March 4 Digest

Dear NGO Major ,

I hope you all are doing fine. Please check this Digest for a variety of events and information,

Top line item: Input Survey to Collect Data and Evidence for the NGO MG Position Paper for HLPF 2020 -- Deadline for submission: March 8, 2020 5pm EST.

Warm regards,

Victoria

NGO MG Updates/Resources

1. Input Survey to Collect Data and Evidence for the NGO MG Position Paper for HLPF 2020 -- Deadline for submission: March 8, 2020 5pm EST

2. Next Commons Cluster Meeting – March 7 -- 8 a.m. PDT, 9 a.m. ARIZONA Time; 11:00 am EDT and 5:00 pm CET

3. Next Food and Agriculture Meeting – March 10 -- 10:00 am NY time

4. NGO MG Task Teams HLPF 2020 

5. Next NGO MG meeting -- Date to be announced

6. Past meeting notes

7. NGO MG Donations / Contributions

UN (and international organizations) Updates

1. 64^th Commission on the Status of Women CSW64 / Beijing + 25 (2020) – UNHQ NY – FORMAT AMENDED

2. HLPF 2020 Programme and Concept Note are now available

3. HLPF 2020 – Paragraph 89 Reports – Submission of inputs by June 1, 2020

4. ECOSOC Partnership Forum – UNHQ, New York – April 3, 2020 – Registration deadline: March 25 (NY Time)

5. 2020 UN Ocean Conference – Stakeholders invited to provide inputs to the concept papers – Deadline: by March 16

6. 2020 UN Ocean Conference Stakeholder’s Pre-Registration now OPEN – Deadline: May 5

7. STI FORUM 2020 – Briefing on the 5^th annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the sustainable Development Goals – Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York – March 5, 11:00am to 13:00pm

8. UNITAR, SPC, ESCAP, UNSD, WHO, PFTAC-IMF online course “Monitoring selected SDG indicators in the Asia-Pacific SIDS” -- Deadline for registration: March 31

9. UNITAR – UNSD e-course “Introduction to data governance for monitoring for the SDGs” – Deadline for registration: July 31

10. World Bank and International Monetary Fund 2020 Spring Meetings will be held VIRTUALLY

Other NGO Updates and Opportunities

1. CoNGO and UN DESA NGO Branch – Civil Society Briefing and a UN75 Dialogue – Church Center for the UN, 2nd Floor – March 5 – 2:24pm – 6:15pm

2. NGO CSW Forum CANCELLED

3. UN2020 – Call to Share Inputs and Thoughts for the UN75 Civil Society Declaration 

4. IISD / SGD Knowledge Hub Article: An Accelerator Under-Used? New Report Explores the Place of Culture in SDG Implementation

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