GOAL OF THE MONTH \u2013 Goal<\/span> 17: Partnerships for the Goals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n___________ <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Where We Are<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Sustainable Development Goals are universal and call for action by all countries \u2013 developed and developing \u2013 to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society and encompasses key areas such as finance, technology, trade and data.<\/p>\n
While there\u2019s progress in mobilizing financial resources for development, significant challenges remain. Developing countries face a substantial $4 trillion annual investment gap to achieve the SDGs alongside unprecedented external debt levels and limited internet access in low-income nations. These persistent barriers \u2014 compounded by growing geopolitical tensions \u2014 underscore the urgent need for sustained collaboration, enhanced cooperation, and strong international support.<\/p>\n
To be successful, everyone will need to mobilize both existing and additional resources and developed countries will need to fulfill their official development assistance commitments.<\/p>\n
SDG 17 in Numbers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Developing countries face a $4 trillion annual investment gap to achieve the SDGs.<\/li>\n
- 37 out of 69 of the world\u2019s poorest countries were in debt distress or at high risk of it in 2022.<\/li>\n
- The share of exports from Least Developed Countries in global merchandise trade has stagnated<\/li>\n
- at around 1% since 2011.<\/li>\n
- 2 in 3 people used the Internet in 2022, with 259 million more male than female users.<\/li>\n
- Official Development Assistance for data dropped by more than 20% (2018-2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\u201cWe cannot let our financing for development ambitions get swept away. With just five years to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to shift into overdrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General\u202f<\/span>(28<\/span> April<\/span> 2025)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In Focus<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>30 June to 3 July | <\/span><\/b>4<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> International Conference on Financing for Development<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Save_the_Date_EN_4-150x150.png\")
<\/b>The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), is taking place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025. It will bring together leaders from around the world to advance collective solutions to the pressing financing challenges threatening the achievement of the SDGs. <\/span><\/p>\nWith only 17 per cent of the SDG targets on track, the Conference aims to drive action to unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost and reform the international financial architecture, ensuring it better serves the needs of developing countries. Discussions will focus on two overarching goals aimed at charting a path towards a more sustainable future: delivering a large-scale impact-focused investment push and reforming the international financial architecture.<\/span><\/p>\nKey resources:<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n\n- Conference website:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Conference programme:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/programme<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Media <\/span>materials<\/span><\/b>:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/media<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Trello board:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/ESYb4ZNJ\/4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development-ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
News Features<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n- What is financing for development<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14 July | Sustainable Development Progress Report 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025SDGREPORT-120x150.png\")
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u202foffers a pivotal assessment marking ten years since the SDGs’ adoption. With five years remaining until the 2030 deadline, this comprehensive report presents a nuanced statistical portrait of global development progress. The report highlights significant achievements such as reductions in HIV infections, lives saved through malaria prevention, increased school enrollment, expanded internet access, and near-universal electricity coverage. However, the data also reveals persistent challenges, including widespread hunger, lack of basic services for billions of people , entrenched gender inequality, escalating global tensions, and a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap constraining development efforts in developing countries. <\/span><\/p>\nDespite these formidable obstacles, the report’s evidence-based analysis demonstrates that scaling up proven, effective solutions can still drive meaning progress toward 2030. Additional information on the report can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n- SDG Media Zone:<\/b> https:\/\/www.un.org\/sdgmediazone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Trello Board:<\/b> https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/yH9KnGyb\/un-2025-ocean-conference-9-13-june<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14-23 July | <\/span><\/b>High-Level Political Forum<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HLPF2025-july-150x65.png\")
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will convene from 14 to 23 July at ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York under the theme \u201cAdvancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nThe SDGs under review will be:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Goal 3:<\/b> <\/span>Good health and wellbeing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 5:<\/b> <\/span>Gender equality<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 14:<\/b> <\/span>Life below water<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 17:<\/b> <\/span>Partnerships for the goals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The 2025 HLPF is expected to bring together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of ±¬ÁÏÍø entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders. There will also be a three-day ministerial segment of the Forum taking place from 21-23 July 2025. Additional information can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Key Event<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>28-30 July\u202f|\u202f<\/span><\/b>±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/media\/images\/unfoodsystemslibraries\/unfss-2025\/unfss-4_mainpage_02a659e52b82c84af996fa11a50ea95d5b.jpg?sfvrsn=3591af89_0\")
The\u202fsecond\u202f±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktake (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4) will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from\u202f27-29 July 2025. This event will build on the momentum of the\u202f<\/span>2021 ±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit<\/span><\/a>\u202fand the\u202f<\/span>first Stocktake in 2023 (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+2)<\/span><\/a>, focusing on accelerating sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems transformation. The ±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4 will provide an opportunity to document progress, strengthen accountability, and unlock investments for transformative action.\u202fAdditional information on programming and participation details can be found<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>International Days and Years<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>15 July | <\/span><\/b>World Youth Skills Day<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/styles\/banner-image-style-27-10\/public\/2024\/06\/youth_skill_day_2024_index.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nWorld Youth Skills Day celebrates the key importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The world faces a multitude of challenges today, many of which affect the youth. On World Youth Skills Day, let us unite in recognizing the potential of young people as agents of peace and commit to providing them with the skills and opportunities to address challenges and contribute to a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>18 July | <\/span><\/b>Nelson Mandela International Day<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Where We Are<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Sustainable Development Goals are universal and call for action by all countries \u2013 developed and developing \u2013 to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society and encompasses key areas such as finance, technology, trade and data.<\/p>\n
While there\u2019s progress in mobilizing financial resources for development, significant challenges remain. Developing countries face a substantial $4 trillion annual investment gap to achieve the SDGs alongside unprecedented external debt levels and limited internet access in low-income nations. These persistent barriers \u2014 compounded by growing geopolitical tensions \u2014 underscore the urgent need for sustained collaboration, enhanced cooperation, and strong international support.<\/p>\n
To be successful, everyone will need to mobilize both existing and additional resources and developed countries will need to fulfill their official development assistance commitments.<\/p>\n
SDG 17 in Numbers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Developing countries face a $4 trillion annual investment gap to achieve the SDGs.<\/li>\n
- 37 out of 69 of the world\u2019s poorest countries were in debt distress or at high risk of it in 2022.<\/li>\n
- The share of exports from Least Developed Countries in global merchandise trade has stagnated<\/li>\n
- at around 1% since 2011.<\/li>\n
- 2 in 3 people used the Internet in 2022, with 259 million more male than female users.<\/li>\n
- Official Development Assistance for data dropped by more than 20% (2018-2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot let our financing for development ambitions get swept away. With just five years to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to shift into overdrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General\u202f<\/span>(28<\/span> April<\/span> 2025)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In Focus<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>30 June to 3 July | <\/span><\/b>4<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> International Conference on Financing for Development<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/b>The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), is taking place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025. It will bring together leaders from around the world to advance collective solutions to the pressing financing challenges threatening the achievement of the SDGs. <\/span><\/p>\nWith only 17 per cent of the SDG targets on track, the Conference aims to drive action to unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost and reform the international financial architecture, ensuring it better serves the needs of developing countries. Discussions will focus on two overarching goals aimed at charting a path towards a more sustainable future: delivering a large-scale impact-focused investment push and reforming the international financial architecture.<\/span><\/p>\nKey resources:<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n\n- Conference website:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Conference programme:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/programme<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Media <\/span>materials<\/span><\/b>:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/media<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Trello board:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/ESYb4ZNJ\/4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development-ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
News Features<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n- What is financing for development<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14 July | Sustainable Development Progress Report 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nThe Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u202foffers a pivotal assessment marking ten years since the SDGs’ adoption. With five years remaining until the 2030 deadline, this comprehensive report presents a nuanced statistical portrait of global development progress. The report highlights significant achievements such as reductions in HIV infections, lives saved through malaria prevention, increased school enrollment, expanded internet access, and near-universal electricity coverage. However, the data also reveals persistent challenges, including widespread hunger, lack of basic services for billions of people , entrenched gender inequality, escalating global tensions, and a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap constraining development efforts in developing countries. <\/span><\/p>\nDespite these formidable obstacles, the report’s evidence-based analysis demonstrates that scaling up proven, effective solutions can still drive meaning progress toward 2030. Additional information on the report can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n- SDG Media Zone:<\/b> https:\/\/www.un.org\/sdgmediazone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Trello Board:<\/b> https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/yH9KnGyb\/un-2025-ocean-conference-9-13-june<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14-23 July | <\/span><\/b>High-Level Political Forum<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\nThe High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will convene from 14 to 23 July at ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York under the theme \u201cAdvancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nThe SDGs under review will be:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Goal 3:<\/b> <\/span>Good health and wellbeing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 5:<\/b> <\/span>Gender equality<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 14:<\/b> <\/span>Life below water<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Goal 17:<\/b> <\/span>Partnerships for the goals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The 2025 HLPF is expected to bring together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of ±¬ÁÏÍø entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders. There will also be a three-day ministerial segment of the Forum taking place from 21-23 July 2025. Additional information can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Key Event<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>28-30 July\u202f|\u202f<\/span><\/b>±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe\u202fsecond\u202f±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktake (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4) will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from\u202f27-29 July 2025. This event will build on the momentum of the\u202f<\/span>2021 ±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit<\/span><\/a>\u202fand the\u202f<\/span>first Stocktake in 2023 (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+2)<\/span><\/a>, focusing on accelerating sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems transformation. The ±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4 will provide an opportunity to document progress, strengthen accountability, and unlock investments for transformative action.\u202fAdditional information on programming and participation details can be found<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>International Days and Years<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>15 July | <\/span><\/b>World Youth Skills Day<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nWorld Youth Skills Day celebrates the key importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The world faces a multitude of challenges today, many of which affect the youth. On World Youth Skills Day, let us unite in recognizing the potential of young people as agents of peace and commit to providing them with the skills and opportunities to address challenges and contribute to a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>18 July | <\/span><\/b>Nelson Mandela International Day<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
- \n
- Developing countries face a $4 trillion annual investment gap to achieve the SDGs.<\/li>\n
- 37 out of 69 of the world\u2019s poorest countries were in debt distress or at high risk of it in 2022.<\/li>\n
- The share of exports from Least Developed Countries in global merchandise trade has stagnated<\/li>\n
- at around 1% since 2011.<\/li>\n
- 2 in 3 people used the Internet in 2022, with 259 million more male than female users.<\/li>\n
- Official Development Assistance for data dropped by more than 20% (2018-2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot let our financing for development ambitions get swept away. With just five years to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to shift into overdrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General\u202f<\/span>(28<\/span> April<\/span> 2025)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In Focus<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>30 June to 3 July | <\/span><\/b>4<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> International Conference on Financing for Development<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
<\/b>The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), is taking place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025. It will bring together leaders from around the world to advance collective solutions to the pressing financing challenges threatening the achievement of the SDGs. <\/span><\/p>\nWith only 17 per cent of the SDG targets on track, the Conference aims to drive action to unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost and reform the international financial architecture, ensuring it better serves the needs of developing countries. Discussions will focus on two overarching goals aimed at charting a path towards a more sustainable future: delivering a large-scale impact-focused investment push and reforming the international financial architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n
Key resources:<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n
- \n
- Conference website:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Conference programme:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/programme<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Media <\/span>materials<\/span><\/b>:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/media<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Trello board:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/ESYb4ZNJ\/4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development-ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
News Features<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
- \n
- What is financing for development<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14 July | Sustainable Development Progress Report 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u202foffers a pivotal assessment marking ten years since the SDGs’ adoption. With five years remaining until the 2030 deadline, this comprehensive report presents a nuanced statistical portrait of global development progress. The report highlights significant achievements such as reductions in HIV infections, lives saved through malaria prevention, increased school enrollment, expanded internet access, and near-universal electricity coverage. However, the data also reveals persistent challenges, including widespread hunger, lack of basic services for billions of people , entrenched gender inequality, escalating global tensions, and a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap constraining development efforts in developing countries. <\/span><\/p>\nDespite these formidable obstacles, the report’s evidence-based analysis demonstrates that scaling up proven, effective solutions can still drive meaning progress toward 2030. Additional information on the report can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n
- \n
- SDG Media Zone:<\/b> https:\/\/www.un.org\/sdgmediazone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Trello Board:<\/b> https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/yH9KnGyb\/un-2025-ocean-conference-9-13-june<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n14-23 July | <\/span><\/b>High-Level Political Forum<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will convene from 14 to 23 July at ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York under the theme \u201cAdvancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nThe SDGs under review will be:<\/span><\/p>\n
- \n
- Goal 3:<\/b> <\/span>Good health and wellbeing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Goal 5:<\/b> <\/span>Gender equality<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Goal 14:<\/b> <\/span>Life below water<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Goal 17:<\/b> <\/span>Partnerships for the goals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The 2025 HLPF is expected to bring together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of ±¬ÁÏÍø entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders. There will also be a three-day ministerial segment of the Forum taking place from 21-23 July 2025. Additional information can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Key Event<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>28-30 July\u202f|\u202f<\/span><\/b>±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The\u202fsecond\u202f±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit Stocktake (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4) will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from\u202f27-29 July 2025. This event will build on the momentum of the\u202f<\/span>2021 ±¬ÁÏÍø Food Systems Summit<\/span><\/a>\u202fand the\u202f<\/span>first Stocktake in 2023 (±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+2)<\/span><\/a>, focusing on accelerating sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems transformation. The ±¬ÁÏÍøFSS+4 will provide an opportunity to document progress, strengthen accountability, and unlock investments for transformative action.\u202fAdditional information on programming and participation details can be found<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>International Days and Years<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>15 July | <\/span><\/b>World Youth Skills Day<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nWorld Youth Skills Day celebrates the key importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The world faces a multitude of challenges today, many of which affect the youth. On World Youth Skills Day, let us unite in recognizing the potential of young people as agents of peace and commit to providing them with the skills and opportunities to address challenges and contribute to a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>18 July | <\/span><\/b>Nelson Mandela International Day<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
- Goal 17:<\/b> <\/span>Partnerships for the goals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Goal 14:<\/b> <\/span>Life below water<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Goal 5:<\/b> <\/span>Gender equality<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Trello Board:<\/b> https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/yH9KnGyb\/un-2025-ocean-conference-9-13-june<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- SDG Media Zone:<\/b> https:\/\/www.un.org\/sdgmediazone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- What is financing for development<\/span><\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Trello board:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/ESYb4ZNJ\/4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development-ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Media <\/span>materials<\/span><\/b>:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/media<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Conference programme:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4\/programme<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Conference website:<\/b> <\/span>https:\/\/financing.desa.un.org\/ffd4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n