The United Nations ESCAP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs of Indonesia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will co-organize the Regional Investment Forum on Inclusive Business in Agriculture and Food Systems on August 23rd, 2023, in Bali, Indonesia.

The Sixth ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit will be organised by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat, the United Nations ESCAP, and, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 23 to 25 August 2023, Bali, Indonesia.

Several governments in the Asia and the Pacific region have taken action to promote inclusive business models to enhance the contribution that the private sector can make to meet national development goals and the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This meeting discussed the following:

To meet the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the private sector will need to play a greater role in supporting development objectives. Inclusive businesses offer the opportunity to address development challenges and leave no one behind.