The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) will be having an Expert Group Meeting on “Developing Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals in support of the reviews of the High-level Political Forum – Asia and Pacific”, which is being held on 28 November 2016 at United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.

The  event is being organized on the margins of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) SDG Week, which runs from  28  November  –  2  December.  More  information  on  the  SDG  Week:

http://www.unescap.org/events/escap-sdg-week

The  High-level  Political  Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, United Nations  central  platform  for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs),  will in 2017 review, in depth, Sustainable Development Goal 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 14 and 17.

More information on HLPF at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf

The  Expert Group Meeting will have a specific focus on these SDGs and also aim  to  contribute  to the HLPF National Voluntary Reviews by articulating the  linkages of partnerships and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, both at the regional and national level.