11th Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Set to Take Place in Uganda

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The Eleventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of the Republic of Uganda in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations system organisations. The Forum will take place in Kampala, Uganda at the Speke Resort Convention Centre, Munyonyo, from 9 April to 11 April 2025. 

The theme of the ARFSD11 is “Driving job creation and economic growth through sustainable, inclusive, science-and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063”. This is a timely opportunity to drive real change and to rescue the SDGs and Agenda 2063. Africa, like the rest of the world, is off track for meeting most targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and has even regressed on some. Alongside the SDGs, Heads of State and Government of the African Union have adopted and called for effective implementation of the Second Ten-year implementation plan (STYIP) of Agenda 2063.

As such and with just about six years to 2030, there is an urgent need for concerted multi-level action at scale and speed, to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The remaining 6 years from 2025 therefore present an opportunity and a window of hope to dramatically boost the pace and scale of implementation to deliver on the regional and global sustainable development goals.

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Taking place following the Summit of the Future, the Regional Forum is also a unique opportunity to reflect on the outcomes of the Summit and articulate concrete actions for their implementation. Moreover, ARFSD-11 will also be held in the leadup to the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Qatar from 4 to 6 November 2025. The region will therefore seize the opportunity of ARFSD-11 to articulate Africa’s common position for the Second World Summit for Social Development. The Forum will be held in a hybrid format allowing both in-person and virtual participation of ministers and other high-level policy makers.