in the cases of Pacific and ASEAN in collaboration with the subregional organizations. At the secretariat level, what steps has your organization taken (or will it take) in the follow-up to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs? Please specify actions, including but not limited to the following areas: 2.1 SDG-specific strategies, plans or work programmes Īll subprogramme strategies indicate the SDGs that their work will contribute to at the goal and/or target level in the annual programme plan.ĮSCAP has also worked on aligning subregional strategies with the 2030 Agenda, e.g. The Regional road map embodies ESCAP’s vision for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SGDs. The Regional road map, which promotes the balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development through regional cooperation in a set of priority areas that support effective pursuit of sustainable development by member States, serves as a framework for regional cooperation and support in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in particular by least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States, countries in conflict situations and post-conflict countries and other countries with special needs in the region. The resolution called for enhanced cooperation among relevant organizations in the United Nations system and other stakeholders in the region in support of the Regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific. Moreover, through resolution 73/9, it adopted the Regional Road Map for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. In 2017, through resolution 73/1, the Commission formally institutionalized the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, established in 2014 in the context of the post Rio+20 process, as part of the conference structure. The Commission requested the secretariat, among other things, to promote the balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development and provide annual updates and recommendations to member States, including through the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and to strengthen support to member States in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda in an integrated approach, inter alia, with analytical products, technical services and capacity-building initiatives through knowledge-sharing products and platforms, and to enhance data and statistical capacities. Actions called for in the resolution were further endorsed by the ECOSOC resolution 2016/11.

To advance its commitment to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Commission in 2016 adopted resolution 72/6 on Committing to the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.

These steps ensured that the ESCAP conference and secretariat structure were fully aligned with the 2030 agenda. ESCAP’s long-standing work on energy was elevated with the establishment of a Committee on Energy supported by an Energy Division. In 2015 the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, at its seventy-first session, adopted resolution 71/1, in which it decided to restructure the conference structure of the Commission to be fit for purpose for the 2030 Agenda, which resulted in the addition of Financing for Development and Science, Technology and Innovation in the subsidiary structure of the Commission supported by dedicated sections in ESCAP, allowing comprehensive coverage of the means of implementation in ESCAP’s work. What decisions or new strategies has the governing body of your organization taken to guide the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs? Please provide a brief summary below, including the overarching vision of your governing body for the Decade of Action on the SDGs.

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