UNRISD at the HLPF: Science-to-Practice in Action

UNRISD research is playing a vital role supporting the wide-ranging discussions around countries’ progress so far on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development taking place at the 2021 UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). In the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of the events were held online, which served to increase their global accessibility and provide video recordings allowing for flexible viewing of the events. UNRISD co-hosted an official HLPF side event as well as a workshop at the SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Session, and UNRISD experts were invited speakers at three additional side events.

Their contributions were examples of science-to-practice in action, where knowledge gained through long-term research and study were shared and discussed with actors in the international development scene, feeding into the thinking that guides action and policy making at national and international levels.

• UNRISD Side Event: From Science to Practice: Harnessing Research to Build Forward Better on 6 July 2021
• UNRISD Session at SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Session: Fostering Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable and Just COVID Recovery and Transformative SDG Implementation on 7 July 2021

UNRISD participation in HLPF side events:

• Dunja Krause was an invited speaker at Visions for A Just and Transformative Recovery, hosted by the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation on 6 July 2021
• Katja Hujo moderated the event Decade of Action to Achieve Universal Social Protection by 2030, hosted by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors on 12 July 2021
• Ilcheong Yi was an invited speaker at a side event on the margins on the HLPF titled Business Reporting on the SDGs, hosted by GRI and the UN Global Compact on 15 July 2021