Sustainable Development Goals

Organised by ESCAP and hosted by the Government of Thailand, the Summit will explore how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to promote social and economic impact and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. It will showcase research and spark discussion on creating an enabling environment for ...

Despite steady economic growth in recent decades, the countries with special needs (CSN) in Asia and the Pacific continue to grapple with high rates of extreme income poverty. This is particularly the case in LDCs such as Timor-Leste (30%), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (23%), and ...

The 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan is the Lao PDR’s guiding strategic document. It paves the way towards the graduation from Least Developed Countries (LDC) status and lays a strong foundation for the achievement of the National Strategy on Socio-Economic Development 2025 and the Vision ...

The 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum is scheduled to convene in Manila, the Philippines, from 17-19 October 2018.The event is organized by the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), which is a regional programme for managing and applying adaptation knowledge in the region, and supports ...

Researchers and field experts of development cooperation in East and Northeast Asia region mostly from China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation are gathering in the fifth North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum from 14 to 15 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This year, ...

The Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) is preparing to organize its sixth annual greenhouse gas reduction award ceremony to recognize businesses as role models for managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The event will take place at Centara Grand at Central ...

The 5th Green Industry Conference (GIC5) will take place from 3-5 October 2018, at United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and is organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), ...

THA 2019 Internatiional Confference on Water Management and Climate Change towards Asia’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus and SDGs will be held on 23-25 January 2019 in Bangkok,Thailand. The objective is to provide a platform for researchers, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to share and present new advances, ...

The World Bank’s Development Data Group (DECDG), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), is interested in supporting innovative collaborations for data production, dissemination, and use. The collaborations should take place in low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries, and be directed towards ...

This workshop aims at building the capacity of government officials on implementing trade facilitation and paperless trade initiatives and enabling them to more effectively support or participate in the work of National Committees on Trade Facilitation or related inter-agency bodies. The workshop will present an ...