Scaling up Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa: Sixth Session of the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development

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The UNESCO Regional Office for West Africa (Sahel), represented by its Regional Director, Mr. Dimitri Sanga, participated the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development’s sixth session in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on the 24-27th of February, 2020. Periphery to the Forum was a preparatory meeting of UNESCO and its partners, moderated by Mr. Sanga, under the theme, "Accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the ESCAP and leaving no one behind". This meeting aimed to formulate plausible recommendations for accelerating progress towards the achievement of SDO 4 and ESCAP, build a coalition of partners for the preparation of an annual report on education in Africa (SDO 4-CESA Monitoring Report) and finally, mobilize resources and funding opportunities targeting the countries that are furthest behind.