Date: May 15th, 2025
Time: 14:00–15:00 Brussels Time (CEST)
(21:00 Tokyo | 17:30 Delhi | 16:00 Nairobi | 14:00 Brussels | 08:00 New York)

Location: Online (Zoom) — Registration required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VX7EfedmSzG8OBrBi9pLxQ

Are you preparing your country’s MGoS VNR Statement for HLPF 2025?

Do you want to strengthen your advocacy, influence, and visibility at the global level?

We warmly invite you to our upcoming webinar: “How to Make Advocacy at the VNR Session Effective?”

This one-hour interactive session is specially designed for stakeholders engaged in the preparation of Voluntary National Review (VNR) Statements through the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) coordination mechanism.

We will draw from nine years of MGoS VNR engagement experience and share practical, real-life examples of how civil society and other stakeholders’ voices have influenced national and UN-level processes through impactful statements.

What You Will Gain

  • Strategies to prepare clearer, stronger, and more effective VNR statements.

  • Lessons learned directly from colleagues who successfully spoke at previous HLPFs.

  • Practical tips on messaging, timing, and leveraging the VNR opportunity.

  • A chance to connect and exchange experiences with peers working on VNR advocacy worldwide.

Webinar Agenda

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Keynote Presentation: How to Prepare a More Effective VNR Statement

    • Key elements for impactful advocacy

    • Strategic use of the VNR process for lasting influence

  • Panel Discussion: Former VNR Speakers Share Their Journeys

    • Three speakers will offer insights into how they prepared and delivered successful MGoS VNR statements.

  • Interactive Q&A and Open Discussion

  • Closing Remarks and Next Steps

Who Should Attend

  • Members of national MGoS teams drafting VNR statements

  • Stakeholders preparing advocacy initiatives for HLPF 2025

  • Civil society actors looking to amplify their voices in global policy spaces

This is your chance to learn, strategize, and make your voice heard at HLPF 2025!

If you represent an organization or network working on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation in one of the 37 VNR countries and didn’t signed up for the MGoS VNR process, your input is invaluable. Please fill out the form at your earliest convenience. The form will remain open until May 11th.

 

For any questions, please contact the MGoS VNR Task Group at vnr.mgos@gmail.com