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Developing Partnerships for SDGs in Asia Pacific
In support of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the global follow-up and review process which is centralized around the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the Division for Sustainable Development (UN-DESA), in collaboration with ESCAP, and the United Nations Office for Partnerships, is organizing an Expert Group Meeting in the Asia and Pacific region on "Developing Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals", which is taking place on 28 November 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. [More information]

The following online discussion will directly feed into the meeting, which has four inter-related sessions. To join the discussion, click on the sessions to which you would like to contribute and address the various issues that have been outlined. To contribute, please first Sign in.

Share your views, concrete examples, and challenges, on the below four inter-related issues. Inputs will be synthesized and part of the outcome of the event.

Session 1
Innovative approaches of partnerships in tackling SDGs
Session 2
Governance models, accountability and stakeholder engagement
Session 3
National enabling environments for fostering effective partnerships
Session 4
Partnership engagement with 2030 Agenda follow-up and review processes
Partnership engagement with 2030 Agenda follow-up and review processes
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is underpinned with a robust, voluntary, effective, participatory, transparent and integrated follow-up and review framework. This follow-up and review framework is intended to assist countries maximize and track progress in its implementation, and to ensure that no one is left behind.

Reviews on a national level is voluntary, country led, and takes into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respect policy space and priorities.

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is United Nations’ central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda on a global level. HLPF, under the auspices of ECOSOC, carries out national voluntary reviews of all countries. These reviews include relevant UN entities and other stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. The reviews are state-led, involving ministerial and other relevant high-level participants, and provide a broad platform for partnerships, including through the participation of major groups and other relevant stakeholders.

In 2016, 22 countries took part for the first time in the national voluntary reviews. In 2017, HLPF will conduct these reviews for the second time, with 30 countries planned to take part.

Guiding questions

  • How can the review process of partnerships - on local, national, regional and global level - be improved, to better support, and engage with follow-up and review framework which is centralized around the High-level Political Forum
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