Dear ADA Members,
 
We are happy to announce that ADA is organizing a regional workshop on National Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the IBIS Bangkok Riverside Hotel, Thailand on 24 and 25 (Friday and Saturday) 2017.  It is organized in partnership with Asia Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD) and Action for Sustainable Development (A4SD, http://www.action4sd.org ) with the support from International Forum of National NGO Platforms (IFP).
 
The workshop aims at assessing the state of CSO engagement regarding the national implementation of SDGs by the governments and stake-holders in order to prepare CSO input for the Voluntary National Review (VNR) of UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) to be held in New York on 10-19 July 2017 as well as UNESCAP’s Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok on 29-31 March 2017.
All ADA members and interested partners are cordially invited to this meeting and please submit the duly filled application / registration form on or before 10 Feb. 2017 if you are interested. Since sitting capacity for a meeting room is very limited, the first come and first served principle may be applied.
 
Self-funded participation is more than welcome as all are expected to raise their own fund to cover the expenses. However, thanks to the support from IFP, we can provide funding for several participants.
 
Funding priority will be given to ADA Steering Committee members and ADA members that are practically committed to SDG implementation nationally in particular, from those 12 countries that have participated and will be participating in the VNR of HLPF in July 2017
List of Countries for HLPF VNR
Year
Countries for VNR
2016
China, Philippines and South Korea (3 countries)
2017
9 countries
?  South Asia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives (5)
?  Southeast Asia : Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, (3)
?  Northeast Asia : Japan (1)
 
Attached please find the draft program agenda and schedule and application / registration form attached.
 
Please note that there will be an ADN Steering Committee (SC) meeting 17:00-19:00 on the second day of 25 Feb.  Non-SC members may attend it too.
 
You are also invited to the regional consultation on civic space in Asia to be jointly organized with Asia Democracy Network (ADN) on the Sunday morning of 26 Feb. 2017.
 
You are expected to arrive in Bangkok on 23 Feb. and leave on the afternoon or evening of 26 Feb or 27 Feb.
 
Please communicate to Ms Jyotsna Mohan Singh, new Regional Coordinator of ADA ada2030.secretariat@gmail.comif you are interested to attend.  Please indicate if you need funding support in the application form.
We will let you know about funding as soon as we receive your application / registration form attached.
Hoping to see you all in Bangkok soon,
 
Yours sincerely,
Co-Conveners of ADA
 
Anselmo Lee (South Korea), Harsh Jaitli (India) and S.C. Macasaet (Dodo) (Philippines) 

Annex
Program Agenda and Schedule
Application / Registration Form