The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development and the Regional Follow-up to the 2030 Agenda

Since 2017, the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is convened annually under the auspices of ECLAC. This Forum is led by the States of Latin America and the Caribbean and open to representatives of the associate members of ECLAC, civil society, academia and the private sector. It also involves the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC, development banks, regional and subregional organizations, other United Nations entities, United Nations Regional Coordinators, and other regional actors. The Forum provides peer learning opportunities, the exchange of good practices, and the discussion of common goals and seeks to encourage cooperation with regional and subregional organizations to guide an inclusive regional process towards sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

For each annual meeting of the Forum,  the ECLAC Secretariat issues a report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that constitutes a regional contribution to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development o under the auspices of ECOSOC, and a four-year progress report for the years the HLPF also takes place under the auspices of the General Assembly.