Hosts: UN DESA & UN ESCAP

Session details:  2nd March 11.00-13.30 Bangkok time

                              3rd March 11.00-13.30 Bangkok time

Who: VNR teams, lead writers, National Statistics offices, and UN RCO

Modality: Virtual (Zoom) 

Interpretation: Russian-English interpretation will be provided

Summary: The workshop will be split over two days (to accommodate different time zones). The workshop is designed to be practical and useful to your VNR preparations. The workshop will have two themes.

Day 1: Focusing on your draft and preparing for the HLPF

Day 2: Integrating data and different perspectives into your VNR

Background: Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are an essential part of the follow up and review framework of the 2030 Agenda. Eleven countries in the Asia-Pacific region will be presenting their VNRs for the second time at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2023. Second generation VNRs play a critical part of this follow up and review process, by tracking the next steps and recommendations from the first review and identifying concrete next steps to address key challenges in the implementation of the agenda at country level.