Two-day Conference 11-13 December: From Science to Practice - Strengthening Research Uptake to Achieve the SDGs

This two-day closed event builds on the 2016 conference, Strengthening the UN’s Research Uptake, and the recent report, Strengthening Policy Research Uptake in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations’ Joint Inspection Unit.  

The conference aims to gather international representatives from the UN system, academia, civil society and the private sector to investigate ways of promoting exchanges among researchers, decision makers, and policy practitioners to inform global efforts on achieving the SDGs.

High-level plenary sessions will explore cross-cutting factors affecting research-policy-practice interaction followed by breakout sessions examining those relationships across three SDGs: Good Health and Well-Being (Goal 3); Reduced Inequalities (Goal 10); Sustainable Cities and Communities (Goal 11).

The participants will have the exclusive opportunity to talk and engage with major figures in their respective fields in order to improve the production of relevant, effective and evidence-based policies.