[ADA] Information Digest #3 -July: High-level Political Forum 2016

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Dear ADA members and friends, 

We are happy to share the third issue of  ADA Information Digest which aims to provide a summary of information circulated among ADA members and friends on ADA activities and Sustainable Development Goals.

In this Information Digest, we compiled useful materials and summary of ADA activities on the High-level Political Forum (11-20 July, New York).

Please feel free to send the Secretariat any information useful that you want to share among ADA members. 

Any feedback and comments on this initiative is more than welcome ! 


In solidarity, 
ADA Secretariat
 

ADA activities during HLPF 2016


Summaries and outcome documents of HLPF
You can get the gist of HLPF through summaries provided by ECOSOC President and IISD Reporting Service. As Outcome document, you cans see the final Ministerial Declaration. From civil society, recommendations for future HLPF were delivered as an open letter.  
Official website of HLPF2016
President's Summary
IISD Summary Highlights, HLPF 11-20 July 2016
Presentation on HLPF - by ADA Secretariat
Ministerial declaration(E/HLS/2016/1)
Letter from CSOs to ECOSOC President

National Voluntary Review of Asian countries
Total 4 countries participate in the National Voluntary Review process in Asia.
ADA Participation
ADA jointly organized side events with various civil society organizations such as A4SD, TAP Network GCAP, Bridge47, CGC2030, ASPBAE and KCOC(Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation). 
  • Inclusion Check: Dalit&Other Marginalized women challenging Inequalities in SDGs
    12 July, Bahai International Community
  • d2f18512-4fed-4d49-bfa7-6759ddd230a7.jpgAsia Dalit Rights Forum, CIVICUS, Stakeholder Forum, Change Alliance, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, Rural Development Center, ADA held a side-event on Dalit and other marginalized women with the focus on SDG5(Gender equality) with support from UN Women.  Concept note Flyer
     
  • Leave NO One Behind: Ensuring Inclusion of the most Marginalized and Socially Excluded Communities in SDGs
    12 July, UN Headquarters
  • a0be5b29-c4b3-4b5e-ad77-fe243767a8d5.jpgAsia Dalit Rights Forum, CIVICUS, Stakeholder Forum, Change Alliance, Rural Development Center, ADA also held the side-event on SDGs Goal10(Inequality) at United Nations. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Rights spoke at both events on 12th July. Flyer
     
  • Role of Korea and Japan For Effective Implementation Of SDGs As Development Provider 
    14 July, UN Headquarters 
  • f42b9f75-29ab-4b7a-8a02-59f342c5e689.jpgKCOC and GCAP Japan jointly organized this side-event in cooperation with Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations to discuss the role of Korea and Japan as development provider in the perspectives of SDG16 and 17.  flyer Minutes
     
  • Reception at the Permanent Mission of Republic of Korea
    15 July, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN 
  • ADA3f2b3a4f-6e01-4807-b3c4-48361e6ee4c1.jpg jointly hosted a reception at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations with KCOC, A4SD and Tap Network.


     
  • Workshop on Global Citizenship Education: Making the SDG Target 4.7 Happen Glocally
    19 July, Bahai Internationl Community
    2943daf7-2862-449e-863e-3120ff547733.jpgADA jointly organized a side-event on the SDG Taget 4.7(Global Citizenship Education) with Bridge 47 Network, Coalition for Global Citizenship 2030, ADN to to explore potential of SDG Target 4.7 to support the achievement of the SDGs and to discuss opportunities to strengthen global initiatives on Target 4.7   Flyer Minutes
 

Reactions & Lessons Learnt 
 

[Africa Platform] Why we must change strategy on SGD Implementation-Lessons from HLPF 2016
[Women’s Major Group] Policy Briefs – ISSUE #5: Means of Implementation. 
[World Resources Institute] 6 Lessons on Sustainable Development from the High-Level Political Forum
[Third World Network] Civil society expresses discontent over dire state of Means of Implementation


Resources from Other Networks

A4SD Civil Society Engagement in the HLPF National Review Process(2016)
Update on TAP Network for July 2016
Together2030 HLPF Report