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Date: July 11th.

Time - 07:30-09:00 NYC/EST/ 11:30-13:00 UTC

Organizer(s)

■ Asia Development Alliance (ADA)

■ Forus 

Co-organizer(s)

■ UNDP

■ TAP Network

■ CHRD, Mongolia

■ Govt of Timor Leste

■ FONGTIL

■ Women’s Major Group

Background

SDGs are at the crossroads in 2023, a half-way mark of the 2030 Agenda roadmap (2026-2030). Alarm bells are already ringing in many monitoring reports by both international organizations and CSOs. In only a few countries SDGs are on the right track, while many are too slow, behind schedule, or off-track. 2023 is a time to critically assess the SDGs for the last 7 years (2016-2022), to draw on the lessons learned, and to formulate strategies for the coming 7/8 years (2023-2030).

Coming to our current proposition, SDG 16 Plus is an extension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aims to promote peaceful, just, and inclusive societies. Reviewing the VNR from SDG 16 Plus lenses provides a holistic approach that looks beyond the traditional indicators and targets of the SDGs and considers issues such as governance, access to justice, human rights, and civic participation.

The proposed side-event aims at providing a comprehensive diagnosis of the status, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement in promoting peaceful, just, and inclusive societies and to identify areas where more resources, policies, or actions are needed to achieve progress towards these targets by looking at the trends and challenges to SDGs through international comparative data and monitoring reports by research institutions and CSOs such as Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report, Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN), People’s Scorecard(PSC), etc.

Reviewing the VNR from SDG 16 Plus lenses can facilitate coordination and collaboration between different stakeholders, including government, civil society, and the private sector. By identifying gaps and opportunities, it is possible to bring together different stakeholders to work towards common goals and objectives.

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