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Twelfth session of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 - Thursday, April 30, 2026, Addis Ababa

Agenda

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

[ 1 ] Opening of the session

[ 2 ] Organizational matters:

[ 2A ] Election of the Bureau;

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[ 2B ] Adoption of the agenda and programme of work

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[ 3 ] High-level panel 1: Scaling up transformative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, of the African Union.

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[ 4 ] High-level panel 2: Unlocking finance for climate resilience and sustainable development in Africa: building on the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development and the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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[ 5 ] High-level panel 3: Achieving full employment and decent work for all, poverty reduction and social protection in Africa: taking forward the outcomes of the Second World Summit for Social Development.

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Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

[ 6 ] Plenary high-level round-table panel 1: Evidence-based voluntary national and local reviews to drive transformative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.

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[ 7 ] Plenary high-level round-table panel 2: Driving ambitious and integrated actions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063: leveraging the roles of the United Nations system, young people, the private sector, civil society and volunteers.

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[ 8 ] High-level parallel meetings to review in depth and showcase progress made and to facilitate peer-to-peer learning in connection with the sub-themes of the Forum:

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ECA/RFSD/2026/8 | Background report on the sub-theme of sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) | Pre-session

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ECA/RFSD/2026/6 | Background report on the sub-theme of affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Pre-session

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[ 8A ] Clean water and sanitation: assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063;

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[ 8B ] Affordable and clean energy;

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[ 8C ] Industry, innovation and infrastructure;

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[ 8D ] Sustainable cities and communities;

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[ 8E ] Partnerships for the goals of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063;

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[ 8F ] Reports on the parallel meetings.

Thursday, 30 April, 2026

[ 9 ] Plenary high-level round-table panel 3: Harnessing science, innovation and frontier technologies to scale up transformative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.

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[ 10 ] Plenary high-level round-table panel 4: Sustaining the gains made in relation to the 2030 Agenda: African considerations on shaping the post-2030 United Nations framework for sustainable development

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[ 11 ] Consideration and adoption of key messages and the declaration on the theme of the Forum.

[ 12 ] Theme, dates and venue of the thirteenth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.

[ 13 ] Other matters.

[ 14 ] Closing of the session.