About Us

The Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance is a network of civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, think tanks, academic institutions and social enterprises whose work relate to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Member organisations come from Peninsula Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak and work across a wide range of issues. Members are broadly grouped into seven thematic groups: gender, indigenous peoples, environment & sustainability, health, education & training, poverty & social wellbeing and governance.

The Alliance serves as an independent voice of civil society in advancing the SDGs in Malaysia.

The Alliance is a member of the National SDG Steering Committee and chairs the CSO Working Group (Jawatankuasa Kerja Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil) of the SDG Technical Committee, formed by the Ministry of Economy (formerly known as the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department).

The Alliance had contributed to the preparation of the 2017 and 2021 Voluntary National Reviews, the SDG Roadmap Phases I and II, as well as the Midterm Review of the 11th and 12th Malaysia Plans.

The Alliance was formed in 2016 as a network of organisations from the third sector that cared about Malaysia’s achievement of the SDGs. It played a pivotal role in the formation of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on the Sustainable Development Goals (“APPGM-SDG”), a highly collaborative bipartisan Parliamentary platform for the localisation of the SDGs at the constituency level.