Event: ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS 2022): Sustainable Solutions for Southeast Asia’s Recovery Unlocking Finance for the SDGs: Rising to the Challenge to Build Back Better 16 March 2022 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents a major financing challenge made even more daunting by the setback and fiscal stresses created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this session during the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) third Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS), experts focused on unlocking financing for the SDGs and explored how governments, the private sector, and other partners in the region are innovating to rise to this challenge. Moderator: Smita Nakhooda, Senior Results Management Specialist, ADB Speakers Naina Batra, CEO, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Lu Shen, Director, Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department, ADB Radhika Lal, SDG Finance Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme Luky Alfirman, Director General, Budget Financing and Risk Management, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Topics Regional Cooperation and Integration ICT