UNITAR Online Catalogue

Financing for Development and the 2030 Agenda

Cross-fertilizing Knowledge

Type
Course
Location
New York, United States of America
Date
Duration
1 Days
Programme Area
Governance, Public Finance and Trade, Local Development
Price
$0.00
Event Focal Point Email
pelayo.alvarez@unitar.org
Contact Number
2129639196
Partnership
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Communication Office

Background

Mobilizing adequate resources – financial and non-financial –  is critical for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To achieve the 2030 Agenda, there is a need for a dramatic increase in financing – from domestic, international, public, private sources – as well as a major push to address global systemic issues and to advance capacity building, technology development and transfer, coherence in domestic policies and knowledge sharing and mutual learning.

At the conclusion of the training course participants are expected to better understand the scope and objectives of the normative frameworks for financing sustainable development.  The linkages between the frameworks and the ground breaking 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be clarified, as will the institutional mechanisms that are in place to monitor progress in financing and the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Participants will also gain an understanding of the policy recommendations that emanate from analytical and normative work conducted across a range of entities and processes and how these can feed into policy making at the national and local levels.  Participants will be apprised of the opportunities available for countries to identify and access a wide range of investment and financing potentially available for sustainable development.

Learning Objectives

Understand the scope and objectives of intergovernmental outcomes on Financing for Development, particularly the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Describe the resources needed to implement the 2030 Agenda, including financial and non-financial means of implementation and the role of the United Nations system in supporting efforts by Governments in this area;
Gain knowledge on the important milestones for financing for development in 2019, including the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum, the SDG Investment Fair and the High-level Development Cooperation Forum.