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<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
</p>
<p>Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments to
Accelerate Gender Equality in the UNECE Region
</p>
<p>GENEVA | 21-22 OCTOBER 2024
</p>
<p>PALAIS DE NATIONS, TEMPUS ROOM
</p>
<p> DRAFT PROGRAMME
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11.30
</p>
<p>Opening of the Meeting (Item 1)
</p>
<p>Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work (Item 2)
</p>
<p>Election of Chairpersons (Item 3)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Key trends on gender equality across the ECE region (Item 4)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 – 16:30
Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and inclusive
</p>
<p>societies (Item 5)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the ECE region
</p>
<p>(Item 6)
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11:30 Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region (Item 7)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region (Item 8)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 - 16:30 Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region (Item 9)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
</p>
<p>Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda for sustainable
development (Item 10)
</p>
<p>Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting
</p>
<p>Monday, 21 October
</p>
<p>Tuesday, 22 October</p>
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</div>
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This evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the UNECE Geneva E293 Project entitled “Strengthening the capacity of Central Asian countries to implement trade facilitation measures and better integrate into the international rules-based trading system”, (further project or E293)). Project was formulated and managed by Economic Cooperation and Trade Division. This division supports UNECE member States in designing and establishing institutions, policies, processes and initiatives with a strong role for good governance to build innovative, competitive, and inclusive societies to progress towards the goals set out in Agenda 2030 in the areas of innovation policy, infrastructure investment (e.g. publicprivate partnerships) and trade (including trade facilitation).1
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<p>ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE –
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
</p>
<p>Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference
</p>
<p>on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration
</p>
<p>and Platform for Action (1995)
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>21-22 OCTOBER 2024, GENEVA
</p>
<p>CALL FOR SIDE EVENT PROPOSALS
The United Nations Economic Commission for CRITERIA FOR
</p>
<p>SELECTION Europe (UNECE), together with the UN Women
</p>
<p>Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO),
</p>
<p>invites proposals for side events to take place during the
</p>
<p>Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting scheduled for 21-22
</p>
<p>October 2024.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Member States, United Nations entities, international
</p>
<p>organizations, and other interested stakeholders should
</p>
<p>submit side event proposals via the following link at their
</p>
<p>earliest convenience, and no later than 1 August 2024.
</p>
<p>All proposals received will be reviewed by UNECE and
</p>
<p>UN Women, who will respond to the proposed event
</p>
<p>organizers by 1 September 2024. As slots are limited, priority
</p>
<p>will be given to events organized by more than one
</p>
<p>Member State and multiple organizations (more than
</p>
<p>three).
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Side events (in-person) will be scheduled during the 8:45–
</p>
<p>9:45 am and 12:00–13:15 time slots.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>UNECE facilities can host a maximum of four in-person
</p>
<p>events with space for 50 participants each. Organizers
</p>
<p>intending to facilitate virtual participation will need to
</p>
<p>generate their own links. Unfortunately, neither translation
</p>
<p>services nor online support will be provided for in-person
</p>
<p>side events in 2024.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Side events are open to all Conference participants.
</p>
<p>CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
</p>
<p>The proposed side events should support the objectives
</p>
<p>of the Economic Commission for Europe Beijing+30
</p>
<p>Regional Review Meeting (see ‘Background’ section
</p>
<p>below). They are expected to complement the inter-
</p>
<p>governmental meeting by taking stock of progress,
</p>
<p>addressing remaining and emerging challenges, and
</p>
<p>providing original perspectives on gender equality
</p>
<p>and women’s empowerment issues in the UNECE region.
</p>
<p>Proposed side events will be selected according to the
</p>
<p>following criteria:
</p>
<p>• Relevance: Side events should be relevant to the 12
</p>
<p>critical areas of concern in the Beijing Declaration
</p>
<p>and Platform for Action. Other emerging thematic
</p>
<p>issues will also be considered. Successful side event
</p>
<p>proposals will ensure the sharing of good prac-
</p>
<p>tices from a variety of stakeholders and identify
</p>
<p>partnership opportunities and accelerated action
</p>
<p>at multiple levels.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Multistakeholder participation: Successful side event
</p>
<p>proposals will ensure inclusion and diversity (parti-
</p>
<p>cularly geographical, regional, and gender balan-
</p>
<p>ces) and include a mix of stakeholders, including
</p>
<p>governments; civil society; academia; the private
</p>
<p>sector; United Nations; regional, inter-governmental,
</p>
<p>or other multilateral organizations; etc.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p/>
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<p>• Priority will be accorded to side events organized by
</p>
<p>more than one Member State and multiple organiza-
</p>
<p>tions (more than three).
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Interactive and inclusive session design: Successful side
</p>
<p>event proposals will design the events to be as interac-
</p>
<p>tive as possible, including by allocating sufficient tim
</p>
<p> for interaction with the audience.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Innovation: Side events that present innovative designs
</p>
<p>in terms of session format, content and/ or dialogue
</p>
<p>setup will be favorably considered.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>RESPONSIBILITIES OF CO-ORGANIZERS
</p>
<p>• One of the co-organizers of the proposed side event
</p>
<p>should be designated as the lead organizer and com-
</p>
<p>munications focal point.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Organizers are responsible for all arrangements for the
</p>
<p>side events (generation and management of virtual par-
</p>
<p>ticipation link, confirmation of logistics arrangements,
</p>
<p>registration of speakers, broad-based participation,
</p>
<p>event marketing, etc.).
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• The Conference organizers will provide a room, screen,
</p>
<p>Wi-Fi, and basic technical assistance. All other costs
</p>
<p>related to the side event will be borne by the side-event
</p>
<p>organizers.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Once side events are confirmed, the Conference orga-
</p>
<p>nizers will discuss details of the room set-up and equip-
</p>
<p>ment and other organizational aspects with the side
</p>
<p>event organizers and request them to provide a concept
</p>
<p>note and flyer to be posted on the Conference website.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>The lead side event co-organizer should prepare a sum-
</p>
<p>mary of outcomes of 2 to 5 pages and submit it to the
</p>
<p>Conference organizers by 10 November 2024. A template
</p>
<p>will be prepared to ensure uniform reporting.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>BACKGROUND
</p>
<p>UNECE, in collaboration with UN Women ECARO, will organize
</p>
<p>the Economic Commission for Europe Beijing+30 Regional
</p>
<p>Review Meeting on 21 – 22 October 2024 in Geneva.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>The conference is expected to reinvigorate political
</p>
<p>commitment to advance gender equality and the em-
</p>
<p>powerment of women and girls in the UNECE region and
</p>
<p>build regional consensus on priority actions to accelerate
</p>
<p>the implementation of commitments made in the Beijing
</p>
<p>Declaration and Platform for Action.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>The conference will act as a platform for sharing know-
</p>
<p>ledge and information on progress made, gaps, and
</p>
<p>challenges encountered in realizing gender equality and
</p>
<p>the rights of women and girls in the region. The outcome
</p>
<p>will serve as the region’s input to the deliberations at the
</p>
<p>69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in
</p>
<p>2025. The conference will bring together government offi-
</p>
<p>cials including ministers, senior officials and represen-
</p>
<p>tatives from relevant ministries, community-based organi-
</p>
<p>zations, civil society organizations, youth organizations,
</p>
<p>academia, the private sector, United Nations entities,
</p>
<p>independent experts and other relevant stakeholders
</p>
<p>from across the ECE region.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>The objectives of the conference are:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• To assess progress in the implementation of the Beijing
</p>
<p>Declaration and Platform for Action in the ECE region
</p>
<p>over the past five years;
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Review current and emerging challenges, good prac-
</p>
<p>tices, lessons learned, and priority actions required to
</p>
<p>achieve gender equality and the empowerment of
</p>
<p>women and its contribution towards the full realiza-
</p>
<p>tion of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Provide a platform for Member States and stake-
</p>
<p>holders to explore policy options and strategies,
</p>
<p>including innovative approaches and good prac-
</p>
<p>tices, toward realizing gender equality and the em-
</p>
<p>powerment of women;
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Build regional consensus on priority actions to acce-
</p>
<p>lerate the implementation of commitments made in
</p>
<p>the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action;
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>• Consolidate regional inputs to the sixty-ninth session of
</p>
<p>the Commission on the Status of Women, which will
</p>
<p>focus on the review and appraisal of the imple-
</p>
<p>mentation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
</p>
<p>Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session
</p>
<p>of the General Assembly.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>CONTACT AND INFORMATION
</p>
<p>For communication with UNECE, please contact [email protected] with a copy to [email protected]
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Additional information is available on the UNECE and UN Women dedicated websites for the Beijing Platform for Action
</p>
<p>and the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting. </p>
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<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration">https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration</a>
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<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration">https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration</a>
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<a href="https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm">https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm</a>
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<a href="https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm">https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm</a>
</div>
<div class="annotation">
<a href="https://eca.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2024/05/in-focus-beijing30-in-europe-and-central-asia">https://eca.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2024/05/in-focus-beijing30-in-europe-and-central-asia</a>
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<p>
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<p>watermark
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<p>Economic Commission for Europe
Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting
Geneva, 21 –22 October 2024
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda for the Beijing+30 Regional Review
Meeting
</p>
<p> “Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender
Equality in the ECE Region”
</p>
<p> to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, starting on 21 October 2024 at 10 a.m. and
concluding on 22 October 2024 at 6 p.m.
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda
</p>
<p>1. Opening of the meeting.
</p>
<p>2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
</p>
<p>3. Election of chairpersons.
</p>
<p>4. Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region.
</p>
<p>5. Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive societies.
</p>
<p>6. Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the
ECE region.
</p>
<p>7. Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>8. Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>9. Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>10. Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda
for sustainable development. Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> United Nations ECE/AC.28/2024/1
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Economic and Social Council Distr.: General
xx July 2024
Original: English </p>
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<p>
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
"Reviewing 30 Years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate
Gender Equality in the ECE Region"
</p>
<p>
21-22 October 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>CONCEPT NOTE
</p>
<p>I. Background
In the year 2025, the interna onal community will mark the thir eth anniversary of the Fourth
World Conference on Women and the adop on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for
Ac on (1995). Ten years will have passed since the adop on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the Beijing Declara on and the
2030 Agenda, UN member States took universal commitments to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls worldwide.
</p>
<p>In line with the ECOSOC resolu on E/RES/2022/5 of 8 June 2022, the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW), at its sixty ninth session in 2025 “will undertake a review and appraisal of the
implementa on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for Ac on and the outcomes of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly”. The review will also be an opportunity to
discuss the contribu on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for ac on towards the full
realiza on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. </p>
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Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>Across the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, accelerated action
is needed to meet the ambitions of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030
Agenda on Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 on gender equality and all other SDGs.
</p>
<p>While the UNECE region has seen some gains made towards the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of women, overall progress remains uneven and insufficient to
meet the majority of 2030 targets. The UNECE region remains on track to achieve just one of
the nine targets of Goal 5 Achieve Gender Equality, while data is not yet available for a further
five targets. It is an alarming reality that at present, we do not have enough data to assess
progress against basic measures, such as equal economic rights or violence against women and
girls in the UNECE region.
</p>
<p>The development and implementation of legal frameworks and policies that address
discrimination and support gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) are progressing
at a pace too slow to achieve substantial change. Gender disparities in time spent on domestic
tasks remain significant, with women often shouldering a disproportionate share of unpaid
domestic work. These disparities, among other issues, also hinder women’s abilities to participate
fully in economic activities. Simultaneously, inadequate social protection systems exacerbate
poverty, particularly for vulnerable groups such as older women and women with disabilities, and
undermine their resilience to economic shocks and other crises. Other areas, such as women’s
empowerment in technology, are advancing well and likely to meet targets; however,
digitalization has brought other challenges that have yet to be effectively addressed, such as
technology-facilitated violence against women and girls.
</p>
<p>Furthermore, conflict and geopolitical tensions in the region significantly impact GEWE by
exacerbating existing gender disparities, increasing women’s and girls’ vulnerabilities and
reducing access to essential services. Women and girls in conflict-affected areas face heightened
risks of violence, exploitation and abuse. These challenges which are compounded by disruptions
in education and healthcare services, including through the diversion of resources from social
programmes and services to security and defense. Conflict and geopolitical tensions also
contribute to economic instability, which disproportionately affects women, who are often </p>
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<p>employed in precarious and informal sectors and face higher rates of job loss and reduced
income-generating opportunities.1
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 global review
</p>
<p>In 2025, the global community will mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on
Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995)2, the 25th
anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and the final five years of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
</p>
<p>This anniversary will be an opportunity to strengthen gender-responsive action and
implementation of the 2030 Agenda and other global commitments. This opportunity of the
anniversary presents an occasion to engage with gender equality advocates and to bring those
who remain on the sidelines into the center of a whole-of-government, whole-of-society effort.
By joining forces, governments together with society have the capacity to overcome and
eradicate the root causes of gender inequality and chart a path forward for genuine, substantive
equality, with equal rights and equal opportunities for women and girls.
</p>
<p>The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United
Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 20253. The main focus of the sixty-ninth
session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly.
</p>
<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, the United Nations regional commissions
have been invited to undertake regional reviews and convene regional intergovernmental
meetings. These will feed into the sixty-ninth session of the Commission.
</p>
<p>II. Beijing+30 regional review process
</p>
<p>
1 Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region: Facing a Headwind in 2024. United Na ons, 2024.
2 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995, chap. I, resolu on 1, annexes
I and II.
3 ECOSOC resolu on 2022/5. </p>
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<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, UNECE will lead the regional
intergovernmental review of the BPfA for the UNECE region, in close collaboration with the UN
Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO).
</p>
<p>The regional review aims to assess current and emerging challenges that affect the
implementation of the BPfA, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of
women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in the UNECE region, and strengthen the knowledge base on progress and gaps in
realizing the rights of women and girls in the region. It aims to build regional consensus on actions
needed to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA.
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 regional review will consist of three main tracks: analytical, consultative, and
intergovernmental.
</p>
<p>Analytical review
</p>
<p>As part of the Beijing+30 review, member States have been invited to undertake comprehensive
national-level reviews that take stock of achievements, identify gaps and setbacks, and outline
strategies for addressing those gaps and challenges at the national level. Member States are
expected to respond to a survey and submit national reports by 1 June 2024. The national reports
will inform the regional reports on the Beijing+30 review.
</p>
<p>The analytical track of the regional review process will examine progress, gaps and challenges,
and identify good practices towards the achievement of the commitments made in the BPfA in
the UNECE region. The analytical review will provide the substantive background to consultations
and deliberations at the meeting.
</p>
<p>Stakeholder consultations
</p>
<p>The engagement of and consultation with stakeholders is a vital part of the regional review
process and the intergovernmental meeting. A steering committee will be established to
coordinate the consultation with civil society organizations comprising women's organizations,
academia, and other key stakeholders in the regional review process. Meanwhile, Governments
are encouraged to complement the whole-of-government approach for comprehensive national-</p>
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<p>level reviews with a whole-of-society approach that involves multi-stakeholder participation and
contributions.
</p>
<p>UNECE and UN Women will facilitate the participation of key stakeholders in the official agenda
of the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting. Stakeholders will also be invited to organize side
events, including in collaboration with UNECE member States, United Nations entities, and
others.
</p>
<p>Intergovernmental meeting
</p>
<p>UNECE will organize the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting, titled "Reviewing 30 Years of
Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender Equality in the UNECE Region", in collaboration with
the UN Women ECARO from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting is expected to reinvigorate political commitment to advance gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls in the UNECE region and build regional consensus on
priority actions to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA. The
meeting will act as a platform for sharing knowledge and information on progress made, gaps
and challenges encountered in realizing gender equality and the rights of women and girls in the
region. The outcome will serve as the region's input to the deliberations at the 69th session of
the Commission on the Status of Women in 2025.
</p>
<p>III. Date, venue and participation
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will be held from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting will bring together ministers, senior officials, and representatives from relevant
ministries, United Nations entities, civil society organizations, youth organizations, academia,
independent experts, and other relevant stakeholders from across the UNECE region.
Delegations will consist of heads/representatives of national machinery for the advancement of
women, representatives of various ministries, experts, parliamentarians, NGOs, etc.
</p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>It is expected that NGO and other stakeholders will take an active part in the meeting
</p>
<p>IV. Objectives and expected outcome
The objectives of the meeting are to:
</p>
<p> Assess progress to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
in the UNECE region over the past five years;
</p>
<p> Review current and emerging challenges, good practices, lessons learned, and priority
actions required to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and its
contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development;
</p>
<p> Provide a platform for member States and stakeholders to explore policy options and
strategies, including innovative approaches and good practices, toward realizing gender
equality and the empowerment of women;
</p>
<p> Build regional consensus on priority actions to accelerate the implementation of
commitments made in the BPfA;
</p>
<p> Consolidate regional inputs to the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of
Women which will focus on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the
General Assembly.
</p>
<p>V. Structure, format and accessibility support
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will follow the rules of procedures of the UNECE. The
meeting will center around the 12 critical areas of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
of Action, highlighting the importance of comprehensive and sustainable solutions in the context
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
</p>
<p>Member States will be invited to make national statements outlining progress, challenges,
lessons learned and emerging issues with regard to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform of Action. Time permitting, civil society representatives will also have the
opportunity to make statements. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>The meeting will also hold high-level roundtables to deliberate on priorities that concern gender
equality and the empowerment of women in the UNECE region, for the purposes of
reinvigorating political commitment and building regional consensus on priority actions going
forward. The proposed themes for the roundtables include (i) Key trends in gender equality
dynamics; (ii) Accelera ng women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive socie es; (iii) Women in leadership and their full and equal par cipa on in decision-
making; (iv)Ending violence against women and girls; (v) Leveraging financing for gender equality;
(vi) Closing the gender gap: effec ve policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region and (vii)
Pathways to accelerate progress in the implementation of the BPfA.
</p>
<p>Emerging issues such as backlash against GEWE efforts, unpaid care work, elections and
technology-facilitated violence will be given specific attention. Keynote presentations and panel
discussions, followed by interventions from member States and key stakeholders, will provide an
opportunity for interactive debates.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>VI. Timeline
</p>
<p>Milestone Expected meframe
</p>
<p>Na onal-level reviews (survey and na onal
reports)
</p>
<p>October 2023 – June 2024
</p>
<p>Analy cal review December 2023 – August 2024
</p>
<p>CSO consulta ons May – September 2024
</p>
<p>Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting,
Geneva
</p>
<p>21 - 22 October 2024
</p>
<p>CSW69 10 - 21 March 2025
</p>
<p> </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
</p>
<p>Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments
</p>
<p>to Accelerate Gender Equality in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>
GENEVA | 21-22 OCTOBER 2024
</p>
<p>PALAIS DE NATIONS, TEMPUS ROOM
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> DRAFT PROGRAMME
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11.30
</p>
<p>Opening of the Meeting (Item 1)
</p>
<p>Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work (Item 2)
</p>
<p>Election of Chairpersons (Item 3)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region (Item 4)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 – 16:30
Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and inclusive
</p>
<p>societies (Item 5)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the ECE region
</p>
<p>(Item 6)
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11:30 Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region (Item 7)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region (Item 8)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 - 16:30 Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region (Item 9)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
</p>
<p>Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda for sustainable
development (Item 10)
</p>
<p>Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Monday, 21 October
</p>
<p>Tuesday, 22 October </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
</p>
<p>watermark
</p>
<p>Economic Commission for Europe
Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting
Geneva, 21 –22 October 2024
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda for the Beijing+30 Regional Review
Meeting
</p>
<p> “Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender
Equality in the ECE Region”
</p>
<p> to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, starting on 21 October 2024 at 10 a.m. and
concluding on 22 October 2024 at 6 p.m.
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda
</p>
<p>1. Opening of the meeting.
</p>
<p>2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
</p>
<p>3. Election of chairpersons.
</p>
<p>4. Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region.
</p>
<p>5. Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive societies.
</p>
<p>6. Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the
ECE region.
</p>
<p>7. Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>8. Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>9. Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>10. Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda
for sustainable development. Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> United Nations ECE/AC.28/2024/1
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Economic and Social Council Distr.: General
xx July 2024
Original: English </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
"Reviewing 30 Years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate
Gender Equality in the ECE Region"
</p>
<p>
21-22 October 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>CONCEPT NOTE
</p>
<p>I. Background
In the year 2025, the interna onal community will mark the thir eth anniversary of the Fourth
World Conference on Women and the adop on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for
Ac on (1995). Ten years will have passed since the adop on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the Beijing Declara on and the
2030 Agenda, UN member States took universal commitments to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls worldwide.
</p>
<p>In line with the ECOSOC resolu on E/RES/2022/5 of 8 June 2022, the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW), at its sixty ninth session in 2025 “will undertake a review and appraisal of the
implementa on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for Ac on and the outcomes of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly”. The review will also be an opportunity to
discuss the contribu on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for ac on towards the full
realiza on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>Across the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, accelerated action
is needed to meet the ambitions of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030
Agenda on Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 on gender equality and all other SDGs.
</p>
<p>While the UNECE region has seen some gains made towards the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of women, overall progress remains uneven and insufficient to
meet the majority of 2030 targets. The UNECE region remains on track to achieve just one of
the nine targets of Goal 5 Achieve Gender Equality, while data is not yet available for a further
five targets. It is an alarming reality that at present, we do not have enough data to assess
progress against basic measures, such as equal economic rights or violence against women and
girls in the UNECE region.
</p>
<p>The development and implementation of legal frameworks and policies that address
discrimination and support gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) are progressing
at a pace too slow to achieve substantial change. Gender disparities in time spent on domestic
tasks remain significant, with women often shouldering a disproportionate share of unpaid
domestic work. These disparities, among other issues, also hinder women’s abilities to participate
fully in economic activities. Simultaneously, inadequate social protection systems exacerbate
poverty, particularly for vulnerable groups such as older women and women with disabilities, and
undermine their resilience to economic shocks and other crises. Other areas, such as women’s
empowerment in technology, are advancing well and likely to meet targets; however,
digitalization has brought other challenges that have yet to be effectively addressed, such as
technology-facilitated violence against women and girls.
</p>
<p>Furthermore, conflict and geopolitical tensions in the region significantly impact GEWE by
exacerbating existing gender disparities, increasing women’s and girls’ vulnerabilities and
reducing access to essential services. Women and girls in conflict-affected areas face heightened
risks of violence, exploitation and abuse. These challenges which are compounded by disruptions
in education and healthcare services, including through the diversion of resources from social
programmes and services to security and defense. Conflict and geopolitical tensions also
contribute to economic instability, which disproportionately affects women, who are often </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>employed in precarious and informal sectors and face higher rates of job loss and reduced
income-generating opportunities.1
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 global review
</p>
<p>In 2025, the global community will mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on
Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995)2, the 25th
anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and the final five years of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
</p>
<p>This anniversary will be an opportunity to strengthen gender-responsive action and
implementation of the 2030 Agenda and other global commitments. This opportunity of the
anniversary presents an occasion to engage with gender equality advocates and to bring those
who remain on the sidelines into the center of a whole-of-government, whole-of-society effort.
By joining forces, governments together with society have the capacity to overcome and
eradicate the root causes of gender inequality and chart a path forward for genuine, substantive
equality, with equal rights and equal opportunities for women and girls.
</p>
<p>The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United
Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 20253. The main focus of the sixty-ninth
session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly.
</p>
<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, the United Nations regional commissions
have been invited to undertake regional reviews and convene regional intergovernmental
meetings. These will feed into the sixty-ninth session of the Commission.
</p>
<p>II. Beijing+30 regional review process
</p>
<p>
1 Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region: Facing a Headwind in 2024. United Na ons, 2024.
2 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995, chap. I, resolu on 1, annexes
I and II.
3 ECOSOC resolu on 2022/5. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, UNECE will lead the regional
intergovernmental review of the BPfA for the UNECE region, in close collaboration with the UN
Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO).
</p>
<p>The regional review aims to assess current and emerging challenges that affect the
implementation of the BPfA, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of
women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in the UNECE region, and strengthen the knowledge base on progress and gaps in
realizing the rights of women and girls in the region. It aims to build regional consensus on actions
needed to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA.
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 regional review will consist of three main tracks: analytical, consultative, and
intergovernmental.
</p>
<p>Analytical review
</p>
<p>As part of the Beijing+30 review, member States have been invited to undertake comprehensive
national-level reviews that take stock of achievements, identify gaps and setbacks, and outline
strategies for addressing those gaps and challenges at the national level. Member States are
expected to respond to a survey and submit national reports by 1 June 2024. The national reports
will inform the regional reports on the Beijing+30 review.
</p>
<p>The analytical track of the regional review process will examine progress, gaps and challenges,
and identify good practices towards the achievement of the commitments made in the BPfA in
the UNECE region. The analytical review will provide the substantive background to consultations
and deliberations at the meeting.
</p>
<p>Stakeholder consultations
</p>
<p>The engagement of and consultation with stakeholders is a vital part of the regional review
process and the intergovernmental meeting. A steering committee will be established to
coordinate the consultation with civil society organizations comprising women's organizations,
academia, and other key stakeholders in the regional review process. Meanwhile, Governments
are encouraged to complement the whole-of-government approach for comprehensive national-</p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>level reviews with a whole-of-society approach that involves multi-stakeholder participation and
contributions.
</p>
<p>UNECE and UN Women will facilitate the participation of key stakeholders in the official agenda
of the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting. Stakeholders will also be invited to organize side
events, including in collaboration with UNECE member States, United Nations entities, and
others.
</p>
<p>Intergovernmental meeting
</p>
<p>UNECE will organize the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting, titled "Reviewing 30 Years of
Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender Equality in the UNECE Region", in collaboration with
the UN Women ECARO from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting is expected to reinvigorate political commitment to advance gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls in the UNECE region and build regional consensus on
priority actions to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA. The
meeting will act as a platform for sharing knowledge and information on progress made, gaps
and challenges encountered in realizing gender equality and the rights of women and girls in the
region. The outcome will serve as the region's input to the deliberations at the 69th session of
the Commission on the Status of Women in 2025.
</p>
<p>III. Date, venue and participation
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will be held from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting will bring together ministers, senior officials, and representatives from relevant
ministries, United Nations entities, civil society organizations, youth organizations, academia,
independent experts, and other relevant stakeholders from across the UNECE region.
Delegations will consist of heads/representatives of national machinery for the advancement of
women, representatives of various ministries, experts, parliamentarians, NGOs, etc.
</p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>It is expected that NGO and other stakeholders will take an active part in the meeting
</p>
<p>IV. Objectives and expected outcome
The objectives of the meeting are to:
</p>
<p> Assess progress to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
in the UNECE region over the past five years;
</p>
<p> Review current and emerging challenges, good practices, lessons learned, and priority
actions required to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and its
contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development;
</p>
<p> Provide a platform for member States and stakeholders to explore policy options and
strategies, including innovative approaches and good practices, toward realizing gender
equality and the empowerment of women;
</p>
<p> Build regional consensus on priority actions to accelerate the implementation of
commitments made in the BPfA;
</p>
<p> Consolidate regional inputs to the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of
Women which will focus on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the
General Assembly.
</p>
<p>V. Structure, format and accessibility support
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will follow the rules of procedures of the UNECE. The
meeting will center around the 12 critical areas of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
of Action, highlighting the importance of comprehensive and sustainable solutions in the context
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
</p>
<p>Member States will be invited to make national statements outlining progress, challenges,
lessons learned and emerging issues with regard to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform of Action. Time permitting, civil society representatives will also have the
opportunity to make statements. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>The meeting will also hold high-level roundtables to deliberate on priorities that concern gender
equality and the empowerment of women in the UNECE region, for the purposes of
reinvigorating political commitment and building regional consensus on priority actions going
forward. The proposed themes for the roundtables include (i) Key trends in gender equality
dynamics; (ii) Accelera ng women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive socie es; (iii) Women in leadership and their full and equal par cipa on in decision-
making; (iv)Ending violence against women and girls; (v) Leveraging financing for gender equality;
(vi) Closing the gender gap: effec ve policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region and (vii)
Pathways to accelerate progress in the implementation of the BPfA.
</p>
<p>Emerging issues such as backlash against GEWE efforts, unpaid care work, elections and
technology-facilitated violence will be given specific attention. Keynote presentations and panel
discussions, followed by interventions from member States and key stakeholders, will provide an
opportunity for interactive debates.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>VI. Timeline
</p>
<p>Milestone Expected meframe
</p>
<p>Na onal-level reviews (survey and na onal
reports)
</p>
<p>October 2023 – June 2024
</p>
<p>Analy cal review December 2023 – August 2024
</p>
<p>CSO consulta ons May – September 2024
</p>
<p>Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting,
Geneva
</p>
<p>21 - 22 October 2024
</p>
<p>CSW69 10 - 21 March 2025
</p>
<p> </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
"Reviewing 30 Years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate
Gender Equality in the ECE Region"
</p>
<p>
21-22 October 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>CONCEPT NOTE
</p>
<p>I. Background
In the year 2025, the interna onal community will mark the thir eth anniversary of the Fourth
World Conference on Women and the adop on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for
Ac on (1995). Ten years will have passed since the adop on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the Beijing Declara on and the
2030 Agenda, UN member States took universal commitments to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls worldwide.
</p>
<p>In line with the ECOSOC resolu on E/RES/2022/5 of 8 June 2022, the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW), at its sixty ninth session in 2025 “will undertake a review and appraisal of the
implementa on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for Ac on and the outcomes of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly”. The review will also be an opportunity to
discuss the contribu on of the Beijing Declara on and Pla orm for ac on towards the full
realiza on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>
Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>Across the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, accelerated action
is needed to meet the ambitions of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030
Agenda on Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 on gender equality and all other SDGs.
</p>
<p>While the UNECE region has seen some gains made towards the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of women, overall progress remains uneven and insufficient to
meet the majority of 2030 targets. The UNECE region remains on track to achieve just one of
the nine targets of Goal 5 Achieve Gender Equality, while data is not yet available for a further
five targets. It is an alarming reality that at present, we do not have enough data to assess
progress against basic measures, such as equal economic rights or violence against women and
girls in the UNECE region.
</p>
<p>The development and implementation of legal frameworks and policies that address
discrimination and support gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) are progressing
at a pace too slow to achieve substantial change. Gender disparities in time spent on domestic
tasks remain significant, with women often shouldering a disproportionate share of unpaid
domestic work. These disparities, among other issues, also hinder women’s abilities to participate
fully in economic activities. Simultaneously, inadequate social protection systems exacerbate
poverty, particularly for vulnerable groups such as older women and women with disabilities, and
undermine their resilience to economic shocks and other crises. Other areas, such as women’s
empowerment in technology, are advancing well and likely to meet targets; however,
digitalization has brought other challenges that have yet to be effectively addressed, such as
technology-facilitated violence against women and girls.
</p>
<p>Furthermore, conflict and geopolitical tensions in the region significantly impact GEWE by
exacerbating existing gender disparities, increasing women’s and girls’ vulnerabilities and
reducing access to essential services. Women and girls in conflict-affected areas face heightened
risks of violence, exploitation and abuse. These challenges which are compounded by disruptions
in education and healthcare services, including through the diversion of resources from social
programmes and services to security and defense. Conflict and geopolitical tensions also
contribute to economic instability, which disproportionately affects women, who are often </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>employed in precarious and informal sectors and face higher rates of job loss and reduced
income-generating opportunities.1
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 global review
</p>
<p>In 2025, the global community will mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on
Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995)2, the 25th
anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and the final five years of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
</p>
<p>This anniversary will be an opportunity to strengthen gender-responsive action and
implementation of the 2030 Agenda and other global commitments. This opportunity of the
anniversary presents an occasion to engage with gender equality advocates and to bring those
who remain on the sidelines into the center of a whole-of-government, whole-of-society effort.
By joining forces, governments together with society have the capacity to overcome and
eradicate the root causes of gender inequality and chart a path forward for genuine, substantive
equality, with equal rights and equal opportunities for women and girls.
</p>
<p>The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United
Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 20253. The main focus of the sixty-ninth
session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly.
</p>
<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, the United Nations regional commissions
have been invited to undertake regional reviews and convene regional intergovernmental
meetings. These will feed into the sixty-ninth session of the Commission.
</p>
<p>II. Beijing+30 regional review process
</p>
<p>
1 Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region: Facing a Headwind in 2024. United Na ons, 2024.
2 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995, chap. I, resolu on 1, annexes
I and II.
3 ECOSOC resolu on 2022/5. </p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2022/5, UNECE will lead the regional
intergovernmental review of the BPfA for the UNECE region, in close collaboration with the UN
Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO).
</p>
<p>The regional review aims to assess current and emerging challenges that affect the
implementation of the BPfA, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of
women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in the UNECE region, and strengthen the knowledge base on progress and gaps in
realizing the rights of women and girls in the region. It aims to build regional consensus on actions
needed to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA.
</p>
<p>The Beijing+30 regional review will consist of three main tracks: analytical, consultative, and
intergovernmental.
</p>
<p>Analytical review
</p>
<p>As part of the Beijing+30 review, member States have been invited to undertake comprehensive
national-level reviews that take stock of achievements, identify gaps and setbacks, and outline
strategies for addressing those gaps and challenges at the national level. Member States are
expected to respond to a survey and submit national reports by 1 June 2024. The national reports
will inform the regional reports on the Beijing+30 review.
</p>
<p>The analytical track of the regional review process will examine progress, gaps and challenges,
and identify good practices towards the achievement of the commitments made in the BPfA in
the UNECE region. The analytical review will provide the substantive background to consultations
and deliberations at the meeting.
</p>
<p>Stakeholder consultations
</p>
<p>The engagement of and consultation with stakeholders is a vital part of the regional review
process and the intergovernmental meeting. A steering committee will be established to
coordinate the consultation with civil society organizations comprising women's organizations,
academia, and other key stakeholders in the regional review process. Meanwhile, Governments
are encouraged to complement the whole-of-government approach for comprehensive national-</p>
<p/>
</div>
<div class="page">
<p/>
<p>level reviews with a whole-of-society approach that involves multi-stakeholder participation and
contributions.
</p>
<p>UNECE and UN Women will facilitate the participation of key stakeholders in the official agenda
of the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting. Stakeholders will also be invited to organize side
events, including in collaboration with UNECE member States, United Nations entities, and
others.
</p>
<p>Intergovernmental meeting
</p>
<p>UNECE will organize the Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting, titled "Reviewing 30 Years of
Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender Equality in the UNECE Region", in collaboration with
the UN Women ECARO from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting is expected to reinvigorate political commitment to advance gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls in the UNECE region and build regional consensus on
priority actions to accelerate the implementation of commitments made in the BPfA. The
meeting will act as a platform for sharing knowledge and information on progress made, gaps
and challenges encountered in realizing gender equality and the rights of women and girls in the
region. The outcome will serve as the region's input to the deliberations at the 69th session of
the Commission on the Status of Women in 2025.
</p>
<p>III. Date, venue and participation
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will be held from 21 to 22 October 2024 at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
</p>
<p>The meeting will bring together ministers, senior officials, and representatives from relevant
ministries, United Nations entities, civil society organizations, youth organizations, academia,
independent experts, and other relevant stakeholders from across the UNECE region.
Delegations will consist of heads/representatives of national machinery for the advancement of
women, representatives of various ministries, experts, parliamentarians, NGOs, etc.
</p>
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<p>It is expected that NGO and other stakeholders will take an active part in the meeting
</p>
<p>IV. Objectives and expected outcome
The objectives of the meeting are to:
</p>
<p> Assess progress to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
in the UNECE region over the past five years;
</p>
<p> Review current and emerging challenges, good practices, lessons learned, and priority
actions required to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and its
contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development;
</p>
<p> Provide a platform for member States and stakeholders to explore policy options and
strategies, including innovative approaches and good practices, toward realizing gender
equality and the empowerment of women;
</p>
<p> Build regional consensus on priority actions to accelerate the implementation of
commitments made in the BPfA;
</p>
<p> Consolidate regional inputs to the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of
Women which will focus on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the
General Assembly.
</p>
<p>V. Structure, format and accessibility support
The Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting will follow the rules of procedures of the UNECE. The
meeting will center around the 12 critical areas of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
of Action, highlighting the importance of comprehensive and sustainable solutions in the context
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
</p>
<p>Member States will be invited to make national statements outlining progress, challenges,
lessons learned and emerging issues with regard to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform of Action. Time permitting, civil society representatives will also have the
opportunity to make statements. </p>
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<p>The meeting will also hold high-level roundtables to deliberate on priorities that concern gender
equality and the empowerment of women in the UNECE region, for the purposes of
reinvigorating political commitment and building regional consensus on priority actions going
forward. The proposed themes for the roundtables include (i) Key trends in gender equality
dynamics; (ii) Accelera ng women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive socie es; (iii) Women in leadership and their full and equal par cipa on in decision-
making; (iv)Ending violence against women and girls; (v) Leveraging financing for gender equality;
(vi) Closing the gender gap: effec ve policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region and (vii)
Pathways to accelerate progress in the implementation of the BPfA.
</p>
<p>Emerging issues such as backlash against GEWE efforts, unpaid care work, elections and
technology-facilitated violence will be given specific attention. Keynote presentations and panel
discussions, followed by interventions from member States and key stakeholders, will provide an
opportunity for interactive debates.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>VI. Timeline
</p>
<p>Milestone Expected meframe
</p>
<p>Na onal-level reviews (survey and na onal
reports)
</p>
<p>October 2023 – June 2024
</p>
<p>Analy cal review December 2023 – August 2024
</p>
<p>CSO consulta ons May – September 2024
</p>
<p>Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting,
Geneva
</p>
<p>21 - 22 October 2024
</p>
<p>CSW69 10 - 21 March 2025
</p>
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<p>
</p>
<p>watermark
</p>
<p>Economic Commission for Europe
Beijing+30 Regional Review Meeting
Geneva, 21 –22 October 2024
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda for the Beijing+30 Regional Review
Meeting
</p>
<p> “Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments to Accelerate Gender
Equality in the ECE Region”
</p>
<p> to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, starting on 21 October 2024 at 10 a.m. and
concluding on 22 October 2024 at 6 p.m.
</p>
<p> Provisional agenda
</p>
<p>1. Opening of the meeting.
</p>
<p>2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
</p>
<p>3. Election of chairpersons.
</p>
<p>4. Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region.
</p>
<p>5. Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and
inclusive societies.
</p>
<p>6. Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the
ECE region.
</p>
<p>7. Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>8. Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>9. Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region.
</p>
<p>10. Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda
for sustainable development. Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> United Nations ECE/AC.28/2024/1
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Economic and Social Council Distr.: General
xx July 2024
Original: English </p>
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</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
</p>
<p>Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments
</p>
<p>to Accelerate Gender Equality in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>
GENEVA | 21-22 OCTOBER 2024
</p>
<p>PALAIS DE NATIONS, TEMPUS ROOM
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> DRAFT PROGRAMME
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11.30
</p>
<p>Opening of the Meeting (Item 1)
</p>
<p>Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work (Item 2)
</p>
<p>Election of Chairpersons (Item 3)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region (Item 4)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 – 16:30
Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and inclusive
</p>
<p>societies (Item 5)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the ECE region
</p>
<p>(Item 6)
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11:30 Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region (Item 7)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region (Item 8)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 - 16:30 Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region (Item 9)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
</p>
<p>Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda for sustainable
development (Item 10)
</p>
<p>Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Monday, 21 October
</p>
<p>Tuesday, 22 October </p>
<p/>
</div>
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<p/>
<p>
</p>
<p>BEIJING+30 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
</p>
<p>Reviewing 30 years of Beijing Commitments
</p>
<p>to Accelerate Gender Equality in the ECE Region
</p>
<p>
GENEVA | 21-22 OCTOBER 2024
</p>
<p>PALAIS DE NATIONS, TEMPUS ROOM
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p> DRAFT PROGRAMME
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11.30
</p>
<p>Opening of the Meeting (Item 1)
</p>
<p>Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work (Item 2)
</p>
<p>Election of Chairpersons (Item 3)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Key trends on gender equality across ECE Region (Item 4)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 – 16:30
Accelerating women’s economic empowerment: the path to peaceful, just and inclusive
</p>
<p>societies (Item 5)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
Women in leadership and their full and equal participation in decision-making in the ECE region
</p>
<p>(Item 6)
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>8:45 – 9:45 SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>10:00 – 11:30 Ending violence against women and girls in the ECE region (Item 7)
</p>
<p>11:30 – 13:00 Leveraging financing for gender equality in the ECE region (Item 8)
</p>
<p>13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK AND SIDE EVENTS
</p>
<p>15:00 - 16:30 Closing the gender gap: effective policies to deliver on SDGs in the ECE region (Item 9)
</p>
<p>16:30 - 18:00
</p>
<p>Pathways to accelerate progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and its contribution towards gender equality halfway to the 2030 agenda for sustainable
development (Item 10)
</p>
<p>Co-Chairs’ summary and closure of the meeting
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Monday, 21 October
</p>
<p>Tuesday, 22 October </p>
<p/>
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