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Fifth Interregional Seminar on Parliamentary Capacity-building and the Further Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Beijing
China
Summary
Jointly organized by the IPU and the National People's Congress of China, the Fifth Interregional Seminar will provide a selected number of parliaments from developing countries with the opportunity to share experiences, lessons learned and good practices on ways to accelerate SDGs implementation through parliamentary action. Participants will also discuss how to synergize parliamentary cooperation at the national, regional and global levels to implement the SDGs without leaving anyone behind.
This seminar is open to the following parliaments: Cambodia, Fiji, Guyana, Laos, Nigeria, South Africa, Suriname and Thailand. The languages of the event are English and Chinese.