<div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dear Asia Pacific OPDs Colleagues and Friends,</font><div><br></div><div><div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</b><br></font></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Major Groups and Other Stakeholders</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">10th ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">27-30 March 2023, Bangkok</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="text-align:center"><font color="#424242">            </font><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(0,255,0)">The call will be launched on Monday 31 October 2022 (with a sharp deadline set for 31 December)</font></b></font></div></div><div><b style="color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><i><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development Youth Forum: 18-20 March 2023 (tentatively)<span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:center"><br></span></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Asia-Pacific People’s Forum on Sustainable Development (APPFSD): March 2023 (date to be confirmed)<br></font></b></i></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><i><b>Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD): 27 – 30 March 2023</b></i><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><b style="color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:center"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Subregional preparatory meetings for the APFSD 2023:</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">- <a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/2022/6th-north-east-asia-multistakeholder-forum-sustainable-development-goals-2022" title="the 6th North-East Asia Multistakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals 2022" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,76,129);background-color:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">North-East Asia Multistakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals</span></span></a>, </span>September 07-08</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">- <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/2022/sixth-north-and-central-asian-multistakeholder-forum-implementation-sustainable" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,76,129);background-color:transparent">North and Central Asia Multistakeholder Forum on Implementation the Sustainable Development Goals,</a></span> October 06-07</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">- <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/2022/sixth-south-east-asia-multi-stakeholder-forum-accelerating-recovery-covid-19-while" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,76,129);background-color:transparent">South-East Asia Multistakeholder Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals</a></span>, November 07-08</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">- South and South-West Asia Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals, December 05-07</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">- Pacific Multistakeholder Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals, December 06-07</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="4" style="" face="arial, sans-serif">I will share with you the program and registration for the South and South-West Asia and Pacific Forum on the SDGs once I receive them from the ESCAP and APRCEM Secretariat. </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">For more information, please follow the </span><a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/apfsd10#" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2023 | ESCAP (unescap.org)</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thank you. </span></p></div></div></div>