The private sector’s strategic partnership for the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda
Tuesday 13th February (14:00-16:00) Khartoum, Sudan
Host: UNESCO Cousteau Eco-technie Chair, Future University, Sudan
Target audience: Private sector, business, SMEs, academics, researchers, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, youth, students and other stakeholders
Focus: Global, Public-Private-Partnership, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
During the event, you will learn about United Nations JIU project entitled “United Nations -private sector partnership arrangements in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and the partnership between UN and the private sector. Local private sectors across the region will learn how to become engaged with the UN system and explore the opportunities to participate in the 16th International Conference of the World Association of Sustainable Development, co-organized and hosted by the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), Geneva, Palais de Nations, 10-12 April 2018.
14:00-16:00
Introduction, Agenda, House keeping
Welcome
El Tayeb Mustafa, President Future University, Sudan
WASD/UN international conference on PPPs and Agenda 2030
Allam Ahmed, Founding President WASD and Founder Sudan Knowledge, UK
Promo Video
DAL PPPs Strategy (School Milk Program)
DAL and US AID
North Darfur Project
Haggar/Practical Action
ENDRI experience in sustainable development in Sudan
Sarra Ahmed Mohamed Saad, Associate Research Professor, ENDRI, National Centre for Research (NCR), Sudan
TBC
OE Group, Sudan
Concluding remarks
Khalid Ali, Co-Founder and Chairperson, Board of Directors of Impact Hub Khartoum, Sudan
Paragraph 67 of United Nations General Assembly resolution 70/1 recognizes the role of the private sector in development and calls upon its contribution: “Private business activity, investment and innovation are major drivers of productivity, inclusive economic growth and job creation. We acknowledge the diversity of the private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives to multinationals. We call upon all businesses to apply their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development challenges. We will foster a dynamic and well-functioning business sector, while protecting labour rights and environmental and health standards in accordance with relevant international standards and agreements and other ongoing initiatives in this regard […]”.
The need for partnerships is recognized in Sustainable Development Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. This implies more qualitative and quantitative engagement of the private sector in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, an enhanced impact of the United Nations values and objectives, in particular related to sustainability, on the business models of private companies, advances in the engagement of businesses from corporate social responsibility to direct contributions to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, or expansion of for-profit actors’ activities in areas which were usually addressed by public entities.
Partners:
World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)
United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)
UNESCO Cousteau Eco-technie Chair
Future University, Sudan
Environment and Natural Resources and Desertification Research Institute (ENDRI), National Centre for Research (NCR), Sudan
Centre for Islamic Finance Law and Communities (CIFLAC), University of East London, UK
Impact Hub Khartoum, Sudan
Salih Hamed Training and Capacity Building Center, Sudan
Venue: Future University, Sudan
Registration: By invitation ONLY.
