The Caribbean symposium on mainstreaming the SDGs in national development planning sets the stage for a coordinated approach to planning, implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the subregion and will provide member States with an opportunity to share best practices in mainstreaming the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway in their national development plans. During the symposium, ECLAC Caribbean will emphasize the need for national ownership of the SDGs for success in implementing the goals. This would be advanced by the identification of national institutional infrastructure for planning and implementing the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway in individual member States. The symposium will also provide an opportunity to identify specific needs for technical assistance by member States in the development of integrated national development plans.
08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Opening of the symposium
09:00 – 10:00 Understanding the global and regional frameworks for SDG follow-up and review
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:50 National institutional frameworks for planning and implementing the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway
11:50 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 The Caribbean experience in mainstreaming the SDGs in existing national development plans
14:30 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 The Caribbean experience in integrating from inception the SDGs in new national development plans
16:00 – 16:30 Discussion
16:30 – 16:45 Conclusions
09:00 – 10:15 Examining tools for integrated national development planning
10:15 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00– 12:00 Tools and initiatives for statistical capacity building
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30– 14:30 Meeting the data demands for SDG monitoring and reporting in the Caribbean
14:30 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 15:45 Framework for coordination of inter-agency support for SDG implementation in the Caribbean
15:45 – 16:15 Discussion
16:15 – 16:30 Conclusions
08:30 – 09:15 Exchange of views towards core indicators for monitoring implementation of the SDGs and SAMOA Pathway in the Caribbean
09:15– 10:45 Open session
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00– 12:30 Open session 2:
12:30 – 13:00 Closure of symposium
The main outcomes of this symposium will include:
· Identification of national institutional infrastructure for planning and implementing the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway
· Identification of technical assistance needs to support the development of integrated national development plans
· Framework for a multi-agency task force on SDG Data and Reporting in the Caribbean
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