ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme (SDGs-FC)

ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities

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

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

Related Publications

Commissioned Report

May 2021

Project Completion Report of the ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme

Through the SDGs-FC, stakeholders in more than 24 ASEAN cities increased their awareness and knowledge of the SDGs, from ~20% (baseline) to > 80% on average. With 27 goals, 169 targets and over 200 unique indicators, the SDGs is a highly complicated and challenging framework for sub-national frontline officials, especially where tertiary education...

On 14-15 June 2024, Lao PDR’s Xay City (District), Oudomxay Province, organised a two-day peer-to-peer Learning Visit with Luang Prabang City involving about 60 participants. This activity was the first ever city-to-city exchange and networking...