The United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) hosted the Executive Training Couse for Policymakers on the 2030 Agenda on 24-28 April, 2017 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

The executive course took place as the 2030 agenda enters in the second year of its 15 years of implementation. The high-level political forum on sustainable development (10-19 July) will review progress towards the 2030 agenda under the overall theme of "eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world, and will review in depth Goals 1 (poverty), 2 (nutrition), 3 (health), 5 (gender and women's empowerment), 9 (infrastructure and industrialization), 14 (oceans and seas) and 17 (means of implementation and the global partnership).

The work of the HLPF served as a backdrop to the course, but the course itself focused on implementing Agenda 2030 through the daily work of the participating policymakers and policy shapers. The objective of the course are the following:

• Knowledge and skills acquisition for integrating Agenda 2030 and the SDGs into ongoing and future activities
• Networking among public policymakers and non-state policy shapers
• Sharing experiences and peer-to-peer collaboration, across sectors and countries
• Learning from best practicies and pitalls in implementation
• Capacity building for sustainable development policymaking and policy-shaping
• Learning how to integrate sustainable development policy and practice using whole-of-government and whole-of-society approached

Executive Training for Policymakers Concept Note (Updated as of 17 April 2017)

Executive Training for Policymakers Annotated Agenda (Updated as of 24 April 2017)

Executive Training for Policymakers Module Plans and Questions (For use during Module Sessions)

Executive Training for Policymakers Module Plans and Questions in French and Spanish (Materials for Modules 1, 7, 8, 9)

Executive Training for Policymakers Info Note (Updated as of 4 April 2017)

Online Hotel Reservation Site for the Executive Training for Policymakers (Discounted rates)

Executive Training for Policymakers List of Participants (Updated as of 6 April 2017)

• Opening Remarks of Executive Training on Policymakers on Agenda 2030 and the SDGs - JongSoo Yoon - UNOSD

• Keynote Address of Executive Training on Policymakers on Agenda 2030 and the SDGs - MinHo Lee - Ministry of Environment

• Agenda 2030 and the SDGs - Nikhil Chandavakar - Thersus Sustainability

• Promoting collaborative and open government through the whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach for the SDGs implementation - Keping Yao - UNPOG

• Module 3 - Implementing Agenda 2030 for People - Ilcheong Yi - UNRISD

• How to Build Government Capacity for Green industry: Analyzing the Korean Case - Bokhwan Yu - Asian Development Bank Institute

• Mainstreaming natural capital and ecosystem services into decisions - Juhern Kim - Global Green Growth Institute

• State and Trends of Carbon Pricing - Celine Ramstein - World Bank

• Open Government Data for Disaster Risk Reduction - Keping Yao - UNPOG

• Open Government Data for Disaster Risk Reduction: Best Practices - Keping Yao - UNPOG

• Implementing Agenda 2030 for peace and justice at the national and international levels - Keun Gwan Lee - Seoul National University

• The Global Partnership and Multistakeholder partnerships for Agenda 2030 - Celine Ramstein - World Bank

• Notes from Presentation from Professor TaeKyoon Kim - TaeKyoon Kim - Seoul National University

• HLPF and Voluntary National Reviews - Friedrich Soltau - DSD, UNDESA

• HLPF Video Presentation - Ilcheong Yi - UNRISD

• Agenda 2030 and the SDGs: The Way Forward - Nikhil Chandavarkar - Thersus Sustainability

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