Financing for Development Forum

On 1-2 August 2022, UNDESA, UNOPS, and UNCDF will conduct an interactive online training session over two days to introduce central and local government officials in Nepal to the basics of infrastructure asset management. Expert instructors will introduce participants to some of the basic toolkits in the UN Handbook on infrastructure asset management.

Amid dramatic reversals in global progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), world leaders are calling for urgent action from the international community to improve developing countries’ access to affordable finance.

Developing countries still have to regain lost ground from the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has put more countries at risk of debt distress, constrained their fiscal space and hampered economic growth. The war in Ukraine is exacerbating all these challenges.

The official programme of the 2022 Financing for Development Forum will be complemented by side events which will be held in parallel to the Forum on 25 – 28 April 2022. Side events will provide additional space for sharing experiences and promoting concrete actions to advance the financing for development agenda. Side events should be aligned with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

The annual ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development will kick off on 25 April 2022. Over four days, the event will bring together heads of state and government and other high-level participants from governments and international organizations as well as civil society to review progress on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the roadmap for financing the Sustainable Development Goals. More information will soon be available at bit.ly/FFDForum2022.