This paper outlines the project design of the CIVICUS Civil Society Index, initiated in 1999 by the international civil society alliance CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Over the past five years, a large number of individuals and organisations have contributed to the project's development.

The following report provides more details on the key themes and recommendations that emerged from the SDG roundtables, beginning with an overview of the roundtable process organized by the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BC). Subsequent sections provide a description of the invisible mosaic revealed through the meetings and an overview of the value, opportunities and limitations that participants saw in the framework.

The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in September 2015. It is underpinned by 17 Sustainable Development Goals (sdgs) and 169 targets. National policymakers now face the challenge of implementing this indivisible agenda and achieving progress across the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development worldwide.

The World in 2050 (TWI2050) is a global research initiative in support of a successful implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. The goal of TWI2050 is to provide the fact-based knowledge to support the policy process and implementation of the SDGs.

The SAAPE 2016 Poverty Report is both a descriptive account of the resistance movements of South Asia and a critical examination of the structures and processes that created them. This is a narrative of people’s experience of what the multiple development trajectories and histories have been through the policies of states and their successive governments.

Asia-Pacific governments adopted a draft road map for regional cooperation on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The road map, adopted during the 2017 Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), includes priority areas, implementation arrangements, and a process to track progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

● Respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of women and girls

○ Respect, protect, and fulfill the full range of human rights of girls and women, including economic rights and sexual and reproductive rights

○ Recognize women and girls in all their diversity, including women and girls of all ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, migration, refugee, health, ability or marital statuses among others.

Closing space includes actions that curtail democracy and human rights activism, such as efforts to restrict access to foreign funding for organisations working on these issues. To date, efforts to understand the drivers, enablers, and impact of what has become a global trend have not consistently applied a gendered analysis.

The present document, which corresponds to the preliminary list circulated on 14 February 2017 (A/72/50), has been prepared in accordance with the recommendation of the Special Committee on the Rationalization of the Procedures and Organization of the General Assembly, as set forth in paragraph 17 (b) of annex II to Assembly resolution 2837 (XXVI) of 17 December 1971.

The Global Report is intended to provide governments, UN officials, and civil society stakeholders with a resource that will help them track progress on SDG16 targets, and provide an evidence base to help policymakers identify gaps and shortcomings in both implementing and monitoring SDG16. Thus, the report assesses the measurable progress the world is making towards meeting the twelve targets under SDG16 based on the data available.