“Transformations Towards Sustainable and Resilient Asia Pacific”
In 2018, ARROW and the Youth Constituency of APRCEM YouthLEAD and YPEER convened the second APFSD Youth Forum before APFSD 2018, to review the implementation status of Sustainable Development Agenda through a dialogue process. The forum enabled a multi-stakeholder dialogue involving United Nations agencies from the region as well as regional organisations to discuss the rights of young people and sustainable development in the region. The APFSD Youth Forum 2017 Call to Action and the Regional Roadmap for Implementing 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were used as primary frameworks for reference during the review and dialogue process with relevant stakeholders. As a result, the APFSD Youth Forum 2018 Statement was developed to fully integrate young people’s issues for policy advocacy at the official APFSD 2018 and related regional processes.