The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims at a fundamental transformation of society, and its patterns of production and consumption. On 24 September 2018, in the occasion of a UN High-level Meeting, the UN Secretary-General has released a four-year strategy for financing the 2030 Agenda. The strategy underscores the UN’s critical role in supporting and […]
Triangular co-operation refers to the co-operation between countries, international organisations, civil society, private sector, private philanthropy and others. The aforementioned actors work together in groups of three or more, to co-create flexible, cost-effective and innovative solutions for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provide solutions to overcome today’s most pressing environmental, economic and social
EU budget support is a means of delivering effective aid and durable results in support of EU partners’ reform efforts and the sustainable development goals. Budget support is central to the international cooperation policy of the European Union since it promotes its fundamental values (including transparency and the involvement of civil society) and fulfils the
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Over the last decades, and in line with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, cities and regions have played an important part in helping to implement global agendas at local level through their Decentralised Development Cooperation (DDC) activities. This Report is a joint study conducted by the OECD and the European
The present Report, being the result of a collaborative partnership between the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (1) and the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO), is the fourth annual report of Financing the UN Development System. In a rapidly changing universe of development finance against the backdrop of the 2030 Agenda, it is obvious that
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Tidewater is an annual informal high-level gathering of Development Ministers and representatives of Members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) focused on timely and relevant development topics as well as opportunities for partnership. It is named after the Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland, the venue of
On 25 September 2015 world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals/SDGs. Each year on the anniversary of this historic day, citizens, institutions, and organizations around the world are called to #ACT4SDGs in a global day of action. It is also a day to mobilize people to take concrete actions, reaffirming the shared global commitment for
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The General Assembly of the United Nations, with the Resolution Α/RES/72/279 adopted on 31 May 2018, welcomes a revitalized, strategic, flexible and action-oriented United Nations Development Assistance Framework as the most important instrument for the planning and implementation of United Nations development activities in each country, in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
The 7th High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, for the year 2019, will take place in New York on dates to be decided (8-19 July, tentative). In addition to the annual July session, under ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council) auspices, HLPF will also convene for two days in September, under the UN
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Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation2018 Monitoring Round The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation was established, by 163 countries, in Busan (2011), at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, as a multi-stakeholder platform that aims to advance the effectiveness of all development efforts and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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