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A VNR Lab on “Strategic Planning and Foresight for Fulfilling Financial Gaps of Agenda 2063 and the SDGs” will be held at United Nations Headquarters on 18 July 2025, within the framework of the 2025 High-level Political Forum. The VNR Lab is jointly organized by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, in collaboration with the UN Economic and Social Commission (ECA).

Concept Note

Agenda 

Policy Brief

Key Messages

Presentations:

Systems Thinking and Strategic Foresight: An Overview, Ms. Azeema Adam, Senior Inter-regional Adviser on Systems Thinking and Strategic Foresight, UN DESA

Integrated National Financing Frameworks, Ms. Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO), UN DESA

APRM Continental Secretariat: Findings of the APRM Toolkit on Strategic Planning and Foresight in Africa, Ms. Sara Hamouda, Senior Continental Governance Officer, APRM Continental Secretariat

Country experiences on integrating strategic foresight in national planning and budgeting in support of the SDGs:

Speech by Prof. Pamela Mbabazi, Executive Chairperson, National Planning Authority, on behalf of the Minister of State Planning, Uganda

Speech by Mr. Bereket Tesfamariam, State Minister of Planning and Development, Ethiopia

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Contact us:

Adriana Alberti, Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit, DPIDG / UN DESA alberti[at]un.org

Azeema Adam, Inter-regional Advisor, DPIDG / UN DESA azeema.adam[at]un.org

Sara Tawfik Hamouda, Agenda 2063&SDGs Expert, African Peer Review Mechanism, South Africa, sara.hamouda[at]aprm-au.org