Advancing the Sustainable Development Agenda while Responding to Emerging Challenges

Through the sharing of specific national experiences, the side event will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about effective policy responses to emerging challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises and political changes. It will underscore the necessity of whole-of-government coordination to enhance policy coherence and promote consensus for short-term and long-term policy measures.

It will also shed light on the importance of adopting a whole-of-society approach to accelerate SDG implementation and will explore the effectiveness of systematic stakeholder engagement beyond the VNR, as a critical mean of implementation for the 2030 Agenda

By underscoring the importance of South-South cooperation, the event will also provide an avenue for presenting some of the key activities that Sri Lanka and Pakistan have engaged in, as part of the VNR Twinning Programme and will reflect on how this collaboration has strengthened the preparation of their VNR report and has forged new partnerships among stakeholders.