The Ideas for Action (I4A) initiative is a youth annual competition on financing and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is jointly organized by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It provides students and young professionals from around the
In answer to the call expressed within the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to mobilise all available resources –domestic and foreign, public and private– in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) develops a new work stream on transition finance to explore the evolution and interaction of public (official development assistance
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The ultimate purpose of development co-operation is to achieve results, which means to bring tangible and sustainable change for people, societies and the environment. For this to happen, results-based management calls for development actors to set clear objectives with expected results, targets and indicators, and a system to measure how they are performing against their
The ultimate purpose of development co-operation is to achieve results, which means to bring tangible and sustainable change for people, societies and the environment. For this to happen, results-based management calls for development actors to set clear objectives with expected results, targets and indicators, and a system to measure how they are performing against their
The Partnering Initiative and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) is taking a critical role in providing information, analysis and guidance to member states and to partners in the private sector and civil society. It is using its convening power to bring together
The World Youth Report: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, examines the mutually supportive roles of the new agenda and current youth development efforts. This Report provides insight into the role of young people in sustainable development in the context of the
The meeting of the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development in 2019, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held in New York from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019. The theme will be “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality” and the set of goals to be
The Joint Synthesis Report of the European Commission on the new European Consensus on Development reflects the impact of the actions of the European Union and its Member States in supporting partner countries towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As stated
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The EU’s ambitious External Investment Plan (EIP) will encourage investment in our partner countries in Africa and the EU Neighbourhood region. It will promote inclusive growth, job creation and sustainable development and so tackle some of the root causes of irregular migration. The EIP has three parts: The EIP is guided by the general objectives
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