Background
The 2025 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be held on 5 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme, “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”. The Forum will place a special emphasis on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be reviewed at the 2025 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF), namely Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being); Goal 5 (Gender Equality); Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth); Goal 14 (Life Below Water); and Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
In accordance with resolution 75/290A, the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will focus on exchanging new ideas, expectations and priorities for the work ahead for ECOSOC and the HLPF on the aforementioned theme. Furthermore, the Forum will highlight and discuss forward-looking actions by governments and other stakeholders through innovative partnerships that aim to mobilize commitments and actions to advance the 2030 Agenda and address new challenges.
Previous Editions
2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2021 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2020 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2019 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
2008-2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forums can be accessed via the ECOSOC website here.
Announcements
The 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be a key opportunity to galvanize Member States, UN system and IGOs, non-governmental organizations, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, local governments, scientists, academia, women, youth and other stakeholders early in the ECOSOC cycle and harness the power of partnerships to accelerate SDG implementation.
To inform the preparation for the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is convening a global online stakeholder consultation to solicit written views, experiences and proposals from all relevant stakeholders. A summary of key messages will be made available on the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum website ahead of the event.
WHO:
Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, parliamentarians, local governments, the private sector, scientists, academia, women, youth and other interested stakeholders are all welcomed to participate.
HOW:
The questionnaire for the global online stakeholder consultation to inform 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum could be viewed here. Responses must be submitted through the dedicated online form: https://bit.ly/25PFConsult.
WHEN:
Deadline for submission: Friday, 1 November 2024, 6 p.m. ET.
In parallel to the main programme, a limited number of high-level side events could be organized by UN Member States, UN entities, relevant International Organizations and stakeholder networks. Side events should serve as platforms to showcase multi-stakeholder partnerships and forward-looking initiatives by governments, UN entities and IGOs, and other stakeholders, especially in connection with the theme and SDGs under review at the 2025 HLPF. The goal is to highlight innovative partnerships that mobilize commitments and actions to advance the 2030 Agenda and address emerging challenges.
WHO
Side events may be organized by UN Member States, UN entities, relevant International Organizations and stakeholder networks.
FORMAT
There will be three categories of side events: 1) in-person at the UNHQ, 2) off-site in-person across New York City and 3) virtual.
In-person side events at UNHQ will be held only on 5 February 2025 from 13:15 to 14:30 PM, coinciding with the lunch break of the official sessions of the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum.
Virtual and off-site side events across New York City can be organized on 4 and 5 February 2025, with no designated timeslot. The Secretariat strongly encourages side event organizers to not schedule side events during the timing of the official sessions of the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 5 February.
CRITERIA
In view of the large number of requests anticipated and taking into consideration the very limited space and time allocated for the side events, please review the criteria in the Guidelines document available here.
APPLY
To submit a proposal for:
In-person side event to be held inside the UNHQ: submit here.
The deadline to submit in-person side events to be held inside the UNHQ is 6 December 2024.
Virtual and off-site side events across NYC: submit here.
The deadline to submit virtual and off-site side events applications is 8 January 2025.
Please note that only one organization should submit the application for any jointly organized side event.
For further information regarding side events, please contact dsdg@un.org with [Side Events – 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum] in the subject.
Participation of representatives from non-governmental organizations and Other Stakeholders
The 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be open to all those in possession of valid UN Grounds Passes.
All interested participants without a valid UN grounds pass will need to request registration to receive a Special Events Ticket.
Registration for Special Events Tickets will open in December 2024. Please, check this page for updates.
