action plan

Founded at the “Regional Conference of Cities for an Inclusive Urban Society” held in Bangkok, Thailand in October 2006, the Asia Pacific Coalition Against Discrimination (APCAD) has served as a regional platform for local government, municipal associations and councillors to gather and discuss their priorities and commitments towards achieving societies free of discrimination towards and more peaceful, tolerant and equitable societies across the region. APCAD acts as the regional arm of the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities (ICCAR) and represent at Asia Pacific on the global ICCAR Steering Committee.

Adapting the global ICCAR Ten Point Plan of Action, APCAD’s Ten Point Action Plan (Annex 1) guided APCAD’s work for its first decade (2006-2016). Recognising the global commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals 2015, especially Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities1 , in 2016 a 10 Year Review of ADCAD’s work2 [link] was conducted, confirming the on-going relevance of the Ten point Plan of Action. This was reflected in the APCAD Priorities Paper (Annex 2) presented at the Habitat III global conference and the global commitment to the New Urban Agenda3 . In 2018, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ICCAR adopted renewed priorities including the new name International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities through the Declaration of Nancy (Annex 3).

With the relaunch of the Coalition in 2020, this document forms the basis of a new Ten Point Plan of Action for 2020-2030 to guide APCAD’s actions during this period. In line with the various guiding documents, the plan focuses on both priority areas of activities and strengthening the APCAD network.