Since 2022, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has led a project on Integrated Policy Strategies and Regional Policy Coordination for Resilient, Green and Transformative Development: Supporting Selected Asian BRI Partner Countries to Achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, funded by by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund of the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund.
The project aimed to support four major developing countries in Asia – Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Pakistan - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to green transformation. Specifically, the project was designed to assist these countries in achieving the 2030 Agenda through: 1) developing effective integrated policy strategies to address key challenges related to green industrial development; 2) improving capacity at the national level to design appropriate policies, including through South-South peer-learning; and 3) strengthening economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regional level.
This second regional meeting, to be held in Shanghai, China, on 9 and 10 July 2025 and co-hosted by UNCTAD and CAITEC, has three main objectives:
- For experts and local partners from the four project countries, to share experiences with evolving green transformation policy agendas and integrated policy strategies in their countries
- For invited experts and officials from other interested countries in the region to provide insights from their national experiences with green development and relevant policy debates and issues
- The launch of an Asia Green Development Partnership Network (AGDPN) by UNCTAD, together with prospective members. The purpose of the AGDPN is to disseminate policy research products, encourage policy experiences sharing, bridge and incubate concrete cooperation in the policy areas of green development and economic diversification in the Asian region.
As a multi-stakeholder partnership network, the AGDPN will be an informal and non-governmental mechanism and will be self-governed by its members through a virtual platform managed by UNCTAD. UNCTAD will introduce the platform and the Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the AGDPN during this regional meeting.
The meeting will be conducted in English and Chinese with simultaneous interpretation.
