UNGA CONFERENCE 2019
Transforming Our World: Inclusive Social Development for All
25 September 2019 | New York | www.unga-conference.org
09:00 – 09:30 AM – Opening and Welcome Remarks
09:30 – 11:00 AM
Panel 1 Inclusive Social Development in achieving the Global Goals 2030
- Social integration policies that promote access to basic public services
- Role of the culture of peace in social cohesion and inclusiveness
- Civil society participation to facilitate social development
- Importance of rule of law and democracy to reduce inequalities and implement social development policies
11:00 – 11:15 AM – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 PM
Panel 2 Advancing Youth through Social and Economic Empowerment
- Key priorities and challenges in access to quality education
- Developing life and entrepreneurial skills to prepare the youth for the rapidly evolving labor market
- From consultation to collaboration: How to create a meaningful and sustained youth participation in the decision-making mechanisms?
- Youth as stakeholders in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: Advocacy, awareness-raising, and capacity building
12:45 – 2:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 PM
Panel 3 Protection of Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights
- Promotion of cultural rights in building peaceful societies
- Human rights-based approach to the UN Development Agenda
- Violation of human rights leading to social unrest: Country-based Analysis
- Early warning mechanisms of human rights to prevent conflicts
3:30 – 3:45 PM – Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Pioneers of SDGs (Presentation of the successful local implementation projects by the Global Partners)
4:30 – 4:45 PM – Closing Remarks