HIC-HLRN participated with Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in the “Regional CSO Forum on Sustainable Development,” on 13–14 March 2022 at Beirut, Lebanon. The gathering of diverse policy analysts representing the Middle East/North Africa region’s civil society covered the range of contemporary development issues represented in the Sustainable-development Goals (SDGs) in the regional context.

The forum program was developed in collaboration with the members of the Regional Sustainable Development Platform: ANND, HIC-HLRN, Arab Trade Union Federation (ATUC), Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities (AOPD), The Arab Network for Democratic Elections (ANDE), Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) and Transparency International.

The Forum sessions covered:

COVID-19 and de-development in the Arab region

Macroeconomic Failures and inequalities

Democratic transition and nation-building

Solutions for sustainability, green transition and the role of international financing institutions

Partnership for development and means of implementation

Dismantling the box: solutions for change beyond ‘thinking outside the box’

Watch the Forum sessions and discussions on ANND (in Arabic)

Image: Logos of the organizations co-sponsoring the Forum.