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Fourth Interregional Seminar on Parliamentary Capacity Building and the Further Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: Stronger Inter-parliamentary Exchanges for a More Efficient Achievement of the SDGs
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Beijing China
Summary
The Fourth Interregional Seminar on Parliamentary Capacity Building and the Further Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will take place in Beijing, China, from 12 to 14 June 2019 and will be followed by a field trip. Jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the National People’s Congress, this event is intended to foster interregional exchanges on SDGs implementation between Asian and African parliaments.
The Seminar will discuss how cooperation among developing countries can enhance implementation of the SDGs and their targets and further advance their development. The Seminar will allow the participants to proactively engage with the SDGs, share their experiences, good practices as well as lessons learned to effectively advance SDGs implementation without leaving anyone behind.
The Seminar is intended for Members of Parliament from Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe and China. The languages of the event are English and Chinese.