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Expert Group Meeting: Transforming Lives Through Sport, 29 April - 3 May, 2024
This expert group meeting (EGM) was organized by the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to discuss the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through sport as a means of development and peace. The meeting brought together inputs from Member States, UN entities, and other stakeholders, such as sporting teams, NGOs, and sport businesses at two levels to review the role of sport across all SDGs, taking into account the complex web of interactions among the Goals in a systemic manner, and considering the implications of taking action within each SDG along one dimension on another.
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on the role of technology in advancing sport for development and peace, 15 December 2020
UN DESA/DISD organized the present multi-stakeholder dialogue as part of these efforts and in the context of the United Nations Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. The dialogue brought together stakeholders from different sectors with diverse backgrounds and experiences to share new research and good practices and to identify challenges, opportunities and policy recommendations on a key issue: the critical role that technology can play in advancing sport as an enabler of development and peace. Watch video of the event | Summary of the event
Expert group meeting and interagency dialogue on “Strengthening the Global Framework for Leveraging Sport for Development and Peace”, 13 – 14 June 2018
In the efforts to encourage stakeholders to leverage the potential of sport for development and peace through concrete initiatives and efficient international cooperation, the General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/71/160 requested the Secretary-General to present a report, to its 73rd session, which would “provide a review of the contribution of sport to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and to present an updated action plan on sport for development and peace”. More specifically, the report of the Secretary-General is expected to 1) include specific initiatives aimed at ensuring more effective implementation of the Olympic Truce; 2) contain progress made by Member States and the United Nations system, towards the implementation of the United Nations Action Plan on Sport for Development and Peace; 3) provide a review of the contribution of sport to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; and 4) present an updated Action Plan on Sport for Development and Peace.
