Commemorating the 71th Anniversary of the UN: Enhancing multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) participated in an interactive discussion, titled “Indonesia-UN Collaborative Actions: Enhancing Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Sustainable Development”, in Jakarta on 24 October. The discussion was part of the joint celebration of the 71th anniversary of the United Nations and marked the first year of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

News | Jakarta, Indonesia | 24 October 2016
A group photo of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia with head of UN Agencies in Indonesia to commemorate the 71th Anniversary of the UN
The International Labour Organization (ILO) participated in an interactive discussion, titled “Indonesia-UN Collaborative Actions: Enhancing Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Sustainable Development”, in Jakarta on 24 October. The discussion was part of the joint celebration of the 71th anniversary of the United Nations and marked the first year of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The commemorative discussion was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

Francesco d’Ovidio, Country Director of ILO in Indonesia was the discussant for the session on global partnership for development in Indonesia, commenting points presented by Nina Sardjunani, Head of SDGs Secretariat and Vivi Alatas, Lead Economist for World Bank’s Poverty Programme for Indonesia.

Moderated by Anthea Webb, World Food Programme Representative for Indonesia, the session highlighted key important elements under the partnerships in the implementation of SDGs, the importance of behavioural change in achieving SDGs and partnership on social protection as one of the sectors that should be highlighted by Indonesia.

Learning from the previous Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we are fully committed to the implementation of the SDGs and continue to take concrete actions by engaging all stakeholders to purse the 2030 SDGs."

H.E Retno L.P Marsudi, the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
The event was opened by the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E Retno L.P Marsudi. Minister Retno emphasized the commitment of Indonesia to continue, strengthen and expand its international cooperation and collaboration with the United Nations, particularly on the implementation of SDGs. “Learning from the previous Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we are fully committed to the implementation of the SDGs and continue to take concrete actions by engaging all stakeholders to purse the 2030 SDGs,” she said.

In addition, other agenda of UN Day 2016 included the interactive discussion on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through Indonesia-UN Partnership, presented speakers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development Planning and discussant from UNDP.

To make the commemoration of UN Day more festive, an art exhibition titled “Art with Purpose: Bringing Global Goals to Indonesia Art”, which was opened on the same day of the Seminar and would run until 30 October in the Museum National, was organized featuring evocative works of 22 multi-generational artists in media as varied as film, live performances, sculpture and mixed media. The exhibition was aimed to raise awareness of the global issues and concerns as well as the 17 SDGs’ goals.