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All time slots are indicated in Addis Ababa local time, GMT+3. 


  Side events

​Title: Financing for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (F4GEWE)

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 13:00 – 14:30; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 2; Virtual: Zoom

Document: Flyer


   Side events

​Title: Financing Care, Powering Equality "Feminist and Youth-Led Pathways for Africa’s SDG Progress"

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 12:00 – 13:30; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 3; Virtual: Zoom


    Side events

​Title: Coordinated Action for Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063: Strengthening governance and policy coherence in Africa

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 12:00 – 13:30; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 4;

Documents: Flyer; Concept Note (Short ; Long )


     Side events

​Title: Critical for Whom? Benefit Sharing, Human Rights and the Role of Critical Energy Transition Minerals in Advancing the SDGs and Agenda 2063 in Africa

Organizer by: UNECA, United Nations Human Rights, Open Society Foundations

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 12:00 – 13:30; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 5; Virtual: Zoom

Document : Concept Note and Agenda


      Side events

​Title: CCRS's Commitment to investors: Jointly building a resilient and sustainable Sahel against multiple shocks

Organizer by: 

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 09:30 – 11:00; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 5; Virtual: Zoom


       Side events

​Title: From raw commodities to competitive green industry: Unlocking Africa’s industrial and climate opportunity

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 09:00 – 11:00; 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 6;


        Side events

​Title: From exclusion to action: transformative and coordinated actions for inclusive service delivery in Africa

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 12:00 – 13:30; 

Room: UNCC; Coucus Room 11; Virtual: Zoom


         Side events

​Title: RCP Africa Annual Meeting of Regional Directors- Resident Coordinators

Organizer by:

Date and Time: 29 April 2026; 12:00 – 13:30; 

Room: UNCC;

Documents: Concept Note


 Side events

​Title: Coordinating Sovereign Finance in an Era of Global Debt Pressures

Organizer: UNECA

Date and Time: 30 April 2026; 12:30 - 14:00

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 6;


  Side events

​Title: Moving Beyond Extractivism to Care-Centered Approaches to Africa’s Just Energy Transition

Organizer: 

Date and Time: 30 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 3;


       Side events

​Title: A Whole of Continent Approach to ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Mobilizing Leaders, Partnerships, Investment with SIARP 2.0 (hybrid)

Organizer:

Date and Time: 30 April 2026; 09:00 - 11:00 AM

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 4; Virtual: Zoom


 Side events

​Title: From Resources to Resilience: Coordinated Action on Energy, Water, Climate and Innovation for Africa’s Sustainable Future

Organizer: Pôles de Développement,Agence Universitaire Francophone((AUF) de l'Université de Bangui

Date and Time: 25 April 2026; 11.00 – 12.30 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 2


  Side events

​Title: Climate–Water–Energy–Food Nexus Solutions for Africa Sustainable Development

Organizer: 

Date and Time: 26 April 2026; 09.00 – 15.30 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 5

Documents: Concept Note


  Side events

​Title: Private Sector Forum

Theme: Forward Faster: Scaling Private Sector Partnerships to Accelerate the SDGs in Africa

Organizer: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); United Nations Global Compact; and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 08.30 – 16.30 PM

Room: UNCC; Africa Hall

Documents: Programme; Session I Concept Note; Session II Concept Note; Session III Concept Note

Virtual: Zoom;    Stream = YouTube

Photo album: Click here


 Side events

​Title: Africa’s Priorities and Common Position on Water for 2026 and Beyond

Organizer: 

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 09:00 - 18:00

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 1; Virtual: Zoom


  Side events

​Title: Unlocking regional action in the Gulf of Guinea for the SDGs

Organizer:

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 17:00 - 18:00

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 5; Virtual = Zoom


   Side events

​Title: Harnessing Africa's minerals for green industrialization and sustainable development ( UONGOZI)

Organizer: 

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 09:00 - 18:00

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 3; Virtual = Zoom

Photo album: Click here


    Side events

​Title: Sensitisation of United Nations Resident Coordinators on the STYIP Domestic Resource Mobilization Strategy

Organizer:

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 09:00 - 16:30

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 5; Virtual = Zoom

Documents: Concept Note


     Side events

​Title: Youth Forum - "Shaping the future now: Youth Leadership for Transformative and coordinated SDG action"

Organizer:

Date and Time: 27 April 2026; 09:00 - 18:00

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 6; 

Documents: Agenda [English] [French]

Photo album: Click here


  Side events

​Title: Coordinated Action for Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063: Strengthening governance and policy coherence in Africa

Organizer: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in partnership with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)

Focal Person: Carina Lindberg;  (OECD); and Sara Hamouda (APRM)

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13.00 – 14.30 

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 4;


       Side events

​Title: Industrial futures: Transforming Africa for Sustainable Development (hybrid)

Organizer:

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 2; Virtual: Zoom


        Side events

​Title: Accelerating Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in Africa: Transformative Climate Resilient WASH Solutions for AU Agenda 2063 and the 2030 SDG Agenda

Organizer:

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Room: UNCC; Conference Room 3;


Side events

Title: Community Voices Driving Local Economic Resilience: Lessons from the Shora Neza Project in Rwanda (Youth Empowerment as a Driver of Resilient and Inclusive Communities in Africa)

Organized by: 

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Location: UNCC, Conference Room 4


 Side events

Title: Local Solutions to Global Impact: Accelerating SDG Implementation in Africa through Circular Agrifood Systems and One Health across the Rural-Urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Organized by: 

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Location: UNCC, Conference Room 5


  Side events

Title: Advancing Africa’s Clean Energy Transition: Policy Reforms for Expanded Access and Decent Jobs for Women and Youth

Organized by: 

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 13:00 - 14:30

Location: UNCC, Conference Room 6; Virtual = Zoom


   Side events

Title: Beyond Stoves: Unlocking the Clean Cooking Economy in Africa

Organized by: 

Date and Time: 28 April 2026; 15:00 - 16:30

Location: UNCC, Conference Room 5; Virtual = Zoom

Document: Concept Note and Programme

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