impacts through inclusive, locally-led action Northern Ireland in partnership with the Government of Egypt and the UN High-level Champions 0730-0900 Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia Sustainable pastoralism and rangelands: impacts of COVID, and how not to leave them behind in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 0730-0900 UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Coping with environmental challenges: climate and biodiversity action in UNESCO’s sites (UNESCO) 0730-0900 UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) High-level conversation on post COVID-19 recovery: Health systems strengthening 0730-0900 United Nations University (UNU) Carbon Neutrality & Social Transformation: Are We on Track to Arrive at a Justice-based Transition? 0730-0900 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) What works and what doesn't: Reversing poverty and inequality in the midst of a global pandemic 0730-0900 Outreach and Partnerships Branch, UN Secretariat Small Islands, Genuine Partnerships 0730-0900 South Centre Ensuring a Sustainable and Resilient Response to COVID-19 and Emerging Infectious Diseases through Local Production 0730-0900 United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Homelessness, SDG 1 and Sustainable Recovery from COVID19: Poverty left behind 0730-0900 Collaborative Partnership on Forests The role of forests in time of crisis: sustainable production and consumption patterns to turn the tide on deforestation 0730-0900 NGO Major Group Re-imagining The Future We Need - Community voices for a healthy, green and just recovery 0730-0900 LGBTI Stakeholder Group Beyond COVID-19: Advances and barriers on achieving health and wellbeing of LGBTI Populations 0730-0900 Education and Academia Stakeholder Group Education: paving the way out of the pandemic and shaping the new-normal 0730-0900 International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) SDG 8 as a New Social Contract for a job rich recovery and resilience 0730-0900 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Beyond the Rhetoric on "Leaving No One Behind": Integrating Concrete Policies and Actions to Eliminate Systemic Racism in Implementation of the SDGs 0730-0900 Friedrich Ebert Foundation Coming to Peace with Covid-19? Implications for peaceful, just and inclusive societies and recommendations for building better forward 0730-0900 Doha International Family Institute Family Relations and Flexible Work-Arrangements: The Way Forward 0730-0900 International Science Council Unleashing Science: Delivering Missions for Sustainability 0730-0900 Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung - New York Office Visions for a Just and Transformative Recovery 0730-0900 Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Valuing Water for a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery 0730-0900 Indigenous Peoples' Centre for Policy Research and Solutions from Indigenous Peoples for the Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from the Education (TEBTEBBA) COVID19 Pandemic 0730-0900 International Federation of Medical Students' Associations Driving the change towards SDGs 1300-1430 The Permanent Mission of Argentina to the UN La perspectiva de géneros y diversidades en la adaptación al contexto y prioridades de la política de la Argentina a partir de 2020. 1300-1430 The Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN Social Development policies after the COVID-19 pandemic: reducing inequalities to make everyone count 1300-1430 The Permanent Mission of Chile to the UN Women’s Integration to the Labor Force in the COVID-19 Recovery Efforts 1300-1430 Ministry of Planning and Program of the Presidency of Foro Ordenamiento Terriorial y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en el contexto Guatemala del COVID-19 1300-1430 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development From Science to Practice: The role of research in tackling Covid-19 and achieving the SDGs (UNRISD) 1300-1430 Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Target 3.a of the SDG) :Key to recovery Control (FCTC Convention Secretariat) from COVID-19 and build back better 1300-1430 UN Women Roadmap to address the interlocking crises of care, jobs and the environment to achieve the promise of the SDGs 1300-1430 International Organization for Migration (IOM) Climate and Human Mobility: Working with Mayors to Advance SDGs 10 and 13 1300-1430 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Digital Partnerships for a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from COVID-19 1300-1430 United Nations Academic Impact Partnering to educate the ocean science leaders of the future 1300-1430 World Health Organization (WHO) Accelerating Progress towards the Health-Related SDGs in a Time of Crisis: Solutions for an Equitable and Resilient Recovery 1300-1430 Stakeholder Group on Ageing COVID-19 Pandemic: A Stress Test of Global Ageing 1300-1430 Volunteer Groups Alliance Volunteering and COVID-19: How volunteers help build forward better during the pandemic to achieve the 2030 Agenda 1300-1430 OXFAM International Acelerando la década de acción: El avance en los ODS sobre la tierra y su importancia para la construcción de una agricultura familiar sostenible en América Latina en contexto de pandemia 1800-1930 Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future Governance of disasters risk reduction and resilience to boost the delivery of the sustainable development goals 1800-1930 STUF United Fund The Union of Humanity: Bridging Medicine, Technology, and Global NGO Partnership for Pandemic Recovery 1800-1930 Pathways To Peace Healing our World by Healing Ourselves: Lessons Learned through the Pandemic and An Intergenerational Perspective on Advancing Justice, Inclusion, and Peace. <Wednesday, 7 July 2021> 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN Digital health and UHC after COVID-19 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals Through Effective Partnerships to Benefit People Who Are Print Disabled: Marrakesh Treaty Momentum After Five Years 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Turkey to the UN Skills for an Inclusive Future 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the Wetlands: Key Enablers for a Resilient and Sustainable Recovery UN 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Spain to United Nations On the road towards Covid-19 recovery and delivery of the SDGs: Addressing the challenges of persons living with a rare disease as a human rights, sustainable development priority 0730-0900 National Planning Commission of Nepal Accelerating the SDGs Monitoring and Implementation actions using SDG 16+ 0730-0900 The Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN An Inflection Point on Social Protection 0800-0900 The Permanent Mission of Iraq to UN SDG16 in Iraq: Leaving no one Behind 0730-0900 The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Enhancing Policymaking During an Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic 0730-0900 Commission on Narcotic Drugs & Commission on Crime The Impact of COVID-19 on Drugs and Crime - Sustainable and resilient recovery through Prevention and Criminal Justice the lenses of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 0730-0900 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Agroecology as a Nature-based Solution 0730-0900 OutRight Action International Broken Promises: SOGIE change efforts as a hindrance to the realization of SGD 3 0730-0900 UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion Sustainable Fashion Hard Talk 0730-0900 Save the Children Side Event: The role of child-sensitive social protection in the sustainable and resilient recovery from Covid-19 0730-0900 Women's Major Group Why a holistic approach to SDGs?: From theory to reality! 0730-0900 Civil Society Financing for Development Group Road to 75th UN General Assembly: FfD Systemic Governance Reforms on Trade, Tax and Debt to Advance the 2030 Agenda 0730-0900 Business and Industry Major Group Private sector partnerships and contributions to the SDGs 0730-0900 Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control Tobacco control and NCD prevention: Key pieces of the pandemic recovery puzzle 0730-0900 Women Environmental Programme SDG12 - solutions for the waste and chemical pollution crisis from a social-inclusion and gender perspective, cases from Bolivia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria 0730-0900 Rural Development Centre Access to Water and Sanitation through a gender lense 0730-0900 Arab NGO Network for Development Agenda 2030 and the Arab Region: Shifting policies for addressing multidimensional
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