Dates and Venue:
15-16 August, Holiday Inn Silom and UN Convention Center

Contents and Outcome:
The first Asia Civil Society Forum on SDG16 was held on 15-16 August. The forum covered various aspects of accountability, peace&security, human rights, governance, transparency, data and more of SDG16 through 12 sessions with 100+ participants. It was held in Holiday Inn Silom on the first day to share CSOs views and engagement at UN High-level Political Forum(HLPF), UN Human Rights Council, Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development(UNESCAP APFSD) with thematic workshops. On its second day, the forum took place at UN Convention Center to have dialogues with UN Development Group(UNDG), UN Development Program(UNDP), UN Project Office on Governance, Open Government Partnership(OGP), Asia Development Bank(ADB) along with thematic workshops hosted by TAP Network, ODI, faith-based/religious groups. The forum finished with action planning at in each sub-region and at the regional/international level. Presentation, summaries, proceedings, photos are available on: http://goo.gl/LoVo9H.