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Opening Session 
Monday, 19 April 2021



Dr. Bambang Susantono
Vice President
(Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development), ADB

Full Biography


Jaco Cilliers
Manager,
UNDP Hub for Asia and the Pacific

Full Biography



Junghun Kim
Chairman,
OECD Network on Fiscal Relations and President of the Fiscal Policy Institute

Full Biography


Xiaohong Yang
Chief Thematic Cluster,
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB (Moderator)

Full Biography


Panel 1: Multi-level Governance, Policy Coherence, and Institutional Development
Monday, 19 April 2021



Patrick Duong
Regional Adviser,
Lead Governance and SDG Localization,
UNDP Hub for Asia and the Pacific

Full Biography


Bernadia Tjandradewi
Secretary-General,
United Cities and Local Governments - Asia Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC)

Full Biography



Dr. Vivi Yulaswati, MsC
Senior Advisor to the Minister of BAPPENAS for Social Affairs and Poverty Reduction and Head of Indonesia SDG Sekretariat

Full Biography


Rafique Mustafa Shaikh
Special Secretary, Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh (Pakistan), and Chief of Sindh's SDG

Full Biography


Panel 2: Financing for SDGs at the Subnational level
Tuesday, 20 April 2021


Mrs. Radhika Lal
Regional Advisor, SDG Financing
UNDP Hub for Asia and the Pacific (Moderator)

Full Biography


Arghya Sinha Roy
Senior Climate Change Specialist,
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Full Biography


Isabelle Chatry
Senior Policy Analyst,
Decentralisation, Public Investment and Subnational Finance, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD

Full Biography

Bakytgul Khambar
Director, Secretariat for SDGs Economic Research Institute,
Ministry of National Economy, Kazakhstan

Full Biography



Davaadorj Sukhbaatar
Head, Investment and Development Planning Division, Governor’s Office of Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Full Biography




Panel 3: Data Management and Monitoring for Localizing the SDGs

Wednesday, 21 April 2021


Stefano Marta
Coordinator,
“A Territorial approach to the SDGs”, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD
(Moderator)

Full Biography

Paolo Veneri
Head,
Regional Analysis and Statistics, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities,OECD

Full Biography


Stefan Schipper
Senior Statistician,
Statistics and Data Innovation Unit - Office of the Chief Economist and Director General, ADB

Full Biography

Dr. Celia M. Reyes
President,
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Full Biography

                               


Arjun Bhattarai
Deputy Secretary General,
NGO Federation of Nepal and
SDGs Focal Person

Full Biography




Panel 4: Multi-Stakeholder Engagement, Partnerships, and Knowledge
Thursday, 22 April 2021


Bernard Leigh Woods
Principal Director, Department of Communications concurrently
Director, Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division, ADB
(Moderator)

Full Biography


Bokyun Shim
Director,
United Nations Project Office on Governance
UN DESA

Full Biography


Ir. Harlina Sulistyorini, M.Si
Director General, Economic Development and Investment of Villages, Disadvantage Regions and Transmigrations

Full Biography


Karibaiti Taoaba
Regional Director for the Pacific
Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)

Full Biography


Closing Session
Thursday, 22 April 2021


Bruno Carrasco
Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Full Biography