IOE NY Update from the UN
Contact(s)
Roberto Suárez Santos
Secretary-General / North America
Shea Gopaul
IOE Permanent Representative to the UN in New York
The IOE office in New York highlights some upcoming events that bring the private sector to the UN table and opportunities to benefit from UN resources.
Business & Industry Major Group Webinar
We are also pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar for the UN Business & Industry Major Group (co-chaired by IOE & USCIB) featuring guest speakers from UN DESA and ILO-New York Office. This event will be open to all IOE Members available as the information is especially relevant (although we always welcome you to join B&I at this link https://bit.ly/3cpiq8I).
The agenda will include briefings on the Partnerships Forum, HLPF, and VNRs – as well as ways for employers’ organisations to become involved.
Agenda
- Briefing on the UN Partnerships Forum - Lotta Tahtinen, Chief of Outreach and Partnerships Branch at UN DESA Division for SDGS
- Briefing on the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) - Irena Zubcevic, Chief, Intergovernmental Policy and Review Branch Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN DESA
- Briefing on Financing for Development and the ILO work on leading the cluster on socio-economic impact of COVID-19 for the UN Secretary-General’s report- Amber Barth, Senior Programme Officer, International Labour Organization (ILO) New York
25 March at 8:00am – 9:30am EST
Register here
Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)
We again encourage you to proactively reach out to your country UN Resident Coordinator to become a stakeholder in the preparation of voluntary national reviews. The following countries are presenting this year:
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Chad, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and Zimbabwe.
Please also see resources related to the VNRs, including summaries of workshops and other documents on VNR preparation: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/vnrs/
UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) – HLPF 2021 timeline and all of the events feeding into it, including Regional Forums and Global VNR Workshops: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2021#preparation
An open, online, self-paced course which is available free of charge, throughout the year, to all interested stakeholders through a partnership between UNDESA and UNITAR (available in English and French).
Don’t miss it! Upcoming events featuring IOE officials and Members
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
A 24 hour event organized by UN Global Compact to move the needle on gender equality featuring high-level speakers including IOE’s Maria Paz Anzorreguy, Director for ILO Coordination, and IOE Member, Jacqueline Mugo, Executive Director of the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE).
March 16-17
The event is convened in support of the Women Rise for All initiative of the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and features speaker Rubana Huq, President, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
16 March at 12:45 –1:20 PM EST
Save the Date
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 65th session – Mar 15-26
- Forum on Financing for Development (FFD Forum) – April 12-14
- Partnership Forum – May 3
- Multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) – May 4
Are you collaborating with the UN or engaged with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? We want to hear about it! Please write to us (consultant(at)ioe-emp.com cc: sr-ny(at)ioe-emp.com) to share your experience.
