Regional and subregional dialogue and processes provide opportunities for peer learning and for cooperation among countries, and for follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda.
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is the preeminent platform for follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific region. First convened in 2014 as a regional preparatory meeting for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the APFSD will strengthen support national and global implementation efforts.
ESCAP organizes preparatory meetings for the sessions of the APFSD in each ESCAP sub-region. The preparatory meetings represent a unique opportunity to bring together stakeholders from government, academia, the international community, civil society and the private sector and provide them with: (1) the opportunity to provide sub regional perspectives for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and for the Road Map for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific; (2) an enabling environment for knowledge sharing and engaging in technical level discussions on the theme of the APFSD and HLPF.
Regional process and dialogues strengthen the delivery of the means of implementation while subregional dialogues bring governments together to plan for cooperation and prioritizing action at the subregional level.
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
- First Session (May 2014)
- Second Session (May 2015)
- Third Session (April 2016)
- Fourth Session (March 2017)
- Fifth Session (March 2018)
- Sixth Session (March 2019)
- Seventh Session (May 2020)
Subregional preparatory meetings for the APFSD
- For the 5th APFSD (September 2017)
- For the 6th APFSD (September 2018)
- North and Central Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 September 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia
- North-East Asian Multi-stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals, 5-6 September 2018, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- South East Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 11-12 September 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
- South and South West Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 4-5 October 2018, New Delhi, India
- Pacific Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, (followed by VNR workshop), 24-25 September 2018, Nadi, Fiji
- For the 7th APFSD (August – November 2019)
- North and Central Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 21-22 August 2019, Issky-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
- South East Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 October 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- East and North-East Asia Multi-stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals, 15-16 October 2019, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
- Pacific Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 21-25 October 2019, Samoa
- South and South West Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 8-9 December 2019 (TBC), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- For the 8th APFSD (September – December 2020)
- North and Central Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 2-4 September 2020, Virtual meeting
- South East Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 28-29 October 2020, Virtual meeting
- East and North-East Asia Multi-stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals, 3 November 2020, Virtual meeting
- Pacific Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, 3-4 December 2020, Nadi, Fiji
Other Supporting Events