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.

Day 1 - Tuesday 14 February

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

Day 2 - Wednesday 15 February

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

Day 3 - Thursday 16 February

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

• 1: Towards a core set of indicators for SDG 1- 8

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00– 12:30 Open session 2:

• Towards a core set of indicators for SDG 9- 16

12:30 – 13:00 Closure of symposium