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 ...
Public Consultation on 2018 SDG Index and Dashboard Report Launched
The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the SDSN are pleased to invite you to a public consultation of data used for the upcoming third edition of the SDG Index and Dashboards report, which will be published around July 2. This year’s report will focus on national implementation ...
Prayut pushes sustainability at UN
As chair of Asean, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on the bloc to accelerate plans for sustainable development while speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Gen Prayut urged a greater regional trade partnership and public participation, as well as ...
Thana Boonlert
Prospects for ASEAN leadership on regional development
At the ASEAN Summit in Singapore, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha unveiled sustainable development as the theme for Thailand’s year in the revolving chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. While some say this focus sidesteps major issues facing ASEAN in 2019, we believe ...
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.1 These ...
Open Development Laos publishes a new page on Sustainable Development Goals
Open Development Laos (ODL) publishes a new page on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Lao and English, which describes the localisation of SDGs in Lao PDR. Read the full topic here. ...
Sustainable development goals achievement efforts reaffirmed at UN
The government has reiterated its commitment to decisive actions based on strong intentions and the available evidence to proceed with concerted efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in cooperation with the international community. Minister of Foreign Affairs SaleumxayKommasith, representing the government, asserted same ...
Vientiane Times
Vietnam improves its position on Sustainable Development Goals
Vietnam is up three ranks on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index this year, moving ahead on several fronts. The country is ranked 54th among 162 countries and territories on the SDG Index, which tracks countries’ performances on achieving the 17 SDGs set by the United ...
Phan Anh
Experts mull adolescent research to aid development agenda
Experts in the field of adolescent research came together this week to discuss their findings and how to adapt it to the national socio-economic and 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agendas. Around 170 participants from government ministries, research institutions and international organisations in Laos attended the ...
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 ...
ASEAN not on track for SDG goals
Despite its best efforts to reach the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) released on Monday stated that on its current trajectory, Asia Pacific will not achieve any ...
Jason Thomas
Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2019
The financing for sustainable development agenda promises to bring together more actors than ever before – from businesses, governments, philanthropists, and remitting households – to address the world’s most pressing problems and achieve the sustainable development Goals. Yet, in spite of this promise, the financing ...
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
APPLYING AS THAI YOUTH VOLUNTEERS to participate in the 16th IAVE Asia Pacific Volunteer Conference.
The IAVE Asia Pacific Youth Volunteer Conference provides great opportunity for young volunteers aged between 18-25 years old to connect, share and learn from each other. This event aims to encourage participants to exchange their experiences on volunteerism happening in their countries as well as ...
Vietnamese enterprises raise awareness about SDGs
Many Vietnamese enterprises lack understanding about sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are not applying them to their business, Tran Thi Lan Anh, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the forum “Responsible Business Forum – Vietnam” held in Ho ...
Remarkable progress made on sustainable development goals
Việt Nam has made remarkable progress in terms of meeting the sustainable development goals, but more work is needed in a number of areas.In 2023, the Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) highlighted Việt Nam’s significant strides in areas like poverty reduction, provision of clean water, infrastructure ...
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 ...
Multi-Dimensional Review of Vietnam launched
The launching ceremony of the Multi-Dimensional Review (MDR) of Vietnam on December 8 held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was attended by MoFA Deputy ...
Nguyen Huong
Lao Authorities review results and progress toward SDGs implementation
More than 70 government officials gathered in Vientiane yesterday to review results, progress and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.The annual meeting of the National Steering Committee for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation in Laos until 2030 ...
Siladda Souliyong
Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted the 6th Green Mekong Forum
On 8 July 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Embassy of Japan in Bangkok co-hosted the 6th Green Mekong Forum at Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel. Approximately 100 representatives from Mekong countries, Japan and relevant agencies, private companies, ...