Somaliland SDG16+ Coalition is in New York to present to the UN High-Level Political Forum “Somaliland SDG16+ Progressive Report

By:MoDuale

Horndiplomat-A delegation of Somaliland SDG16+ Coalition is in New York to present to the UN High-Level Political Forum “Somaliland SDG16+ Progressive Report,” a report outlining progress made by Somaliland in 4 identified SDGs targets.

Around the world, the 2030 Agenda has helped catalyze and support a wide range of innovative, grassroots-led work around SDG16+ with a variety of civil society actors. While the actions and commitments of civil society at the national level are often overlooked in global-level discussions, the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) provides a unique opportunity to bring civil society from a wide range of contexts together to showcase best practices and innovative initiatives supporting SDG16+ implementation, and a chance to explore opportunities for further civil society collaboration at all levels around SDG16+ going forward.

Ismail will be shortly addressing the audience as the winning video was launched https://t.co/hsLrSMCjIO pic.twitter.com/D8MwGkixLT

— Somaliland SDG16+ Coalition (@somalilandsdgs) July 11, 2019

Here we go Somaliland team will be the second speaker, the event will begun 5:00 oclock. https://t.co/lOUH2TC4yA pic.twitter.com/YP5fBm9Zej

— Ismail Farjar (@ismailfarjar) July 11, 2019

Saferworld, TAP Network and International Peace Institute (IPI) along with eight campaign partners launched the Voices of SDG16+: Stories for Global Action campaign collecting stories of grassroots efforts and initiatives from around the world that are implementing the SDG16+ targets. The civil society participants hail from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Canada, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Somaliland, Uganda, and Yemen, and were selected from well over 200 videos of local leaders and changemakers around the world working to put the 2030 Agenda and its commitment to peace, justice and inclusion into action.

Teamwork makes for SD(G)reamwork?

Great day preparing with the Voices of #SDG16+ that will sharing their work and stories tomorrow at the HLPF. pic.twitter.com/uLDJxd5WS4

— Jordan Street (@jordan_street07) July 10, 2019

#HappeningNow Voices of SDG16+: Stories for Global Action Roundtable @TAPNetwork2030 @GPPAC @idps_cspps @CRbuildpeace @peacedirect @GlobalNamati @LPI_voices @WorldVision @article19org @PaxChristi pic.twitter.com/sFegazNSPz

— Intl Peace Institute (@ipinst) July 11, 2019

In this event will showcase the stories of the campaign peace actors, who will share their innovative work on access to justice, women’s political participation, youth peacebuilding, non-violent education and inclusive decision-making.

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