17-18 October 2017
Committee
Committee on Social Development, 11th session
Location
- Khartoum, Sudan
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The current session aims to provide a forum for member countries to deliberate on priority issues of main concern to them, share experiences and present proposals on all areas of social development. The session will start by reviewing and discussing actions taken by the Social Development Division (SDD) and the progress achieved in implementing its activities on priority issues in the field of social development. The Secretariat will then brief the Committee on follow-up to its recommendations to form an ESCWA Inter-Sessional group of Experts on Persons with Disabilities; the Questionnaire on the programmes and activities of the Social Development Division; the Tunis Declaration on Social Justice: and Technical assistance on the social dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The eleventh session will proceed to tackle three selected regional issues in the field of social development, namely: the New Urban Agenda; age structural transitions, and intergenerational justice. The session will provide member countries with the opportunity to examine proposals related to the formulation of the ESCWA programme of work in the field of social development for the 2018-2019 biennium and subsequently make concrete recommendations on ways to streamline these activities and maximize their benefits thereto.
