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 Welcome to SDplanNet-AP!

Network for Integrated Planning and Sustainable Development Strategies in Asia-Pacific Region (SDplanNet-AP) is a network of professionals involved in development planning in the Asia-Pacific region. It was established to help professional planners share innovative tools and approaches for integrating sustainable development into plans, strategies and budgeting processes at national, sub-national and local levels. Find out more...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Rio+20 could serve as a platform for the international community to identify broad sustainable development goals (SDGs) and to begin a process of defining concrete goals. SDGs could assist in focusing the broad international sustainable development agenda at a practical level. They could serve as a tool for countries to measure their progress as well as further cooperation between countries. Moreover, the SDGs approach would generate a series of additional benefits...Read more...

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G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation
This is a global search for businesses with innovative, scalable, and commercially viable ways of working with low-income people in developing countries. According to the Challenge website, "inclusive businesses" are those that find innovative ways to work with low-income people living at the "base of the pyramid," whether as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or customers. (As defined by IFC, the base of the pyramid (BOP) is the portion of the global population that lives on less than US$8 per day in purchasing power parity (PPP) or lacks access to basic goods, services, and income generation opportunities.)

The Challenge aims to promote the inclusive business model - and the businesses that already employ it - so it can be replicated in new markets. The G20 Challenge provides a global platform to learn from successful leaders in inclusive business, and enables these leaders to come together and develop linkages with other inclusive businesses.
 
Up to 15 winners will be selected, and their innovative business models showcased and recognized at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Mexico, in June 2012, as well as at workshops on inclusive business.
Deadline: 29 February 2012

Call For Proposals: Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia
START, with funding from CDKN presents
Call for Proposals (CFP) for research on integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for resilient development in South Asia. They expect to fund up to five research projects of a maximum $110,000 USD for up to 19-months’ duration. The geographical scope of the CFP is Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Deadline: 29 February 2012

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IGES Proposal for Rio+20 points out that strengthening "resilience" in environmental, economic, and social dimensions is an important and global challenge for achieving sustainable development.

To achieve the transition to green economy, IGES recommends introducing safe, secure, low-carbon energy through a phased approach and promoting a change in consumption patterns. To enhance the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development, IGES proposes strengthening United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and creating a relatively small regional organisation or focal point to improve environmental cooperation in Asia.