JANIC (Japan)

Aoi Horiuchi is Senior Advocacy Officer of Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), as well as Deputy Director of THINK Lobby, and has been working on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially Goal 16 and protecting civic space in Japan and Asia. Aoi is an active member of Development Unit, Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs, and has participated many international fora such as UN General Assembly, UN High-Level Political Forum, past G7 and G20 Summits etc., for advocacy purposes. Aoi served as co-secretariat for civil society platform on G7 Ise-Shima Summit in 2016, Civil20 (C20) Sous-Sherpa in 2019, and C7 Steering Committee in 2023