At its 48th plenary meeting, on 27 July 2016, the Economic and Social Council:
(a) Decided that the overall theme of the sixteenth session of the Committee would be “Ensuring effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: leadership, action and means”;
(b) Approved the provisional agenda for the sixteenth session of the Committee as set out below:
1
Election of officers.
2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.
3
Ensuring effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through leadership, action and means:
a
Understanding the needs of local authorities and communities and supporting and equipping them for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
b
Institutional leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals;
c
Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals;
d
Development of principles of effective governance;
e
Strategies for integrated action to achieve poverty eradication: implications for public institutions.
4
Provisional agenda for the seventeenth session of the Committee.
5
Adoption of the report of the Committee on its sixteenth session.
