We promote financing solutions for a sustainable world
The Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) helps governments finance and implement sustainable development, the 2030 Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through: support for intergovernmental negotiations and global norm-setting; analytical work; and capacity development.
The Financing for Sustainable Development Office works on the 7 action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in a holistic manner:
i) domestic resource mobilization, ii) private business and finance, iii) international development cooperation, iv) international trade, v) sovereign debt and debt sustainability, vi) systemic issues, and vii) science, technology, and innovation
The Financing for Sustainable Development Office:
- Provides support to UN intergovernmental bodies, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and General Assembly (GA), through the:
- Annual Financing for Development Forum
- Bi-annual Development Cooperation Forum
- Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
- ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
- Quadrennial High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
- and relevant subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC –such as the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
- Prepares action-oriented policy analysis and concrete proposals and recommendations:
- coordinator and substantive editor of the annual Financing for Sustainable Development Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development
- Secretary-General policy briefs on financing issues, including the SDG Stimulus, and reforms to the international financial architecture and sovereign debt
- Secretary-General reports, policy briefs, and papers on financing issues
- Engages a broad range of stakeholders on financing for development, including:
- Global Investors for Sustainable Development
- The annual SDG Investment Fair
- Works with the FfD civil society mechanism
- Supports developing countries efforts to mobilize resources for sustainable development through capacity development programmes, including in:
- Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a UN Framework on Financing for Development
- Tax cooperation and administration
- Integrated national financing frameworks (INFFs)
- Infrastructure asset management
- Sustainable investment
- Supports the UN Secretary-General and serves as a UN system hub on global financial issues, including:
- the SDG Stimulus
- reforms to the international financial architecture and sovereign debt
- international tax cooperation
- international development cooperation
- the United Nations’ coordinated approaches on global financial issues, including through support to the United Nations engagement with the Group of 20.
Office Directory
- Office of the Director
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Office of the Director
Shari Spiegel, Director – spiegel@un.org
- Michaela Brunner, Economic Affairs Officer – michaela.brunner@un.org
- Maria Catherina David-Dakay, Senior Programme Management Assistant – dakay@un.org
- Marilia Di Noia, Research Assistant – dinoia@un.org
- Derek Leach, Information Technology Assistant – derekleach@un.org
- Mario Saenz, Staff Assistant – saenzm@un.org
- Policy Analysis & Development Branch
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PADB
Oliver Schwank, Chief – schwank@un.org
- Peter Chowla, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – chowla@un.org
- Resina Katafono, Interregional Adviser – resina.katafono@un.org
- Maria Fernanda Valdes, Senior Economic Affairs Adviser – maria.valdesvalencia@un.org
- Cecilia Ciao, Economic Affairs Adviser – cecilia.ciao@un.org
- Hoi Wai Jackie Cheng, Economic Affairs Officer – cheng3@un.org
- Philipp Erfurth, Economic Affairs Officer – erfurth@un.org
- Maria Caterina Migliorero, Economic Affairs Officer – mariacaterina.migliorero@un.org
Support Staff
- Feriel Zemzoum, Programme Management Assistant – feriel.zemzoum@un.org
- George Meladze, Programme Management Assistant – george.meladze@un.org
- International Tax and Development Cooperation Branch
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ITDCB
Caroline Lombardo, Chief – lombardoc@un.org
International Tax Cooperation
- Michael Lennard, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – lennard@un.org
- Ilka Ritter, Economic Affairs Officer – ritter@un.org
- Josephine Muchiri, Economic Affairs Officer – josephine.muchiri@un.org
- Eduardo Diaz Huaman, Economic Affairs Officer – eduardo.diazhuaman@un.org
- Olivier Munyaneza, Economic Affairs Officer – munyaneza@un.org
Capacity Development
- Emily Muyaa, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – Emily.muyaa@un.org
- Patricia Brown, Inter-regional adviser – patricia.brown@un.org
- Farid Hasnaoui, Inter-regional adviser – farid.hasnaoui@un.org
- Irving Ojeda Alvarez, Economic Affairs Officer – ojedaalvarez@un.org
- Maria Cecilia Sodre, Programme Management Officer – sodre@un.org
Development Cooperation Forum
- Daniel Platz, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – platz@un.org
- Zihan Jia, Associate Expert – zihan.jia@un.org
- Luis Pineda, Associate Programme Management Officer – luis.pinedadominguez@un.org
Ad Hoc Committee Unit
- Max Fuss, Economic Affairs Officer – max.fuss@un.org
- Carolina Vaca Bohorquez, Economic Affairs Officer – carolina.vacabohorquez@un.org
- Katie Yang, Team Assistant – katie.yang@un.org
Support Staff
- Sabiri Aggrey, Budget and Finance Officer – sabiri.aggrey@un.org
- Sheilah Trotta, Programme Management Assistant – trotta@un.org
- Joy Genio, Programme Management Assistant – genioun.org
- Silvia Yiu, Programme Management Assistant – fnu.silvia@un.org
- Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch
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SEPIB
Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief – parra@un.org
Office of the Chief
- Glenn Hodes, Inter-regional adviser – glenn.hodes@un.org
- Li Zhang, Communications Officer – zhang82@un.org
- Adrian Rubio Molina, Programme Management Assistant – rubioa@un.org
Strategic Engagement
- Krishnan Sharma, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – sharmak@un.org
- Tim Hilger, Economic Affairs Officer – hilger@un.org
- Sarah Nunez Solorio, Programme Management Officer – nunez2@un.org
- Rabayl Mirza, Economic Affairs Officer – rabayl.mirza@un.org
- Louise Bernander, Associate Economic Affairs Officer – louise.bernander@un.org
Policy Integration
- Huanyu Liu, Senior Economic Affairs Officer – liuh@un.org
- Naomi Kosaka, Programme Management Officer – naomi.kosaka@un.org
- Zebulun Kreiter, Economic Affairs Officer – kreiter@un.org
- Javier Caicedo Trujillo, Economic Affairs Officer – Javier.caicedo@un.org