The Third Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific will be held in June 2025. To ensure the voices of children, youth, and civil society are heard, ESCAP, CRC Asia, World Vision, Plan International, Vital Strategies, UNICEF and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) will lead the organization a joint Young People and Civil Society Forum on 4 - 6 March, 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand. Pre-consultations in specific countries are planned over the coming months to engage with existing CSO networks and gather input from stakeholders before the regional event in March.
This March forum will produce statements from both groups to be presented at the Ministerial Conference. The forum will have two parallel tracks: one for young people and one for civil society organizations.
Details of the Civil Society Forum and the engagement with young people and CSOs can be found here.
Date: Tuesday 4th Mar 2025 to Thursday 6th Mar 2025
Venue: UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Registration link: (Please register your interest in joining the March forum here)
Visit the event page here.
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator and other development partners will host civil society consultations on CRVS in the months leading up to the Civil Society Forum. Links to register interest in the country level consultations can be found below:
Bangladesh, 15 January 2025
Cambodia, 3 December 2024, co-hosted by ESCAP and Vital Strategies
India, 23 January 2025
Philippines, 20-21 January 2025, co-hosted with the Philippine Legislative Committee on Population and Development and Child Rights Network Philippines
