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From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wardarina -</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:rina@apwld.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">rina@apwld.org</a>><br>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020, 8:27 PM<br>
Subject: Call for Application: Peoples Forum and Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, Deadline 24 January 2020<br>
To: asiapacificrcem <<a href="mailto:asiapacificrcem@googlegroups.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">asiapacificrcem@googlegroups.com</a>></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Asia and the Pacific CSOs, </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Warm Greetings and Happy New Year 2020! May 2020 brings us more power, solidarity and collective action for Development Justice!
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Kindly note that the call for application for
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Peoples Forum and APFSD 2020 </a>is now open, and you can access the information from ESCAP's website. Please see the detailed information for the dates and themes: </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">19-21 March 2020</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Preparatory Youth Forum on Sustainable Development, Bangkok (venue tbc) </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">22-24 March 2020</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">: </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">25-27 March 2020: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">7th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, (UNCC, Bangkok) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Theme: <b>“'Accelerating action and delivery of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific” </b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">DEADLINE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">: 24 January 2020, 11;59PM Bangkok Time </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Click <a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unescap.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FCall_MGOS_APFSD2020.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C239831ef86604d8ddd5908d792357785%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C0%7C637138630637873584&sdata=txyWP4GGbeh239evwDghlUz7MwtuK%2B2MeUpoFe7t8%2Bg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
HERE</a> to read more detailed information about the Peoples Forum and Youth Forum. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Target group</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">We welcome applications (Asia-Pacific People’s Forum on Sustainable Development and the APFSD) from those who are based in Asia and the Pacific and especially those who: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Have in-depth expertise and experience related to the theme of the APFSD 2020; and are engaged in the 2030 Agenda and SDGs-related processes. </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Work on any the six entry points and 4 “levers of change” (governance, economy and finance, individual and collective action and science and technology) from the Global Sustainable Development Report. The 6 entry
points are: </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Human well-being and capabilities; </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sustainable and just economies; </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sustainable food systems and healthy nutrition patterns;</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Energy decarbonization and universal access to energy;</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sustainable urban and peri-urban development; </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Securing the global environmental commons </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Are members of grassroots constituencies, and/or working directly with grassroots constituencies. </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Working in ESCAP-member countries that have signed up for Voluntary National Review at the HLPF in 2020 (Armenia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Democratic Republic of Korea, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia,
Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Uzbekistan). </span></li></ul>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">How to apply to the APFSD and the People’s Forum </span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Submit the application form by latest
<b>24 January 2020 (12 midnight Thailand time):</b> <a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fq%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveygizmo.com%2Fs3%2F5374551%2FAPFSD-2020-CSO-Call-for-Application%26sa%3DD%26source%3Dhangouts%26ust%3D1578025398443000%26usg%3DAFQjCNH2Fq5OICXVok-SRh59xY4KHAYERg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C239831ef86604d8ddd5908d792357785%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C0%7C637138630637878560&sdata=%2B9DfvOjEnmZGYpwWCiy9636wpqlh8J08MbTTh1eTUxc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5374551/APFSD-2020-CSO-Call-for-Application</span></a> </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Application forms will be reviewed by ESCAP in consultation with the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism, prioritizing those who best fit the target group described, and to ensure balance in geographic
and thematic representation, scope of mandate, gender, and the level of experience with the regional process of sustainable development among other factors.
<b>Please read the criteria/target group carefully and make your application as strong as possible.</b> </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Notification on the status of the applications will be sent by
<b>25 February 2020.</b> </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Those interested to participate in the youth forum should contact
<b>Ms. Sai Jyothirmai Racherla (<a href="mailto:sai@arrow.org.my" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">sai@arrow.org.my</a>) </b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you so much, everyone! Kindly help spread the news and circulate this to your constituencies, members and network! We will continue the discussion in a different email thread on the coordination for our preparation. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Warmly, </span></p>
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