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Realizing the Future We Want - QCPR Training Series Module 3: Funding the UN operational activities for development and financing the SDG

People

Deadline
2 Jul 2020
Type
Seminar
Location
New York, United States of America
Date
Duration
1 Days
Programme Area
Multilateral Diplomacy, Other
Website
http://www.unitar.org/event/new-york
Price
$0.00
Event Focal Point Email
nyo@unitar.org
Partnership
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations

Background

•The Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) and the longer-term positioning of the UN development system
•This module would discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Decade of Action and explain the opportunities that the QCPR process offers to Member States to guide, UN operational activities for development in the next 4 years of implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
 

Event Objectives

This module would review and discuss the latest trends and key issues around funding of the UN’s operational activities for development, provide background and highlights on the Funding  Compact’s commitments, which emphasizes greater transparency and accountability on the part of the system in exchange for higher quality and more predictable resources, and exchange views on the role of the UN development system in terms of supporting countries to finance the SDGs.

Content and Structure

This module would review and discuss the latest trends and key issues around funding of the UN’s operational activities for development, provide background and highlights on the Funding  Compact’s commitments, which emphasizes greater transparency and accountability on the part of the system in exchange for higher quality and more predictable resources, and exchange views on the role of the UN development system in terms of supporting countries to finance the SDGs.