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Inclusive sustainable development: youth, sport and the 2030 Agenda, 7 July, 1-2:30 pm (EDT)
UN DESA’s Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD), which houses the substantive mandate on sport for development and peace at the United Nations, is organizing a Voluntary National Review (VNR) Lab at the 2021 HLPF entitled “Inclusive Social Development: Youth, Sports and the 2030 Agenda”. The lab will examine progress on how youth involvement in sport can contribute to promoting inclusive sustainable development and peace and provide a platform for Members States, youth, and other national and regional stakeholders, to share their experiences – both successes and challenges – about supporting youth empowerment through sport programmes.
Reimagining cooperation on sport for persons with disabilities, leaving no one behind, 10 November 2020
The webinar organized by UNDESA’s Division for Inclusive Social Development, aimed at raising awareness and identifying collaborative innovative solutions and responses to recovering better from the pandemic with a focus on building more equal, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies and societies by engaging persons with disabilities and other stakeholders through sport. Watch video of the event
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”: The meeting was held in New York from 13 – 14 June 2018, as part of the preparations for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.