The eighth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place on 23-26 March 2021 in a hybrid mode due to ongoing COVID-19 related travel restrictions in many countries in the Asia Pacific region. The Forum took place under the theme “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific”.

An online questionnaire assessing the relevance, effectiveness and quality of the meeting was conducted. The main purpose of the assessment was to support the secretariat’s ongoing efforts to improve its servicing of the APFSD.

The Eighth APFSD adopted a Report2 with Annexed Chair’s Summary and Addendum which includes the priority of actions resulting from the Parallel Roundtables held on 24th March 2021.