The Solutions Forum on SDG 16+: towards implementation, Geneva, 29-30 May 2017 : conference report

ObjectivesThe purpose of the meeting was to generate dialogue cutting across stakeholder communities in the conflict and violence prevention and reduction space.In view of deepening and enriching the Pathfinders process on SDG 16+ (see Box 1), participants were brought together to capture creative ways to bridge the gap between practical on-the-ground programming experience, and the perspectives and institutional parameters within which policymakers and funders reach their decisions.Box 1 -The Pathfinders Coordinated by the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies is a group of UN member states, international organizations and societal partners geared towards implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Through the notion of "SDG 16+" it promotes a more holistic understanding of SDG 16 that includes relevant targets and indicators from other goals.Convened by Brazil, Sierra Leone and Switzerland, the ambition is to establish a Roadmap for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies that will feed into the High-Level Political Forum in 2019, in order to generate transformative strategies that provide a basis for integrated action and partnerships.