In the context of Egypt's 2022 International Cooperation Forum & African Ministers Meeting, UNDESA and the Ministry of International Cooperation, Government of Egypt co-organized a capacity development workshop. The workshop aimed to support African countries in leveraging their enablers of effective development cooperation, especially their National Development Cooperat
The 7th SDG Investment Fair held on 1-2 December 2022 brought together more than 350 participants to promote high-impact, bankable projects that can advance the 2030 Agenda.
On 24-25 October 2022, UNDESA, UNOPS, and UNCDF will conduct an interactive online training session over two days to introduce central and local government officials in Kenya 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.
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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.
Several UN entities have produced a joint statement that puts forward their vision to create a sustainability reporting framework, which is fit-for-purpose and supportive of globally agreed ambitions and goals.
The statement highlights the need for a holistic and forward-looking approach to assessing enterprise value, which would enable a company and its investors to account for uncertainty linked to sustainability risks and opportunities.
Convened by the President of ECOSOC, the 8th biennial High-level meeting of the DCF will take place on 14-15 March 2023. As the UN’s inclusive global platform to discuss trends and progress in international development cooperation, the 2023 DCF will address frontier issues and emerging challenges and refine ideas for scaling up high-quality and high-impact development cooperation for immediate term recovery and long term resilience building.
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.