[Invitation]: UN ESCAP/SDSN Webinar -SDG Help Desk: Welcome to UNESCAP’s SDG Gateway

We have received the following from UN-ESCAP

It is our pleasure to write to you from the Environment and Development Division (EDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand about our upcoming webinar.

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Invitation to #SRHRAccounTable Campaign!

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Dear friends, colleagues, advocates and fellow SRHR activists!

We welcome you to participate in a social media campaign for the last of the 2018 regional ICPD reviews - the midterm review of the  2013 Asian and  Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development.   

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EGM on HIV - Survey among Community & Civil Society in the Asia-Pacific region

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For organizations in the Asia Pacific region,  I am sharing a short CSO survey designed to measure the progress towards the commitments in the Asia Pacific Regional Framework for Action on HIV and AIDS beyond 2015.  This is to complement a government survey administered by ESCAP. However, the CS survey aims for greater inclusivity and contains an additional question on gender, as well as opening the definition of key populations (the ESCAP definition is limited to MSM, sex workers, injecting drug users and transgender people).

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Last day to apply! CS Forum in advance of the Midterm Review of 2013 Asia Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development

The Asia-Pacific CSO Forum will be held on 24-25 November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. It serves as a NGOs and community based organizations that are familiar with ICPD processes and that work on SRHR, Gender Equality, HIV, Human Rights, Migration, Aging, Youth, Climate Change, or Conflict in Asia and the Pacific are particularly encouraged to apply.  If your organization is interested in being attending, please carefully review the full call for participation here.

Apologies for the short deadline for applications of 15 October 2018 for scholarships, and 22 October  for self-funded applicants. CS representatives wishing to participate should apply here.

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[Open Registration]: Interregional Preparatory Meeting for the MTR of SAMOA Pathway

The Interregional Preparatory Meeting for the Mid Term Review of the SAMOA Pathway will be held in Apia, Samoa, from 30 October to 1^stNovember 2018. This Meeting will be preceded by the Interregional Partnerships Dialogue, on 29 October 2018. 

The Interregional Meeting is being held pursuant to paragraphs 27 and 28 of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 72/217, which reaffirmed the 2016 General Assembly’s decision (A/RES/71/225) to convene a one-day high-level review, at United Nations Headquarters in September 2019,…

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Calling for Applications! CS Forum in advance of the Midterm Review of 2013 Asia Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development

The Asia-Pacific CSO Forum NAME will be held on 24-25 November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.   It serves as a preparatory civil society meeting in advance of the midterm review of the 2013 Asia Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, which is being held on 26-28 November 2018 at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP).

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Dates for ICPD Regional Review Conferences finalized

Meeting/Event	Date	Venue
3rd Regional Conference on Population and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean	7-10 August 2018	Lima, Peru
UNECE ICPD Regional Review Meeting	1-2 October 2018	Geneva, Switzerland
Africa Regional Ministerial ICPD Review Conference	2-5 October 2018	Accra, Ghana
Mid-Term Review of the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference	26-28 Nov 2018	Bangkok, Thailand
High Level ICPD-SDG Regional Review Conference in the Arab Region	30 Oct-1 Nov 2018	Beirut, Lebanon

ICPD + 25: Posting 6

ICPD Beyond 2014 + 5 Regional Reviews — Asia Pacific

The Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (6APPC) was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 16 - 20 September 2013. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) mid-term review of its outcome, which will constitute the intergovernmental regional review of the ICPD agenda in the Asia Pacific Region will be held in Bangkok from 26 – 27 November 2018. It is planned to hold a CSO Forum and a Youth Forum immediately before the Intergovernmental Meeting (dates to be confirmed) and Member States will also be encouraged to include CSOs in their delegations…

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2017 Regional Preparatory Meetings for High-level Political Forum

The following dates and venues have been announced for the Regional Preparatory Meetings for the High-level Political Forum in 2017:

ESCAP: Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APSFD), 29-31 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand

ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) 2017, 25 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

ECLAC: Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (LAC RFSD), 26-28 April 2017, Mexico City

ECA Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD), 16-19 May, Venue to be decided

APFSD – SDG Week in Asia Pacific

by Alexandra johns, Asia Pacific Alliance (APA):

The week of 28 November – 2 December was SDG week as ESCAP, during which a series of meetings were held on the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), including the follow-up and review process.  Both APA and ARROW were among the CSOs accepted to the meetings.

The next APFSD will be held on 28-31 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by UN ESCAP. The theme follows the 2017 High Level Political Forum, “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world", and the agenda will have three main items:...

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