ADA Newsletter- June 2019

Dear ADA Members and Friends,
 
Am glad to present ADA newsletter, June 2019, edition. With High-Level political Forum just right around the corner, the members, partners, allies are all set to present/showcase their works/activities and issues of the last few years during this global event. This HLPF also marks the end of the first cycle and will be out for review during the UNGA, September 2019 hence the action around the HLPF review is going to be an important point of discussions during many events, this July.
 
This event is all the more important as there is a will and commitments to change the world, reverse the negative trends including talks around the climate change actions, open discussions around just inclusive and peaceful societies, commitments on a world free of corruptions, money laundering, arms dealing and our right to express for creating a better world for  our next generation.
 
Let’s pledge to keep our fights, our struggles on, and show solidarity to our causes across the world because if we don’t realize the gravity of the problems now, it will be too late.
 
The month of June was spent preparing and finalizing our plans and activities apart from participating in some important global deliberations with sharing our concerns…getting the voices of the global south heard, where we live in!! Let’s keep our struggles on in order to get our voices heard!!
 
Please stay tuned to know more about our activities and programs in June and the rest of the year.
 
Also, please feel free to give your suggestions on how to improve our communication with you on   ada2030.secretariat@gmail.com
 
In solidarity, 

Jyotsna Mohan
Regional Coordinator-Asia
ADA Secretariat

Table of Contents

ADA and Members Activities. 
Global Activities. 
AGNA Annual General Body Meeting, Amman, Jordon, 12-13 June. 
Forus Strategic Brainstorming Workshop :24th and 25th June 2019, Paris 
International workshop on SDG 16 Monitoring Project, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 25-27 June. 
High level Political Forum Diaries: Key Side events organised by ADA , members and allies 
Useful Documents.
NGO Major Group Position Paper
Remarks by the President of ECOSOC.
The Shortcomings of SDGs and Possible Solutions
[Together2030] *New resource* Civil society quick guide to engaging in Voluntary National Reviews
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2019
For your Action
High Level Political Forum.
HLPF Official Program.
VNR LABS
APUF- 7
Work Calendar 2019
 

       ADA and Members Activities

Global Activities

On the 12th and 13th June, 40 AGNA members convened in Amman, Jordan for AGNA Annual General Meeting 2019 hosted by Partners Jordan. 
For two days, AGNA members reflected on AGNA's priorities and set joint goals for the upcoming year. They, also, learned about the state of civil society in the MENA region and they shared their experience and knowledge through different interactive sessions on enabling environment, CSO resourcing and diversity, and inclusion. Check the list of participating organizations here.  
The ADA members from India and Cambodia apart from the regional coordinator ADA, attended this two days meeting. Apart from the issues mentioned above, we prosed to make the regional voices much stronger at the global level.
 

Forus organized its strategic brainstorming workshop in Paris on June 24-25, in Paris, in order to analyze and synthesize the data collected during mid-term evaluation interviews and regional online workshops held prior to 24thJune, and propose priority objectives, scenarios and actions on the new strategy for further consultations with members.
This co-designed workshop was well attended by key Forus members, who are more involved in strategic discussions and are usually involved in a number of Forus governance bodies from all over the globe including ADA from Asia. The two days workshop ended on high energy with strategic suggestions on Forus key strategies and action plan for the next four years.
 

International workshop on SDG 16 Monitoring project was held in Seoul between 25th and 27th of June 2019.  ADA has organized the workshop in partnership with KOICA to get together representatives of national CSOs, closely working with SDG 16, from nine countries including Mongolia (TI), Cambodia (CCC), Nepal (NFN), Pakistan (AwazCDS/PDA), Indonesia (INFID), Jordan (Phenix Center), Senegal (CONGAD), Tanzania (SAHRINGON), Colombia (CCONG).
During the workshop, participants have reviewed ten national monitoring reports and analysed each country’s situation. Furthermore, policy recommendations at both national and international level regarding the effective implementation of SDG 16 as well as alternative indicators based on existing global initiatives for monitoring have been discussed. The workshop also served as a platform for the participants to share their suggestions to KOICA for the cooperation of the monitoring of SDG 16.

High level Political Forum Diaries: Key Side events organised by ADA , members and allies

Useful Documents

The Shortcomings of SDGs and Possible Solutions

Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2019

For your Action

High Level Political Forum

 
Since 2015, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development has become the apex of the follow-up and review processes on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. The first cycle of the HLPF is now coming to an end, with the HLPF convening twice this year, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council in July and at the level of Heads of States and Government in September. The conclusion of the first cycle of the HLPF represents a critical opportunity to take stock of how the HLPF has delivered on its functions to promote and support the implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and to reflect on opportunities to strengthen the HLPF in the future.
To assist in taking stock of the first cycle of the HLPF, we kindly invite you to complete this short survey which is available in all six UN languages, by 12 July 2019: https://forms.gle/kzizhLbxe7WnR41C7 .It requires approximately 5 minutes to complete.

HLPF Official Program

• Cambodia - 2019 VNR Report [English]
•  Indonesia - 2019 VNR Report [English]
• Kazakhstan - 2019 VNR Report [Russian]
• Mongolia - 2019 VNR Report [English]
• Pakistan - 2019 VNR Report [English]
• Philippines - 2019 VNR Report [English]
• Timor-Leste - 2019 VNR Report [English]
• Turkmenistan - 2019 VNR Report [Russian]

VNR LABS

A series of VNR Labs will be convened on the margins of the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of ECOSOC, to provide an informal platform for experience sharing and reflection on the Voluntary National Review (VNR) process. The Labs will be held under the Chatham House rule and will be open to Member States, the UN system and representatives of Major Groups and other Stakeholders.

• Flyer
• Annotated agenda

CONCEPT NOTES OF INDIVIDUAL VNR LABS
Week 9 – 12 July

• VNR Lab 1 “Achieving policy integration” – 9 July, 1.15 – 2.45 pm
• VNR Lab 2 “Making progress visible - SDG data visualization platform” – 10 July, 8-9 am
• VNR Lab 3 “Leaving no one behind: Inclusive implementation and reporting” - 10 July, 1.15 – 2.45 pm
• VNR Lab 4 “From presentation to implementation: Regional support to the follow-up on the VNR process” – 11 July, 8-9 am
• VNR Lab 5 “How can science advance national implementation?” – 11 July, 1.15-2.45 pm
• VNR Lab 6 “Follow-up to the VNRs: Accelerating Implementation” – 12 July, 8-9 am
• VNR Lab 7 “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” – 12 July, 1.15-2.45 pm

Week 15 – 19 July

• VNR Lab 8 “Strengthening national contributions from VNRs and other sources towards the thematic reviews during the next cycle” – 15 July, 8-9 am
• VNR Lab 9 “Mobilizing resources and empowering people through inclusive finance” - 15 July, 1.15-2.45 pm
• VNR Lab 10 “Engaging all parts and levels of government” – 15 July, 6:15-7:45 pm
• VNR Lab 11 “Innovative formats to review national implementation” – 16 July, 1.15-2.45 pm
• VNR Lab 12 “Storytelling and Communication Strategies for the SDGs” – 16 July, 6.30-8 pm
• VNR Lab 13 [coming soon]