The ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme (SDGs-FC) is an initiative under the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). It aims to support ASEAN cities to achieve inclusive, sustainable, resilient and dynamic development in line with ASEAN Vision 2025. The Programme strategically builds on the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme (2011-2017), which had supported and recognised over 50 frontrunner cities in their innovative practices/policies in bottom-up environmental management. The SDGs-FC is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and will support the planning and implementation of multi-benefit model projects. Through this process, it will help to develop the capacity of ‘next generation’ cities and enable sharing experiences and knowledge generated from the Programme among ASEAN member states to promote scaling up and replication of good policies/practices towards clean and green ASEAN.

SDGs-FC Phase 1 (SDGs-FC 1) was implemented during 2018-2020, and was subsequently approved for an extension to Phase 2 (SDGs-FC 2) for implementation during September 2022-August 2024.

This page provides an overview of the SDGs-FC projects and events. Explore and find more about latest developments by accessing from below.

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ASEAN SDGs FC 2

Banda Aceh: Towards a more climate resilient future from the bottom up

Xay: Developing Clean, Green & Sustainable City

Seberang Perai: The Super Waste Management City

Redang Island: Come and Join Our Plastic Waste Upcycling Tour

Prik: The Genius of A Flood Resilient City

Paranaque: A Quest To Clean Air

Saensuk City: Mission to Zero Waste Beach

ASEAN SDGs FC 1

ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Regional Showcase: Who We Are, What We Do and What We Stand For

Shah Alam: Malaysia’s Low-Carbon, Smart and Sustainable Frontrunner City

San Carlos: A Small City with Giant Green Innovations in the Philippines

Udon Thani: Thailand’s Model Environmentally Sustainable City

Luang Prabang: Developing a Model Multi-purpose Public Green Space in the Heart of the City

Mandalay: Waste Strategy and Action Plan 2017 - 2030

Malang: Indonesia’s Birthplace of Sustainability Innovation and Grassroots Heroes

Kep: Towards Cambodia’s Premier Model Sustainable Coastal City Guided by the SDGs

Hai Phong: Developing Cat Ba Island as North Viet Nam’s Sustainable Smart Tourism Hub

Banjarmasin: Indonesia’s Pioneer of Reducing Single-Use Plastics

Yangon: Myanmar’s Frontrunner City for a Clean, Green and Sustainable Future

Phuket: Thailand’s Smart & Green Frontrunner City’s Innovates to Improve Solid Waste Management

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Past Event
Project Activity

Banda Aceh establishes a new ‘Model Climate Village’ in Gampong Peurada

Banda Aceh City is the capital city of Indonesia’s Aceh Province, which is located at the northern tip of Sumatra Island. The city was one of the worst affected locations during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, where over 160,000...
Location:
Banda Aceh City, Aceh Province
Languages:
Bahasa and English
Past Event
Project Activity

City of Parañaque Develops its First Clean Air Action Plan

Under the ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme Phase 2, the City Government of Parañaque in the Philippines received support to develop the city’s first Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) with technical assistance from Clean Air Asia (CAI-Asia). The...
Location:
Manila City, Philippines
Languages:
English