SDG Investment Fair
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.
Registration now open for the 2021 SDG Investment Fair
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Private investment in areas critical for implementation of the SDGs has to date been vastly insufficient. The situation has worsened due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a drop of almost 50 per cent in foreign direct investment in the first half of 2020.
2020 Financing for Development Forum to take new format, SDG Investment Fair cancelled due to COVID-19
In response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the annual ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development originally scheduled for 20-23 April, will be held in a new format.