ADA Newsletter- September 2021
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Table of Contents
SDG 16+ Forum , Asia- 2021.
Global People’s Assembly 2021.
Interesting Readings!!
UN forum calls for strengthened cooperation, sustainability at heart of COVID-19 recovery in North and Central Asia
VNR Update: 15 Countries Planning to Participate in 2022 HLPF.
SDG Moment 2021.
Declaration of the SDG 16 Plus Forum, Asia 2021.
Action Please.
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2022.
Subregional preparatory meetings for the APFSD 2022:
South-East Asian Forum, 28-30 September 2021.
North and Central Asian Forum, 5-7 October 2021.
North-East Asian Forum, 28-29 October 2021.
South and South-West Asia, 15-17 November 2021.
Pacific Forum, 24-26 November 2021.
Massive Open Online Course on "Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement".
SDGs & Human Rights Toolbox.
NGO MG Global and Regional Organizing Partners ‘contact details.
The first SDG 16+ Forum, Asia was organised by Asia Development Alliance and its members, Transparency, Accountability, and Participation (TAP) Network , Forus and Global Call to Action against Poverty on September 22, 2021. This forum was part of the Global People’s Assembly on the sidelines of United National General Assembly, attended by national, regional and global partners, national governments and the UN institutions bringing voices together to reiterate our belief in inclusive institutions, a just society and embracing democratic values and concluded that Democracy and Peace can only be made with people and not without them.
 The Forum came up with the SDG 16+ declaration which was drawn up based on wide-ranging presentations and deliberations during the 2021 SDG 16 + Forum, and inputs were provided by participating organisations from across the Asia region and internationally.
Some of the key recommendations emerged from the forum are following:
- Reform the international peace architecture as articulated in “Our Common Agenda”, recently published by the UN Secretary General
- Establish an official annual, multistakeholder SDG 16 + Forum in Asia, thus demonstrating policy leadership to other regions
- Increase the provision of international development finance through the World Bank and the IMF to enhance peace, human rights, democracy, and governance in the Asia region. The existing Asian Development banks, including the New Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Asian Development Bank should also mobilise & increase funding for people-centered development and SDG 16 + in the region
- Promote true peace and human security in the region, and the full realisation of all human rights enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights, which includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Establish a UN regional human rights review mechanism for Asia, based on existing models in other regions
- Establish immediate access and safe havens for the millions of civilians fleeing unjust rule, including from Myanmar and from Afghanistan where legitimate fears exist about revenge killings, and the violent suppression of women and other vulnerable communities
Meeting Notes
Youtube link
On the occasion of the high-level week of the 76th UN General Assembly, Global Call to Action Against Poverty in collaboration with numerous civil society organizations, among them Democracy Without Borders, hosted a virtual Global People’s Assembly. From 21-23 September 2021
The assembly was a space for all participants to review the structural reasons for social, environment and economic inequalities and injustices during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, to plan and develop collaborative actions in order to prevent austerity and to create systemic change that will achieve the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.
The opening plenary on Tuesday 21st was entitled titled “Decade of Action” that included an analysis of the recent UN report Our Common Agenda as well as the action session on UN reform and the We The Peoples campaign on Thursday 23rd was the major highlights apart from various thematic session (more on the latter here).
Please click here to view the YouTube playlist for the Global People's Assembly
Andorra*, Argentina**, Belarus*, Botswana*, Cameroon*, Comoros*, Côte d’Ivoire*,
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini*, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia*, Ghana*,
Greece*, Guinea-Bissau, Italy*, Jamaica*, Jordan*, Kazakhstan*, Latvia*, Liberia*,
Luxembourg*, Mali*, Montenegro*, the Netherlands*, Pakistan*, the Philippines**, São
Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal*, Sri Lanka*, Sudan*, Suriname, Switzerland**, Togo***,
Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates*, Uruguay*** (Note: Countries with one asterisk * are second
timers, those with two asterisks ** are third timers, those with three asterisks *** are
presenting for the fourth time, while those without asterisks are presenting for the first time).
Session within the context of the 76 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
The SDG Moment 2021 session is accessible to everyone, e through UN media channels including:
28 to 31 March 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
The theme of the 9th APFSD is “Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”. The 9th APFSD will play a unique role as a catalyser of solutions and peer learning on how to accelerate transformations for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda while recovering from COVID-19. Within this context, the forum will provide the space for an in-depth review of the following cluster of goals which will be reviewed by the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2022: SDG 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 14 (Life below water), 15 (Life on Land), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
Global Organizing Partners (ngomajorgroupopny@gmail.com):
Jessica Bridgers (jessica.bridgers@wfa.org)
M. Victoria Espada (mariavictoria.espada@dianova.ngo)
Oli Henman (oli.henman@action4sd.org)
Regional Organizing Partners:
Central Africa: Bernard Lutete Di Lutete (bernlutete@yahoo.fr)
Eastern Africa: Henry Oriokot (henrycidc@gmail.com)
Northern Africa: Hagar Monsif (h.monsif@maatpeace.org)
Southern Africa: Joseph Mihaye (aminiac15@gmail.com)
Western Africa: Kofi Kankam (eri@eri.kabissa.org)
Caribbean: Donovan McLaren (kevoy1@yahoo.com) and Joseph Severe (unascadhaiti@gmail.com)
North America: Kehkashan Basu (kehkashanbasu@greenhopefoundation.com)
South America: Rosario Diaz Garavito (r.garavito@themillennialsmovement.org)
Asia: Jyotsna Mohan (jyotsna@ada2030.org)
Central Asia: Artem Stepanenko (a.stepanenko@eca-ces.ru)
Europe: Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (golesorkhiwow@gmail.com)
Middle East/North Africa: Anis Brik (anisdago@gmail.com)
Pacific: Emeline Siale (siale@piango.org)
- ADA's official website has been renewed. All the information related to the implementation of SDGs in Asia and actions conducted by Asian CSOs will be accumulated on this website. Please visit www.ada2030.org
- ADA's Facebook page has been activated! The page will channel useful information among civil society actors in Asia. Feel free to tag @Asia Development Alliance in future collaboration. The page is accessible with this web address: https://www.facebook.com/ada2030/
- ADA Twitter account @alliance_asia
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