Leave No One Behind: Moving the Agenda Forward | Virtual

Leave No One Behind: Moving the Agenda Forward | Virtual

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? 21 January 2021 ? 1 PM – 2:30 PM
Virtual

The pledge to ‘leave no one behind’ is a fundamental principle underlying Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Its emphasis on prioritising the welfare of the most disadvantaged groups and reducing group-based inequalities has the capacity to bring about transformative change. Yet five years on from signing this pledge, there is little agreement on how to adapt it into actionable policies.

Drawing from ODI‘s upcoming report ‘Leave no one behind: five years into Agenda 2030’, the organization examines the core elements of the pledge, how it is affected by Covid-19 and what promising examples of national, regional, and international progress are, in turning this pledge into policy.