Eighth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Rapid-COVID-19 testing at KCC and Registration

Coffee break

Opening of the Session

Signing ceremony of memorandum on carbon pricing by Republic of Congo and Rwanda

High-level panel on unlocking financing to build forward better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis and accelerate delivery of sustainable development in Africa

Lunch Break

Election of the Bureau & adoption of the Agenda and Programme of work

Highlights of progress at the regional and subregional levels in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 in the context of the COVID-19 crisis

Coffee break

Plenary round-table panels on national and subnational actions and reviews to build forward better and accelerate delivery of sustainable development in Africa

Cocktail

Plenary round-table panel on boosting the generation and use of data and statistics to build forward better and accelerate delivery of sustainable development in Africa

Coffee Break

Plenary round-table panels on national and subnational actions and reviews (continued)

Lunch break

Parallel meetings for an in-depth review of progress made and peer learning on the sub-themes of the Regional Forum

Coffee Break

Plenary round-table panel on leveraging science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to build forward better from the COVID-19 crisis and accelerate delivery of sustainable development in Africa

Plenary presentations and discussions on sustainable recovery from the COVID 19 crisis and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 (agenda item 9):

Presentation of commitments and actions to accelerate delivery of sustainable development

Coffee break

Consideration and adoption of key messages and the Kigali Declaration

Theme, dates and venue of the ninth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Other matters

Closing of the session

Lunch