Inclusive Participation as Key Driver and Accelerator of SDG 16 and SDG 10 CSO Best Practices and Lessons in Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality towards achievement of the SDGs
Across the Asia and the Pacific, civil society organizations (CSOs) and peoples’ movements have accumulated experiences and lessons in direct involvement of communities in development processes that led to the adoption of policies and programmes at the national, regional and global levels.Participants will be able to ...
Open Development Mekong publishes a new page on sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Throughout the Lower Mekong Countries (LMCs), local strategies are being developed to monitor the implementation of the SDGs. Yet, these metrics are not helpful without baseline data, which is inconsistent, if not unavailable entirely, for Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Cambodia. What data is available is often ...
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are universal targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity in each UN member state by 2030. They are intended to continue the progress made ...
The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: an all-new visual guide to data and development
World Bank has just released the 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals. With over 180 maps and charts, the new publication shows the progress societies are making towards the 17 SDGs. It’s filled with annotated data visualizations, which can be reproducibly built from source code and data. You can view the SDG Atlas ...
UNITE 2030’s Youth Delegate Program
The Youth Delegate Program is a 3-month intensive leadership and action-oriented program that supports youth between the ages of 18 and 30 to develop the leadership skills and competencies required to solve The Global Goals by the year 2030.UNITE 2030 Youth Delegates Delegates are instrumental ...
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society to transition public sector this year
The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society is pushing for state offices to utilize Big Data and is aiming to connect all such agencies within the year. Minister of a Digital Economy and Society, Pichet Durongkavejroj, speaking at a seminar entitled “The Key to ...
Govt, EU, UN trumpet SDG cooperation
The European Union (EU), the Ministry of Interior (MOI), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced the launch of the “Strengthening SDG Localization in Thailand” project. SDG stands for Sustainable Development Goals. With the EU funding, the initiative aims to accelerate Thailand’s commitment to the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Strategy plans 'ready in 60 days'
The six master plans to accompany the 20-year national strategy will be discussed and fleshed out in the next two months, according to a government source. The master plans cover six essential areas of national administration: security, national competitiveness, human resource development, social equality, quality ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Competition | ASEAN Youth Sustainable Development among ASEAN Countries
We are looking for ASEAN Youth who are willing to promote SustainableDevelopment among ASEAN countriesBy joining ASEANDSE2021 Competition, you can design your own innovative and implementable solution based on data-driven insights to tackle ASEAN socio-economic issues in one or more of these SDGs:SDG 6 – ...
Thailand successfully implements SDGs launched by UN
Thailand has been able to voluntarily implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and has achieved many aspects, especially solutions to environmental problems and social disparities by applying the philosophy of sufficiency economy initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.Keep reading ...
Praphorn Praphornkul
PM reaffirms Thailand's green commitment at Sustainability Forum
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin outlined Thailand’s commitment to green energy in 2024, emphasising that sustainability was a top priority for the country.The premier said that Thailand ranks 43rd globally in the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Index, making the country No. 1 in ASEAN in ...
The Nation Reporter
Beyond the balance sheet
Thai companies that act on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are more likely to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), according to PwC Thailand.While ESG is not yet a make-or-break issue for Thai investors, companies need to integrate ESG factors into their corporate strategy if ...
Thailand down in happiness ranking
Thais are less happy than last year, while Finland tops the rankings in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report 2018 published on March, 14 2018. In this year’s report, a survey of the state of global happiness , Thailand dropped from No.32 in 2017 to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
(Re)connecting the Dots: To See Progress, We Must Place People and Forests at the Center of the Sustainable Development Paradigm
Commentary on the Sustainable Development Goals by David Ganz highlighting the need and challenges for developing a Sustainable Development paradigm shift. Read ...
Call for CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Forum on Sustainable Development 2018
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2018 in Bangkok on 28 – 30 March 2018. They are hosting a CALL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION to help inform the agenda “Transformation ...
Vietnam working seriously to secure sustainable development: Deputy PM
Vietnam has been making serious efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid its current socio-economic situation, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long told the first meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development in Hanoi on September 25.Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment ...
WATS Forum 2019 (Well-being, Architecture, Technology & Sustainability Forum 2019)
RISC invites you to our international forum “WATS Forum 2019”, a discussion between exclusive international thinkers and specialists who come and share knowledge about Well-being. The main topics of WATS are Well-being, Architecture, Technology, and Sustainability.On Monday June 3, 2019 at 13.00-17.00 at Bangkok Convention ...
Job opportunity: Content and Research Assistant - Vietnamese candidate only
Open Development Mekong is looking to hire a national Content and Research Assistant to contribute to research and content Development for Open Development Vietnam (ODV) site. The role is to provide research and data support to the Content and Research Officer who manages the ODV ...
Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly released the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to make progress on globally important issues by the year 2030. These Goals have been broken down into 169 targets and 232 indicators.55 These ...
CSO Partnership for Implementing SDGs
Following the consent of the Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vietnam Institute of Leadership and Public Policy (ViLEAP) and Research Center of Management and Sustainable Development (MSD) co-host a workshop on “CSO partnership for implementing SDGs”. It is a part of ...