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28 to 30 March 2018

Bangkok, Thailand

Integrated approach to ensure resource efficiency and transformative impact, the case of SDG 11 and SDG 12
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Venue: Conference Room 2, 2nd floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility together with Thailand, India, and Mongolia / UN 10YFP/One Planet Network / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) / APRSCP

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Why People Matter in Implementing the 2030 Agenda: Community best practices and lessons in building resilience towards the SDGs
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room H, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: Asia-Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (AP-RCEM) / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub / UN ESCAP Social Development Division (SDD) / Thematic Working Group on Sustainable Societies

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Safeguarding indigenous resource management systems for sustainable and resilient societies
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room G, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) / Indigenous Peoples Constituency – APRCEM / Food and Agriculture Organization – Asia Pacific / International Labour Organization – Asia Pacific / International Land Coalition (ILC) - Commitment 5 members

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Launch of the Asia Pacific Faith-based Coalition for sustainable development (APFC)
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room F, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: World Vision International, ACT Alliance, Islamic Relief, Soka Gakkai International, Arigatou International, APSD Partners

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High Level Launch of the 2018 Annual Regional SDG Report under the ESCAP/ADB/UNDP Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Venue: Cafeteria, 1st Floor, UNCC
Time: 18:15 – 19:30
Organizers: UN ESCAP, ADB, UNDP

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Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development and Pacific SDG Report (2018)
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room A, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: Pacific Islands Forum featuring Samoa, Kiribati and Australia and the Pacific Sustainable Development Working Group (Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat / Secretariat of the Pacific Community / UNESCAP / UNDP

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Making cities resilient: for sustainable and resilient communities
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room F, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: UNISDR / UN-Habitat / Local Authorities from selected cities in South and South-East Asia

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Georgian Reforms for Sustainable Development
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Conference Room 4, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:15
Organizers: Georgia

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Human rights and the 2030 Agenda: Unleash the potential of Goal 17’s focus on partnerships and participation to promote human rights and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Public Foyer, Ground Floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: Government of Denmark, UN Development Group Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) / Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development (IPMG)

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Building Resilient Societies in the Face of Climate Change and Disasters: Experience with Participation and Partnerships from the Mountains and beyond
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room G, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Organizers: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) / Embassy of Sweden

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EAEU sustainable development and its experience of the SDG implementation at sub regional level
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room E, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Organizers: Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)

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Empowering scientists in the Asia-Pacific region to support the SDGs
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room H, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Organizers: Asian national science academies/ Association of Academies and Societies of Science in Asia (AASSA) Inter academy Partnership (IAP)

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Launch of: “Partnering for Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Venue: Theater, Ground Floor, UNCC
Time: 17:15 – 18:30
Organizers: UN ESCAP / United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU – IAS)

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ICT for Transformation and Resilience
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room G, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 08:30 – 10:00
Organizers: UN ESCAP ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction (IDD)

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Accelerating the Transition Towards Low Carbon Development in North-East Asian Cities in the Context of SDGs
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room H, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 08:30 – 10:00
Organizers: UN ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office, Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP)

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Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy and Improving Energy Efficiency in Asia and the Pacific
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room F, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 08:30 – 10:00
Organizers: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) / Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) / UN Environment, Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

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Leaving no one behind: what will it take?
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Engagement Space, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 08:30 – 09:30
Organizers: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) / Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) / Asia Civil Society Partnership on Sustainable Development (APSD) / UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

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Social Entrepreneurship: A Pathway for Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Engagement Space, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 09:30 – 10:30
Organizers: Social and Community Enterprises Constituency of Asia-Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (AP-RCEM) / Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) / United Nations Economic and Social Commission on Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) / Oxfam and Government of Sweden

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Voluntary National Review – Learning Cafe
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Engagement Space, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Organizers: UN ESCAP Environment and Development Division (EDD)

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Opening a Decade on Water for Sustainable Development (2018-2028)
Commemoration of the World Water Day 2018 and the Regional Launch of the World Water Development Report 2018 on Nature-based Solutions for Water and the SDG6 Synthesis Report
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Ground Floor, UNCC
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Organizers: UNESCO Bangkok / UN ESCAP

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Partnerships on Online Platforms for Sustainable Development
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room A, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Organizers: UN ESCAP Trade, Investment and Innovation Division (TIID) / The Asia Foundation / Google Asia Pacific

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Participatory Approaches for Resilience – Ideas and Experiences from a Meeting of Regional Partners in the Asia-Pacific
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Engagement Space, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 11:30 – 12:30
Organizers: Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) / Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok and The DO School

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Towards resilient societies: Health and well-being of women and young people.
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room F, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia and the Pacific Regional Office / Bangladesh

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CSO participation in the VNR process and Follow up Mechanism
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room H, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Organizers: Asia Development Alliance (ADA) / TAP Network Partners, Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD) Partners / Action for Sustainable Development (A4SD)

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Social Innovations for Social Change: An Alternate Pathway for Creating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable and Resilient Communities
Date: Friday, 30 March 2018
Venue: Meeting Room E, 1st floor UNCC
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Organizers: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) / TU Dortmund University - Social Research Centre / UNDP Thailand – Thailand Social Innovation Platform / UN ESCAP Environment and Development Division (EDD)

Presentations

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