Preparatory and Capacity Development Workshop for Major Groups and other Stakeholders in the Africa Region for the Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Registration

Opening of the session

Setting the scene: progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and goals of Agenda 2063 - Presentation of the background report

Coffee Break

Voluntary national review and peer learning on implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063

Role and space of civil society in implementing and reviewing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals from the global to the local level

Lunch break

Africa Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (ARCSEM) update, presentation and adoption of Victoria Falls Declaration, and handing over to the elected ARCSEM leadership

Coffee break

Discussions in breakout groups on the views and key messages of the major groups and other stakeholders on the sub-themes of the sixth session of the Regional Forum

Way forward and wrap-up of the workshop: joint town hall session with the voluntary national review workshop