Nominations to the UNPFII 2017-19

The ECOSOC Youth forum, 1-2 February 2016, will discuss ways in which young people can play an active role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It will also address how the youth can best communicate on the Agenda, bringing on board the innovative use of social media and communication tools. Get all the details on this event here: http://bit.ly/youth2030

Fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 

UN Headquarters – New York

9 to 20 May 2016

The 54th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD54) will take place from 3 to 12 February 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the priority theme “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”.

The Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) is the focal point on developing a global indicator framework for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the corresponding targets.

The lack of data and information on disability and the situation of persons with disabilities at the national level contributes to the invisibility of persons with dis

The United Nations calls for nominations of candidates to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the term 2017-2019 from Indigenous Peoples’ organizations.

The deadline for submission of nominations of members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has expired.

The Focal Point on the Family in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) organized an international Expert Group Meeting on “Family policy development: achievements and challenges” held from 14 to 15 May, 2015 at UN headquarters in New York. The objective of the Meeting was to provide Member States and other stakeholders with expert analysis regarding a number of issues impacting recent family policy developments.

On the 15 and 16 December, high-level representatives from governments, civil society and the private sector gathered for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Review of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS+10).