ACSDSD participated in the Video Conference of the 4th High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue

June 4, 2020 – ACSDSD participated in the Video Conference of the 4th High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue on Enhancing Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLBD)

Ms. Orawan Yafa, ACSDSD Executive Director, presented in the session “Concrete ideas to implement the Complementarities Roadmap (2025)”, proposing a joint research program to prepare a collection of ASEAN SDGs Best Practices to realise the Decade of Actions (2020-2030).

The conference was cochaired by Thailand’s Foreign Minister Mr. Don Pramudwinai and UN ESCAP Under-Secretary-General Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.

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