Changing population age structures and sustainable development: Achievements, challenges, opportunities

	Newsletter of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
	Volume 21, No.04 - April 2017	Print version
	Changing population age structures and sustainable development:  Achievements, challenges, opportunities     At its 50th session in April 2017, the Commission on Population and Development will consider a  universal feature of recent population trends: changing population age structures. Gradual shifts  in the age distribution of a population present both challenges and opportunities for sustainable  development. The world’s population has undergone profound changes as mortality and fertility  levels have decreased around the world. This pair of changes, known together as the demographic  transition, leads initially to rapid growth and a younger population, driven by an early reduction  in child mortality.
	HIGHLIGHTS                   Global solutions to global challenges: ECOSOC Partnership Forum Recognizing the key role of fostering fruitful and successful partnerships in the success of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations Economic and Social Council is hosting its annual Partnership Forum on 5 April this year. Sustainable development for current and future generations has become the center of everything we do at the United Nations, and thus the ECOSOC Partnership Forum will explore ways to promote partnerships for global solutions to the global challenges as we move towards a sustainable future.
	Indigenous peoples from all over the world gather for Permanent Forum The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will meet for its 16th session from Monday 24 April to Friday 28 April 2017. More than 1,000 indigenous participants are expected to attend the Session, making it not only one of the most culturally diverse United Nations meetings, but also one of the largest public gatherings at UN Headquarters every year. A special focus this year will be the celebration of the “10th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” The Declaration, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007, was a historical achievement after more than 25 years of negotiations.
	GET INVOLVED       EXPERT VOICES       IN CASE YOU MISSED IT                           Building strong institutions for effective implementation of the SDGs The UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) will meet from 24 to 28 April for its sixteenth session at UN Headquarters in New York. The twenty-four Committee members will hold discussions on the theme of “Ensuring effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, action and means”.       Advancing international tax cooperation On 3 April, the 14th session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will kick off in New York. Running through 6 April, the event will spotlight a range of topics aimed at advancing international tax collaboration. Ahead of the session, UN DESA Voice reached out to the team of experts in UN DESA’s Financing for Development Office, including Economic Affairs Officers Ojeda Alvarez and Tatiana Falcao and Michael Lennard, the Chief of the International Tax Cooperation Unit. They shared more details on the work of the Committee and the role that tax cooperation plays for development.       Statistical Commission adds last piece for full implementation of SDGs Two years after the Commission created the Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), the global statistical community has come together to fulfill the promise of delivering a global indicator framework for the 2030 Agenda as requested by the UN General Assembly. By adopting the SDGs indicator framework on 10 March, the international community has a robust structure in place for keeping track of our efforts to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
	MORE FROM UNDESA     Preparations for the Ocean Conference on track The preparations for the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development – The Ocean Conference – are in full swing. The conference will take place from 5 to 9 June 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York.
	UPCOMING EVENTS     3-7 April   50th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, Guilin, China     7 April   ECOSOC special meeting on international cooperation in tax matters, New York     22 April   Global Infrastructure Forum 2017, Washington D.C.     24 April-5 May   16th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York     24-28 April   16th session of Committee of Experts on Public Administration, New York
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