Glocal Advocacy Leadership Academy (GALA) Asia

Glocal Advocacy Leadership Academy (GALA) Asia

Virtual / 23 to 25 February (Tuesday to Thursday) 2021

Updated on 18 Feb. 2021

11 AM to 3/4 PM Bangkok Time (GMT+7) 4/5 hours per day for 3 days

9:30 ~ AM India / 10 AM ~ Almaty / 12 Noon ~ Ulaanbaatar and Manila / 1 PM ~ Seoul and Tokyo


Day 1 – 23 February (Tuesday) 2021

Time

Session

Agenda and Presenters

 

11-11:50

 

Opening Session

Welcome Remarks  

  • Hideki Wakabayashi – Chairperson, ADA / Secretary General of JANIC

Introduction of Participants

Introduction and adoption of Program Agenda 

Code of Conduct

 

12-12:50

 

Session 1

Regional overview of the SDGs Progress in Asia

  • Mr. Jan Smit, ESCAP's Regional Advisor on Official Statistics, UNESCAP Asia Pacific SDGs Progress Repot 2020 and 2021,

https://apsd2030.org/un-official-documents/

  • SDSN Sustainable Development Report 2016 to 2020

https://apsd2030.org/monitoring-by-sub-region/

  • Enabling The Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Through SDG 16+ by UNDP / Global Alliance of Reporting Progress on peaceful, just and inclusive society

https://apsd2030.org/sdg16/

 

13-13:50

 

Session 2

Lessons learnt from the People’s Scorecard (PSC) 2018-2020

  • Presentation of the PSC 2021 edition
  • India, Sri Lanka and Fiji - TBC

 

14-14:50

 

Session 3

Lesson Learned from of CSO engagement on VNR - South and Southeast Asia :

  • South Asia - Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal TBC
  • South East Asia – Cambodia, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, TBC

 

15:00-16:00

 

Session 4

Lesson Learned from of CSO engagement on VNR - Central and Northeast Asian countries

  • Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan – TBC
  • Northeast Asia: Mongolia, Japan, South Korea TBC

 

Day 2 – 24 February (Wednesday) 2021

Time

Session

Agenda and Presenters

 

11-11:50

 

Session 5

Wrap-up of the Day 1

Presentation of National Civil Society SDG 16+ Report – South Asia 

Overview of the COVID-19 and SDGs

  • South Asia – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan

 

12:00-12:50

 

Session 6

Presentation of National Civil Society SDG 16+ Report – Southeast Asia

  • South SEA : Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam

 

13:00-13:50

 

Session 7

Presentation of National Civil Society SDG 16+ Report – Central Asia and Northeast Asia

  • Central Asia – Kazakhstan
  • Northeast Asia Japan, Mongolia and Taiwan

 

14:00-14:50

 

 

Session 8

(breakout)

 

Workshop on International Comparison at the Sub-regional level

  • Central Asia / Northeast Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia :

 

15:00-16:00

 

 

Session 9

(breakout)

 

Workshop on Civil Society National Indicators on SDG 16+ (National or Sub-regional)

  • Central Asia / Northeast Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia :

 

Day 3 – 25 February (Thursday) 2021

Time

Session

Agenda and Presenters

10:20-11:00

Special Session

GALA Quiz Championship

 

11-11:50

 

Session 10

Nexus and Cluster Approach on SDG 16+ : Peaceful and Just Society 

  • Global Peace Index by IEP TBC
  • FORUM-ASIA TBC
  • Asia Center TBC

 

12-12:50

 

Session 11

Nexus and Cluster Approach on SDG 16+ : Just and Inclusive Society 

  • TI-Asia (Target 16.4, 5+)  TBC
  • CIVICUS Civic Space Monitoring TBC
  • Open Government Partnership (OGP) TBC
  • ADN – KMDF 2020

 

13-13:50

 

Session 12

Synthesis and Wrap

  • Updated Toolkit on the People’s Scorecard (PSC) on SDGs in Asia
  • Updated Indicators on SDG 16+ Monitoring in Asia

 

14-15:00

 

Closing Session

  • GALA Quiz Champions
  • GALA Awards and Certificate
  • Action Calendar
  • Closing Remarks

Contact and Enquires

• Jyotsna Mohan, Regional Coordinator, ADA

Info@ada2030.org / www.ADA2030.org

• Anselmo Lee, Regional Coordinator, APSD

AP4SD@gmail.com / www.APSD2030.org