ARFSD-11 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 call 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.

Objectives of the Forum

The objectives of the Eleventh session of the Regional Forum are:

• To Review progress, challenges, and opportunities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. In line with the 2025 HLPF, ARFSD-11 will conduct an in-depth review of implementation in Africa of SDG 3 (good health and well-being); 5 (gender equality); 8 (decent work and economic growth); 14 (life below water) and 17 (partnerships for the goals) and the corresponding goals of Agenda 2063 with a special focus on its second ten-year implementation plan (STYIP).
• To strengthen learning and advocate effective policy measures and actions including sustainable, inclusive, science-and evidence-based solutions to advance implementation of SDGs and Goals of Agenda 2063 at national, regional and global level.
• To Follow-up and take forward the outcomes of the Summit of the Future.
• To Serve as Africa regional preparatory meeting and produce Africa’s collective inputs to the HLPF to be held in New York in July 2025 and the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Qatar from 4 to 6 November 2025.
• Reach consensus and adopt Forum outcome documents, namely:
    • Summary and key messages of the Forum comprised of Africa’s priorities and key policy options and recommendations to inform and spur actions at subnational, national, regional and global levels to accelerate the integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Second ten-year implementation plan of Agenda 2063.
    • The Kampala Declaration on sustainable, inclusive, science-and evidence-based solutions to advance implementation of SDGs and Goals of Agenda 2063.

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This description was excerpted from uneca.org