A particular event at HLPF revisited the itemizing of SDG Acceleration Actions, launched on the September 2019 SDGs Summit as tangible commitments to drive implementation of the SDGs. These progressive tasks — supported by companions in governments, the UN System, the private sector, academia, and civil society — now quantity over one hundred eighty. Newly introduced actions embody a dedication by the BBC and its worldwide media companions to enhance illustration of women on display; institution of an office in Bogotá, Colombia, backed by UN businesses, philanthropy, and the private sector to acknowledge, scale again, and redistribute care work; and Peru’s launch of a nationwide advertising and marketing campaign to in the discount of meals insecurity, aided by a community of private sector and civil society stakeholders. We’re additionally seeing an enhance in private sector-pushed initiatives, collectively with round SDG benchmarking and disclosure, as effectively as to efforts to drive and implement the SDGs on the native and regional ranges.
These actions exemplify how worldwide progress and the success of the SDG framework rely on people and their visions and ideas. by the shows of VNRs on the HLPF, these ideas and options may even be launched forward, replicated, and scaled, and new partnerships may even be forged. a clear message from HLPF was the should further strengthen the multistakeholder collaboration round delivering the SDGs. The SDGs had been by no means presupposed to be carried out solely by governments. the larger future we think about is attainable solely whether or not it is constructed on the muse of partnerships amongst governments, the UN System, private companies, civil society, and on-the-floor advocates and organizations. we’d like all voices heard and all arms on deck.