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Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a regional platform for supporting countries, in particular those with special needs, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The theme of the 7th APFSD is “Accelerating action and delivery of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”.

It will be organized from March 20, 2020 at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Compendium of Good Practices in Linking CRVS and Identity Management Systems

Newsletter: CRVS Insight January 2020

Legal identity for all – including women, children, and other vulnerable groups – is critical for achieving the SDGs. CRVS systems are the foundation for legal identity and ensuring that everyone is counted.

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Advancing Sustainability Together? Citizen-generated data and the Sustainable Development Goals

Newsletter: CRVS Insight January 2020

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Civil Registration in South Asia: Coordination, Connections and Collaboration

Civil registration is a priority on the policy agenda of countries across South Asia. The governments in the region are committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including complete birth registration and 80 per cent death registration (SDG targets 16.9 and 17.19). They also declared 2015—2024 the decade for civil registration and vital statistics. To improve civil registration over this time period,1 all countries are developing plans and targets to enhance the registration of vital events, in line with a Regional Action Plan to “Get Every One in the Picture”.

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2020 Asia-Pacific Statistics Week

As the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024) approaches, the community of CRVS professionals, national stakeholders and partners alike, are being given an important opportunity to influence the renewed political commitments expected during the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific in October 2020.