ESCAP through a long term partnership with KOICA, UK Government, Asian Institute of Technology and ESCWA has been providing capacity development and trainer of trainers support for green growth/green economy in the context of poverty reduction and sustainable development benefitting over 1,000 policy makers since 2012 from the Asian and Pacific, West Asian, European, North American and Latin American regions through an on-line e-learning facility www.greengrowth-elearning.org/lms A community of good practice for practitioners and scientist working in the area of climate change, sustainable development, resource efficiency and raw materials is currently in the making through a EU-ASEAN inter-regional consortium led by the Wuppertal Institute to strengthen the research and development collaboration between the regions.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Participants representing youth organizations/associations from the member States of both subregions shared their activities to support the three pillars of sustainable development as identified in Rio+20: The economic, social and environmental. The Youth Forum takes stock of youths’ views and activities related to the three pillars of sustainable development and explore how to advance sustainable development in the two subregions.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Employs a two-pronged approach: (1) building the skills of policymakers and planners involved in developing and implementing economic development policies at national and local levels to promote gender equality and women’s economic empowerment through training and knowledge exchange; (2) addressing challenges faced by women entrepreneurs through national and regional research and strengthened partnerships among key stakeholders for policy action, including women entrepreneurs, academic institutions, financial and private sector institutions and policymakers.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Mid-term review of the 2010 MCED outcome document

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The Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific.

Goal 10 of the Incheon Strategy calls to ‘advance subregional, regional and interregional cooperation’ by strengthening interregional exchange of experiences and good practices among United Nations regional commissions concerning disability issues and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Target 10.C).

Goal 7 of the Incheon Strategy calls to ‘ensure disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction and management’ by strengthening disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction planning (Target 7.A) and implementation of measures on providing timely and appropriate support to persons with disabilities in responding to disasters (Target 7.B).

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 186 - We call for States, the United Nations system, the international financial institutions, subregional, regional and international organizations and civil society to accelerate implementation of the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and the achievement of its goals. We call for disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience to disasters to be addressed ... as appropriate, to be integrated into policies, plans, programmes and budgets at all levels and considered within relevant future frameworks. We invite governments at all levels as well as relevant subregional, regional and international organizations to commit to adequate, timely and predictable resources for disaster risk reduction in order to enhance the resilience of cities and communities to disasters, according to their own circumstances and capacities.

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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Regional commissions issued report in February 2013, available at http://www.regionalcommissions.org/?p=481

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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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ESCAP is organizing the Conference. One of the specific focus areas will be population and sustainable development. ESCAP has prepared a technical paper on population and sustainable development to guide discussions at the conference which would result in an outcome document outlining critical actions proposed by member States including in the area of population and sustainable development. ESCAP has also been addressing the links between environment and migration as part of its work related to population dynamics.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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ESCAP has been coordinating this Development Account project in collaboration with ECLAC, ECA and ESCWA. The aim of the project is to compile and analyze the experience of selected countries from the four regions in moving toward universal social protection. The key outcome will be a policy-oriented on-line toolbox.

The research results of the DA project on “Strengthening Social Protection” are being integrated into a practical and policy-oriented online “toolbox”. The social protection toolbox is an online platform that aims to provide policymakers and the general public a space to develop understanding of and support for expanding social protection coverage. By providing support to national level initiatives, promoting the exchange of experiences and capacity building, this toolbox will seek to generate political will and public consensus for creating broader and more robust social protection systems.

An Interregional Expert Group Meeting will be organized by ESCAP in collaboration with ECLAC, ESCWA and ECA. The Meeting will bring together experts from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Western Asia and Africa. The main objective will be to take stock of the research conducted by the Regional Commissions, present the on-line toolbox, and discuss a dissemination strategy.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 154 - Promote the exchange of information and knowledge on decent work for all and job creation, including green jobs initiatives and related skills, and to facilitate the integration of relevant data into national economic and employment policies.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 156 - Support global dialogue on best practices for social protection programmes that takes into account the three dimensions of sustainable development

ESCAP is preparing the Development Account project which covers employment issues and identify good practices and lessons learned related and prepare a toolbox for governments on planning, designing and implementing youth policies, and is set to be implemented 2014-2017.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 24 - We note the need for sustainable development strategies to proactively address youth employment at all levels. In this regard, we recognize the need for a global strategy on youth and employment building on the work of the International Labour Organization.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Enhance the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices in their respective capacities to support Member States in implementing sustainable development.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 154 - Promote the exchange of information and knowledge on decent work for all and job creation, including green jobs initiatives and related skills, and to facilitate the integration of relevant data into national economic and employment policies.

ESCAP launched a capacity-strengthening series of subregional workshops for national women’s machineries with the aim to enhance their institutional capacity to increase their strategic positioning and ability to effectively advocate and negotiate gender mainstreaming within government structures and across national policy, budget and programmes.

In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph 100 - Regional and sub-regional organizations, including the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices, to prioritize sustainable development through, inter alia, more efficient and effective capacity building, development and implementation of regional agreements and arrangements as appropriate, and exchange of information, best practices, and lessons learnt.
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Enhance the UN regional commissions and their sub-regional offices in their respective capacities to support Member States in implementing sustainable development.