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Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism

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Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism

Civil Society Organisations in Asia Pacific are united under AP-RCEM for peoples voices and movement for Development Justice and Sustainable Development

27/02/2026

| ✊📢 At the APRCEM side event “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁”, civil society voices from Asia and the Pacific spotlighted why the region is falling behind on the SDGs. The issue isn’t a lack of promises- it’s structural barriers like debt burdens, illicit financial flows, shrinking civic space, and policy incoherence that block progress. Speakers called for progressive taxation, distributive fiscal measures, and reforms that align financing with people-centered governance.

💡 Reflections on the 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 revealed both opportunities and challenges. While the framework acknowledges domestic resource mobilization and social protection, concerns remain over its market-driven orientation, limited accountability safeguards, and weak integration of gender equality and climate justice. Civil society stressed the need to move beyond rhetoric toward mechanisms that ensure transparency, equity, and inclusion in financing for development.

🤝 Revitalizing SDG 17 means reclaiming partnerships that truly serve communities. Participants emphasized localization, equitable funding distribution, and accountability that reaches people directly.

‼️From climate resilience in small islands to protecting civic space, the message was clear: commitments must translate into action that prioritizes trust, transparency, and community leadership. Only then can partnerships drive people-centered development forward.

Speakers:
Shilpa Lamichhane, Visible Impact
April Porteria, APWLD - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Akmal Ali, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations - PIANGO

Moderated by:
Ralf Dugan, Reality of Aid - Asia Pacific

26/02/2026

Mitos Urgel of the Social & Community Enterprises Constituency delivers a collective statement under Agenda Item 4c. She asserted that social and community enterprises—built by farmers, women, Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees, and informal workers—are not market trends but responses to exclusion and exploitation.

She further emphasized: “The real question is not if social enterprises can scale, but if governments are ready to challenge corporate power, unjust debt, and unequal trade. To truly leave no one behind, we must scale justice, not just markets.”

26/02/2026

📢 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞

Danish Tariq from the APRCEM Youth, Children and Adolescents Constituency spoke at a panel on the "Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the subregional level." He emphasized the striking gaps in commitments to concretely achieve equity, justice, and accountability.

Danish specifically pointed out critical concerns of the subregions for each SDG under review -- finding a common ground where communities are not meaningfully included in policy-making and implementation. He ended his piece by demanding "to reform the system, to share the power, and to realize " immediately.

26/02/2026

‼️🔈 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Roshni Anwar delivered a powerful collective statement on 'Follow-up on the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development', on behalf of the APRCEM.

She highlighted that the Compromiso de Sevilla fails to call out the increasing military expenditure, anti-people and anti-gender policies, and divestments in public financing for development.

Hence, she recommended that to enable Financing for Development Justice, there should be an establishment of a comprehensive framework of international investment based on the principle of human rights, SDGs, core treaty compatibility, replacing neoliberal instruments like the Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement.

26/02/2026

✊ Under the Agenda Item 4 of the ongoing , Review of Regional Progress and Opportunities for Achieving the SDGs, Renuka Kad, from the fisherfolks Constituency of the APRCEM, delivered the collective statement that called the forum to uphold people’s voices in shaping the agenda of our future.

🔈 She also highlighted that the crises are compounded by the role of parallel institutions, such as the IMF-World Bank, with its structural adjustment programs, the WTO pushing for liberalization, privatization, and deregulation, at the expense of state policy, fiscal space, labor, and environmental standards, in the absence of clear accountability mechanisms.

‼️“𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.”

26/02/2026

✊ On behalf of the APRCEM constituency of People Living with and Affected by HIV, Sita Shahi urged that reforms should anchor on the colonial origins of underdevelopment and to dismantle colonialities, reforms must be grounded in Southern narratives. Reforms should also enact accountability for actors worsening underdevelopment, whether multilateral, state, or corporate.

🔈 “𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬’ 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬’ 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦.“

26/02/2026

ICYMI: Yesterday, Tirtha Prasad Saikia spoke on behalf of the People Affected by Conflicts and Disasters Constituency, stressed that across Asia and the Pacific, communities are living at the intersection of escalating conflicts, climate-induced disasters and deepening inequalities.

He further emphasized: “Yet those most affected are not passive recipients of aid. They are the first responders and custodians of contextual knowledge. Their leadership must be recognized as central - not tokenistic - to sustainable development, peacebuilding and climate action.”

25/02/2026

Multilateralism for the Peoples! ✊

During the silent protest right outside the ESCAP hall, Shilpa Lamichhane, one of the new co-chairs of the APRCEM, addressed the urgency in responding to the current crises that are impacting the Asia and the Pacific region.

Multilateralism must be rebuilt with development justice and the voices of the people at the forefront of social transformation.

25/02/2026

Ueakeia Tofinga from Youth, Children and Adolescents Constituency in her intervention highlighted that human rights commitments must be strongly upheld and regional, especially southern voices should meaningfully shape global outcomes.

She emphasized: “But leadership now requires accountability: to shift subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables, to close digital divide and gender disparities, to invest in adaptation and resilient infrastructure, and to ensure that no community remains invisible in the data, financing, or governance.”

25/02/2026

✊‼️ Joey Joleen Mataele, from Tonga Leitis Association, delivered a statement on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ Constituency of the APRCEM. Joey recommended to government to prioritize equity and the Leave No One Behind principle by centering VNR analysis on those most marginalized, including LGBTIQ+ communities, and assess how laws and policies address structural inequalities rather than relying solely on aggregate progress indicators.

“𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗡𝗥 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.”

25/02/2026

Akmal Ali from the Pacific Constituency delivered a collective statement under Agenda Item 3, highlighting that in the Pacific, the Voluntary National Review is not simply a reporting exercise—it is a test of how well the process can drive real, structural change in people’s lives and their communities.

He emphasized: “Localization in the Pacific is not a slogan; it is practice. It means partnerships grounded in respect, leadership by local actors, coordination and complementarity that strengthen community systems, and participation that is real. It means policy influence reflecting lived priorities, capacity strengthening that empowers local institutions, and equitable financing that enables sustainable action.”

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