7-9 Mar 2022 San José, Costa Rica | Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, will participate in the opening session of the fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, from March 7-9, 2022 in Costa Rica, current holder of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) pro tempore presidency.
Attendance at the event has been confirmed for 750 people, including representatives of governments, international institutions, the United Nations System, the private sector, academia and civil society, who will participate in person and online. The Forum will include 25 side events where attendees will meet to review the progress and challenges of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.
The inter-governmental event will be inaugurated on Monday, March 7 at 8:00 a.m. (GMT-6) in Costa Rica by Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica; Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General; and Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Also on Monday 7, President Carlos Alvarado, Amina Mohammed and Alicia Bárcena will give a press conference at 12:20 p.m. in Costa Rica at the event venue to announce the details about the Forum. Members of the press who wish to participate online must register at the following Zoom link:
https://cepal-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phGNYuEERUGqZcTJ2ta35A
The regional Forum seeks to provide useful peer-learning activities through voluntary reviews, the exchange of good practices and discussion of common goals. Its conclusions are submitted directly to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, a global monitoring mechanism of the 2030 Agenda that meets every July in New York.
In the context of the meeting, Alicia Bárcena will present the fifth report on regional progress and challenges posed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, titled A decade of action for a change of era.
Rodolfo Solano, Costa Rica’s Foreign Affairs Minister, will in turn present the document An innovative financing agenda for the recovery.
On Tuesday, March 8 the Forum will officially commemorate International Women’s Day, with participation by female ministers and high officials from mechanisms that promote the advancement of women, in addition to United Nations high officials and civil society.
The fifth meeting of the Forum will also hold five thematic roundtables covering issues such as development in transition and the urgency of advancing toward renewed international cooperation for development; statistical, quantitative and territorial monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals; natural disasters and the asymmetry of climate change in the Caribbean; the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for a sustainable recovery; and education and gender equality as a key human right for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
The complete program of the fifth Meeting of the Forum is available on the special event website: https://foroalc2030.cepal.org/2022/en
Journalists and press representatives are invited to register using this form: https://eventos.cepal.org/event/67/. You will receive an automatic email once your registration has been accepted.
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Important note: Sending this registration form is a necessary condition to attend the meeting, but does NOT guarantee access to the event. Local organizers may restrict entry if necessary, either for reasons of capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the health situation in the host country, or for security or other reasons that may arise at the time. We thank you in advance for your understanding and respect in the face of these conditions. |
The official event activities can also be followed online on the event website (https://foroalc2030.cepal.org/2022/en), on the ECLAC official web portal https://www.cepal.org/en, on https://live.cepal.org/ and our institutional accounts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/eclac_un) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/eclac).
More information:
- Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
- Full program.
- Press kit.
- Registration form for journalists and press representatives.
What: Fifth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
When: Monday, March 7 – Wednesday 9, 2022
Who:
Inauguration, Monday, March 7, 2022, 8:00 a.m. (GMT -6) in Costa Rica:
- Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica.
- Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Press conference, Monday, March 7, 2022, 12:20 a.m. (GMT -6) in Costa Rica:
- Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica.
- Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Virtual connection via Zoom: https://cepal-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phGNYuEERUGqZcTJ2ta35A
The press conference will also be broadcast live at https://live.cepal.org/prensa/.
Where: Virtual connection on diverse platforms:
- Event website https://foroalc2030.cepal.org/2022/en
- ECLAC website https://www.cepal.org/en
- Website https://live.cepal.org/.
- Official Twitter account https://twitter.com/eclac_un
- Official Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/eclac
