Financing for Development Forum
Financing for Development Forum and SDG Investment Fair to kick off 12 April
The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development is the global platform for reviewing initiatives on financing aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year’s event will drive high-level political engagement to advance priority actions to set the world on track for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Watch the event live on http://webtv.un.org. The programme is now available at bit.ly/FFDForum2021.
Follow up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development
The present report was prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/207, entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development”. The report focuses on emerging challenges and key accelerators for achieving the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, within the context of the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
Navid Hanif, Director of Financing for Sustainable Development Office, discusses the private sector, COVID-19 recovery, and more
See the full video here.
UN meeting to help developing economies stricken by COVID-19 to tap emergency relief resources
The United Nations on 2 June brought together representatives from banks, funds and financial institutions that are working to mobilize US$1.2 trillion dollars in humanitarian and economic relief to developing countries reeling under the impact of COVID-19 to help expedite the flow of these resources to countries in need.
The meeting, the Financing for Development Forum’s second extraordinary meeting to offer concrete approaches to boost financing for rapid response and a sustainable recovery is being held under the auspices of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).