CALENDAR OF POST-2015 EVENTS

Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda

Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015/ PGA high-level thematic debates and events

Events related to monitoring and accountability

Third Financing for Development Conference (FfD) key events

Meetings related to data, statistics and the development of an Indicator framework

UN Climate Change conference (UNFCCC/COP21)

Other post-2015 related events

MONTH TITLE CITY ORGANIZATION/

TOPIC

MARCH

03-06-Mar 46th Session of the UN Statistical Commission New York UNSC

12-13-Mar Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation on FfD Santiago, Chile ECLAC/FFD

14-18 Mar World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai, Japan ISRD, Japan

17-18 Mar Financing the Future: Fresh Perspectives on Global Development' conference

Accra FFD

19-20 Mar Latin American and Caribbean Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ECLAC)

New York ECLAC/Post-2015 process

20-Mar UNSC Deadline for preparation of a preliminary list of indicators for SDGs to be forwarded to co-facilitators of Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015

Indicators

21-Mar International Day of Forests Worldwide FAO

21-Mar-05 Apr Regional Fora for Sustainable Development Addis Ababa ECLAC

22-Mar World Water Day Worldwide FAO

23-Mar Regional consultation to pave the way for the 3rd Intl Conference on Financing for development

Geneva FFD

23-24 Mar Regional Consultation towards the Third International Conference on Financing for Development

Addis Ababa UNECA/FFD

23-27 Mar Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015- “SDGs and targets” New York Post-2015 process

23-27 Mar 17th Plenary Session of the Committee for Development Policy New York DESA/CDP

24-Mar Panel discussion organized by the Committee for Development Policy - Transitioning from MDGs to SDGs: Accountability for the post-2015 era

New York DESA/CDP accountability

25-Mar Interactive dialogue between Member States and Major Groups and other Stakeholders during the third negotiating session for the post-2015 development agenda

New York Post-2015 process

25-31 Mar African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ECA) under the theme, ‘Implementing Agenda 2063: Planning, Mobilizing and Financing for Development'.

Addis Ababa FFD

27-29 Mar High-level conference on the data revolution in Africa, under the theme, ‘Setting the scene for a sustainable development agenda powered by Data Revolution in Africa'.

Addis Ababa data revolution

30-Mar “Achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for all”

ECOSOC

30-Mar PGA High-level Interactive Dialogue on International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Life’, 2005-2015

New York PGA

March (tbd) High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) Geneva CEB

APRIL

30 Mar -1 April ECOSOC Integration Segment; Achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for all

New York DESA/ECOSOC

01-Apr Global Forum on Development, on the theme ‘Post-2015 Financing for Sustainable Development'

Paris OECD/FFD

7-8 Apr Regional Consultation in Western Asia Amman FFD

8-9 Apr FfD Hearings with Civil Society and Business Sector

New York FFD

8-10 Apr ECOSOC Coordination and Management meeting New York DESA

09-Apr International Launch of the 2015 Education for All Global Monitoring Report New York UNESCO

10-Apr United Nations Expert Group Meeting on “The post-2015 era: Implications for the global research agenda on population and development”

New York CPD

8-10 Apr DCF Symposium on Development Cooperation for People and Planet: What Will it Take?

Incheon, Republic of Korea

DESA/FFD

12-17 Apr Seventh World Water Forum under the theme ‘Water for Our Future'

Daegu, Republic of Korea

13-Apr Leveraging migration, remittances and diaspora for financing sustainable development

New York GMG – Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United States

15-Apr ‘Total Official Support for Sustainable Development’ New York OECD and FfDO/DESA

13-Apr Financing for Development and Small Island Developing States: The Contribution of Addis Ababa

New York UNDP and DSD/DESA

13-Apr Financing the future - report launch New York ODI

13-17 Apr 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 48), on the theme 'Realizing the future we want: integrating population issues into sustainable development, including the post-2015 development agenda

New York DESA

13-17 Apr Second Drafting Session on Outcome Document of Third Conference on FfD

New York DESA/FFD

14-16-Apr Regional Forum for Sustainable Development Geneva ECE

16-Apr From Cairo to Addis: Migration, labour mobility and the renewed global partnership for sustainable development

New York GMG with Global Forum on Migration and Development

17-Apr Improving the investment climate for sustainable development New York Global Business Alliance for Post-2015

20-21 Apr Special High-level Meeting with the WB, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD on "Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of financing for sustainable development and the post 2015 agenda ".

New York ECOSOC

21-Apr ”Exploring links between indigenous food systems, protection of native seeds and sustainable livelihoods”

New York UNPFII/FAO

21-22 Apr PGA High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation New York PGA

21-24 Apr Joint Session between FfD and Post-2015 processes New York Post-2015 and FFD

22-Apr Special meeting on International cooperation in tax matters New York ECOSOC

23-24-Apr Workshop on "Tax Incentives and Base Protection" New York UN-DESA

28-Apr Civil society hearing on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system

New York DESA

29-30 Apr Regional Consultation in Asia and the Pacific Jakarta FFD

29-30 Apr United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, First regular session

Paris CEB

MAY

1 May-31 Oct Expo Milano 2015 "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" Milan, Italy

04-May UNGA High-level Thematic Debate on Strengthening Cooperation between the UN and Regional and Sub-regional Organizations

New York PGA

05-07 May Second Session of the Arab High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development Kingdom of Bahrain

ESCWA

08-May ECOSOC dialogue - Workshop 2 - Funding "Current funding system: strengths & weaknesses"

New York DESA

13-May ECOSOC dialogue - WORKSHOP 3 - Governance - "Identification of key governance challenges"

New York DESA

16-May Asia-Pacific Civil Society Forum on Sustainable Development Bangkok, Thailand

ESCAP

18-22 May Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015- “Follow-up and review” New York Post-2015 process

20-May Regional Conference on Aligning Corporate Sustainability with SDGs Bangkok, Thailand

GRI/OECD/ESCAP

21-22 May Second Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

Bangkok ESCAP, ECESA

27-May ECOSOC dialogue - Workshop 4 - Morning session "Organizational arrangements" - Afternoon session "Capacity and impact & partnership approaches"

New York DESA

28-May ECOSOC Forum on Partnership

New York ECOSOC

28-29 May Third International Open Data Conference

Ottawa data revolution

29-30 May ECOSOC dialogue - RETREAT 1 - Functions - Funding - Governance - Organizational arrangements - Capacity and impact - Partnership approaches

New York DESA

End of May (tbc)

Launch of State of Food Insecurity (SOFI 2015) Rome FAO-WFP-IFAD

JUNE

Jun-15 High-level Thematic Event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment

New York DESA

1-11 Jun Bonn Climate Change Conference Bonn UNFCCC

05-Jun World Environment Day 2015 Worldwide

06-13 Jun 39th Session of the FAO Conference

Rome FAO

08-Jun World Oceans Day 2015 Worldwide

08-10-Jun ECOSOC Coordination and Management meeting New York DESA

08-10 Jun Ministerial Meeting of African LDCs on “Structural Transformation, Graduation and the Post-2015 Development Agenda”

Milan, Italy UN-OHRLLS

09-Jun ECOSOC dialogue session 4 to review progress and discuss the way forward (during the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting)

New York DESA

15-19 Jun Third Drafting Session on Outcome Document of Third Conference on FfD

New York FFD

17-Jun 2015 World Day to Combat Desertification Worldwide

17-19 Jun ECOSOC 2015 Humanitarian Affairs Segment

Geneva ECOSOC

22-25 Jun Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015 - outcome document New York Post-2015 process

23-25 Jun Global Compact+15: Business as a force for good (with an emphasis on the SDGs)

New York UN Global Compact

26 Jun-8 July Third High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (under the auspices of ECOSOC) "Strengthening integration, implementation and review - the HLPF after 2015." Ministerial segment: 6-8 July.

New York DESA/DEPI

29-Jun High-Level Event on Climate Change New York PGA

JULY

06-08-July

Three-day Ministerial Meeting of HLPF on Sustainable Development New York DESA

6-10 July ECOCOC High-level segment New York DESA

13-16 July Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD)

Addis Ababa DESA, DPI, UN Global Compact FFD

20-31 July Intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015- “Finalization of outcome document”

Post-2015 process

20-22-July ECOSOC Coordination and Management meeting New York DESA

23-24-July Organization Session on ECOSOC Programme of Work of the Council New York DESA

July (tbd) MDG Report 2015 launch New York DESA/DEPI

July (tbd) UN Global Sustainable Development Report 2015 launch

July (tbd) Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal indicators Report on possible indicators and an indicator framework for the monitoring of sustainable development goals and targets

SEPTEMBER

12-Sep International Day for South-South Cooperation 2015 Worldwide

15 (opening)- 28 Sept.(start of general debate)

70th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 70) New York

25-Sep Address by His Holiness Pope Francis to UN General Assembly New York

25-27 Sept Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda New York Post-2015 process

OCTOBER

9-11 Oct Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund

Lima

12 Oct (tbc) Launch of State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) FAO

12-17 Oct 42nd session of the Committee on World Food Security Roma FAO

12-23 Oct 12th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Ankara

16-Oct World Food Day Worldwide

17-Oct International Day for the Eradication Poverty Worldwide

October (tbd) ECOSOC dialogue session 5 to review progress and discuss the way forward

New York

DESA

NOVEMBER

17-18 Nov Enhancing the evaluability of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2): "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture". Seminar organized jointly by the Evaluation Offices of FAO, IFAD, WFP and CGIAR

Rome Evaluation

30 Nov-11 Dec United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 21) Paris UNFCCC

18-19 Nov Fall sessions of the High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) and the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

New York CEB

November (tbd)

ECOSOC dialogue RETREAT 2 - Implications of World Summit Outcome New York DESA

DECEMBER

05-Dec World Soil Day Worldwide

06-Dec High-level Thematic Debate on promoting tolerance and reconciliation New York PGA

11-Dec International Mountain Day Worldwide

December (tbd)

ECOSOC dialogue - WORKSHOP 5 - Funding New York DESA