2018 Operational Activities for Development Segment

The 2018 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment will take place from 27 February - 1 March 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York. The segment will look at key elements of the response to the 2016 Resolution on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review, including the reports of the Secretary-General on repositioning of the UN development system in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the 2018 report of the Secretary-General on QCPR implementation.

1. Substantive documentation 
   • Repositioning the UN development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda – Ensuring a Better Future for All (A/72/124–E/2018/3) – June 2017
   • Repositioning the United Nations development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda: our promise for dignity, prosperity and peace on a healthy planet [A/72/684] – December 2017
   • Report of the Secretary-General (A/73/63 - E/2018/8) - final edited version 
   • Advanced unedited version of the 2018 Report of the Secretary-General on QCPR implementation 
     • ​Statistical annex on funding data
   • 2016 General Assembly resolution on the QCPR (A/RES/71/243)
2. Programme
3. Roadmap of informal interactive briefings in preparation for the Segment
4. Side events (side event request form)
   • Financing the UN Development System – Why funding modalities are critical to reform  (27 February 13h15 – 14h45, Conference Room 11)
5. Biographies (forthcoming)
6. Summary / Key messages emanating from deliberations
7. Statements and Presentations (forthcoming below)

 DAY 1 

• Remarks of the Secretary-General
• Remarks of the DSG - In support of the field, a reinvigorated, impartial and independent RC system

DAY 2

• Remarks of the DESA USG - Introduction to the 2018 SG report on QCPR implementation
• The Deputy Secretary-General: Revitalizing the UN development system’s funding architecture: Towards a Compact

DAY 3

• Closing remarks by VP of ECOSOC, H.E. Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve (Belgium)